Going Holistic.(scrapping the SAT 1 test)

University of California President Richard C. Atkinson's loud call in February for abolishing the use of the SAT I test in undergraduate admissions is likely to have a lot more significance outside the UC system than within.

Atkinson's university has already spent the last four years quietly but systematically de-emphasizing the test (originally called the Scholastic Aptitude Test) in determining admissions eligibility, first by moving to admit all applicants whose grades put them in the top 4 percent of their high school classes, and more recently by placing increased ...

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