UNC System considers reinstating standardized testing requirements

ADJUST.

>> THE UNC SYSTEM IS LOOKING

TO RAISE THE MINIMUM

REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS TO

GET INTO COLLEGE. THAT INCLUDES

UNC, CHAPEL HILL NC STATE AND

NC CENTRAL. RIGHT NOW. STUDENTS

DO NOT HAVE TO SUBMIT

STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES TO

APPLY. AND A GROWING NUMBER OF

THEM AREN'T, YOU KNOW, 59% OF

APPLICANTS DID NOT SUBMIT AND A

CT OR SAT SCORE IN 2021.

THAT INCREASED TO 64%.

>> IN 2022 WRAL'S MATT TALHELM

EXPLAINS WHY THE UNC SYSTEM

COULD BRING BACK THOSE

REQUIREMENTS.

>> THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS WAVED

TESTING REQUIREMENTS FOR

ADMISSIONS PRETTY EARLY IN THE

PANDEMIC IN JULY OF 2020,

THEY'VE EXTENDED THAT TWICE.

BUT THAT COULD END WITH

STUDENTS LOOKING TO GET INTO

A UNC SYSTEM. SCHOOLS AS EARLY

AS THE FALL OF 2025.

>> THE UNC SYSTEM IS MOVING

CLOSER TO REINSTATING

STANDARDIZED TESTING

REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS WHO

WANT TO ENROLL IN ITS 16

SCHOOLS OUT THAT YOU SAY SHOULD

BE IN A RACE TO THE BOTTOM THAT

LOWERED MISSIONS.

IN ORDER TO FILL SEATS. BOARD

OF GOVERNORS MEMBERS MET

VIRTUALLY TO DISCUSS THE

PROPOSAL AHEAD OF A DEADLINE

LOOMING FOR STUDENTS APPLYING

FOR THE FALL OF 2025. IF THE

BOARD DOESN'T MAKE ANY CHANGES,

THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS WILL

REVERT BACK TO 2020 STANDARDS.

STUDENTS WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE

A 2.5 WEIGHTED GPA OR A MINIMUM

19 SCORE IN THE A C T OR 10.

10 ON THE SAT TO BE ELIGIBLE

FOR ADMISSION.

>> NOW THE BOARD IS CONSIDERING

THE REQUIREMENT FOR STUDENTS

TO SUBMIT TEST SCORES IF THEY

HAVE A WEIGHTED GPA BETWEEN 2.5

2.8, THAT WOULD BEGIN WITH FALL

2025 APPLICANTS A YEAR LATER,

STUDENTS WHOSE GPA FALLS IN

THAT RANGE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO

HAVE A MINIMUM TEST SCORE OF

17 ON THE A C T OR 9.30, IN THE

SAT. WE'VE FOUND OUR WAY TO

AN APPROPRIATE

>> POSITION HERE WHICH IS TO

USE BOTH PIECES OF INFORMATION,

JUDICIOUSLY TO THINK ABOUT A

STUDENT READINESS ADMISSION.

>> THE PROPOSAL IS GAINING

SUPPORT FROM WITHIN THE BOARD

AND SEVERAL UNIVERSITY

CHANCELLORS DESPITE CONCERNS

ABOUT EQUITY. I THINK THE

PRIMARY CONCERN THAT WE'VE

HEARD MANY TIMES IS JUST

ACCESSIBILITY OF TESTING AND

RESOURCES. I THINK THE

POTENTIAL HARM OF NOT REQUIRING

THE TEST IS GREATER.

>> EVEN THOUGH ONE SO FOR ALL

THE WHOLE, I THINK WE'LL HAVE A

BETTER PREPAREDNESS. THE BOARD

DIDN'T MAKE ANY DECISION TODAY,

BUT THEY WILL CONSIDER THE

PROPOSALS TO RAISE THOSE

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AT A

MEETING NEXT MONTH.

>> MATT TALHELM, WRAL NEWS,

RALEIGH,

>> THE UNC SYSTEM SAYS ONLY

548 IN STATE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL

STUDENTS WHO ARE ADMITTED IN