The term “adversity scores” was added to the national dialogue on education Thursday when it was reported that, along with scores on SAT admission tests and other data, the College Board will start supplying colleges and universities scores for “overall disadvantage level” of students applying for admission. These quickly became labeled “adversity scores.”
Does anyone disagree that the odds of succeeding in education (and beyond) are far higher for some kids than for others because of the circumstances of life? And that kids from low-income communities are the ones you don’t see in anything resembling fair proportions when it comes to college campuses?