Dive Brief:
- A new report has found very little difference in the performance of college students who submitted test scores and those who did not at schools where it is optional.
- Researchers found the cumulative GPA of non-submitters was .05 lower than that of submitters and their graduation rates were 0.6% lower.
- The researchers looked at 33 public and private schools over eight years, examining nearly 123,000 students and alumni.
Dive Insight:
The report itself is dense, but one of the bottom lines is this: Students with good high school GPAs typically do well in college, even if they had low test scores. Students with lower high school GPAs generally received lower grades in college, even if they had higher test scores.