It's naive to think that low-SES kids will have a better chance of admission in a post-SAT world where more weight is given to essays, extracurricular activities, letters of recommendation, AP courses/scores, etc.https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/1007373396299141122 …
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Replying to @WeedenKim @JoshuaSGoodman
What are some policies that would give low-SES kids a better chance at admission?
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The biggest bang for the policy buck is probably high-quality, universal early childhood care programs, per
@heckmanequation. Colleges can only do so much, and they can't reach back 18 years in the applicants' lives to eliminate inequalities of opportunity.5 replies 26 retweets 167 likes -
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Those early studies on intervention haven't replicated all that well, and are probably outliers. Curious lack of recent studies confirming the early claims.
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