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Standardized test scores divide Stanford

Jared Hammerstrom
  •  
Feb. 26, 2024
News
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Stanford extends test-optional policy for Class of 2027 and transfer applicants

Vardhan Agrawal
  •  
Nov. 10, 2021
Student Government
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GSC pushes Stanford to permanently drop standardized tests

Tammer Bagdasarian
  •  
May 26, 2021
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Stanford waives standardized testing requirement for Class of 2026 and transfer applicants

Cameron Ehsan
  •  
Feb. 2, 2021
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What does the shift to test-optional admissions mean for educational equity?

Georgia Rosenberg
  •  
Feb. 2, 2021
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Graphic: AMY LO/The Stanford Daily

The racist and classist roots of standardized testing found a home at Stanford — and they still endure today

Georgia Rosenberg
  •  
Sept. 22, 2020
University
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Undergraduate admissions moves alumni interviews and engagement opportunities online, drops standardized testing requirement

Evan Cheng
  •  
Sept. 16, 2020
Academics
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Graduate schools make changes to standardized testing admission requirements in light of COVID-19

Alena Zeng
  •  
July 21, 2020
News
The adversity score — designed to contextualize applicants' SAT scores with their socioeconomic backgrounds — has been criticized as inconsistent, and is now part of a broader debate about the merits of standardized testing as a whole. (SAISHA HONGAL/The Stanford Daily)

SAT adversity score piloted by Stanford for Class of 2023 is flawed, Bay Area students say

Saisha Hongal
  •  
Aug. 2, 2019
The Stanford Daily

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