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 ...

Citing middle-school level skills, UC faculty want to restore math, science testing for applicants

More than five years after the UC system lifted its standardized testing requirement, a coalition led by UC Berkeley math ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Test-Blind Policy Resulted in Severely Underprepared STEM Students, UC Faculty Say

Math-preparation gaps are so wide that faculty members across the University of California system are having to reteach ...

University Professors Beg For Return Of Standardized Tests As Students Can’t Do Basic Math

Hundreds of University of California (UC) faculty signed an open letter Tuesday demanding a return to mandatory mathematical ...
Miami University

Mathematics Placement Testing

A number of courses across the university use either the Miami Math Placement exam or an ACT or SAT mathematics test subscore as a prerequisite. Since ACT and SAT scores are optional, all incoming ...

Opinion: Why Students Reach College Underprepared for Math — And What to Do About It

In recent years, particularly since the pandemic, countless news articles have bemoaned a crisis in math learning. Whether ...
Chronicle

A Grueling Math Test So Hard, Almost No One Gets a Perfect Score

Every year, thousands of college students from across the U.S. and Canada give up a full Saturday before finals begin to take a notoriously difficult, 6-hour math test — and not for a grade, but for ...