Shocking Stats Show Why UC STEM Professors Want SAT/ACT Standards Restored
University of California STEM professors are advocating for the reinstatement of SAT and ACT testing requirements for incoming students. They cite alarming statistics indicating a significant decline in math proficiency among new students since the tests were eliminated in 2020. The professors argue that the current educational system is failing to adequately prepare students for rigorous STEM coursework.
- ▪Over a thousand UC faculty and staff signed a letter urging the return of standardized testing for STEM majors.
- ▪The letter highlights that up to a third of first-semester calculus students failed their math diagnostic tests.
- ▪The number of students with math skills below high school level has increased nearly thirtyfold in the last five years.
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Shocking Stats Show Why UC STEM Professors Want SAT/ACT Standards Restored Catherine Salgado | 3:10 PM on May 31, 2026 AP Photo/Richard Vogel Over a thousand faculty and staff for the University of California have signed an open letter, begging the university to reinstate standardized testing requirements for incoming science and mathematics majors. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); The letter reveals that up to a third of first semester calculus students in the California university system bombed their math diagnostic tests, as just one example of the disturbing numbers the letter highlighted to make the case for reinstating SAT and ACT requirements.
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