New York nonprofit College Board will include an adversity score in its SAT that will measure socioeconomic and educational privilege.
, the SAT will include a new measure for privilege beginning this year.
Along with scores measuring math and reading comprehension, the test will include an"adversity score" that indicates a test taker's social and economic background.
The number will look at 15 factors, including the crime rate at a student's neighborhood and their family's median income. College Board would not reveal the exact metrics the adversity score measures, but said it pulls from public records such as the US Census. The measure will officially roll out this year to 150 schools, and more broadly by 2020.
"There are a number of amazing students who may have scored less [on the SAT] but have accomplished more," David Coleman, CEO of College Board, told the Journal."We can't sit on our hands and ignore the disparities of wealth reflected in the SAT."
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