Hundreds of Math Professors Ask UC to Bring Back SAT/ACT
More than 600 faculty say six years of test-free admissions has left many incoming students unprepared for college-level math.
- More than 600 University faculty members, led by mathematicians at Berkeley, are calling on the system to reinstate standardized testing for STEM applicants, citing severe academic preparation gaps in incoming students.
- A joint report from the San Diego Academic Senate committee documented a roughly thirty-fold increase in underprepared first-year students between 2020 and 2025, with many earning high school grades masking their lack of basic math proficiency.
- Berkeley professor Zvezda Stankova observed 25 to 30 percent of students in a 2023 calculus class struggling in "free fall," while diagnostic exams showed at least 20% of first-semester calculus students showed deficits.
- Ahmet Palazoglu, chair of the Academic Senate, said the Board is addressing "timely topics tied to students' college readiness," while Rachel Zaentz said the system will continue strengthening instruction and support.
- The Board plans to submit an initial draft by Sunday and a final road map by June 30, though any policy change requires approval from the Regents before implementation.
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"The SAT/ACT mathematics requirement is not an obstacle to equity; rather, it is a prerequisite for it. Failing to measure preparation gaps does not remove barriers; it moves them into the classroom, where they become harder to overcome."
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Hundreds of Math Professors Ask UC to Bring Back SAT/ACT
More than 800 professors in the University of California system, including seven of nine math department chairs, are calling on system leaders to reinstate SAT/ACT testing requirements for applicants to STEM majors, citing a “widening divergence in mathematical preparation levels within the same classroom.”
Citing 'severe' math deficits, UC faculty demand a return to SAT tests for STEM applicants
Hundreds of University of California professors are urging the system to reinstate the SAT or ACT requirement for STEM majors by 2027, saying that the test-optional policy has created a widening preparation gap that threatens the value of UC science, technology, engineering and math degrees.
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