SAT to Give Students ‘Adversity Score’ to Capture Social and Economic Background

SAT to Give Students ‘Adversity Score’ to Capture Social and Economic Background 

New score comes as college admissions decisions are under scrutiny

By Douglas Belkin | Graphics by Elbert Wang

Updated May 16, 2019 11:51 p.m. ET

The College Board plans to assign an adversity score to every student who takes the SAT to try to capture their social and economic background, jumping into the debate raging over race and class in college admissions.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/sat-to-give-students-adversity-score-to-capture-social-and-economic-background-11557999000?mod=hp_lead_pos5