I know that standardized tests aren't devoid of faults.
But, if you want to replace them, you have to replace them with something better.
Just because something has faults, it doesn't mean we abandon it. We find something better, and then replace it.
That is not being true for admissions.
Double-blind standardized tests are not only safe against bias, but also against corruption.
If we were to simply abandon things with fault, we would have to get rid of democracy, marriage, and food, among other things.
This is a sad case of Goodhart's Law playing into reality.
People in power have chosen one metric as a measure of progress of historically oppressed races- enrolment in college degrees.
And that is costing us dearly.
I know that standardized tests aren't devoid of faults.
But, if you want to replace them, you have to replace them with something better.
Just because something has faults, it doesn't mean we abandon it. We find something better, and then replace it.
That is not being true for admissions.
Double-blind standardized tests are not only safe against bias, but also against corruption.
If we were to simply abandon things with fault, we would have to get rid of democracy, marriage, and food, among other things.
This is a sad case of Goodhart's Law playing into reality.
People in power have chosen one metric as a measure of progress of historically oppressed races- enrolment in college degrees.
And that is costing us dearly.