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September 5, 2025American Economic Review

Test-Optional Admissions

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WDWouter DesseinAFAlex FrankelNKNavin Kartik

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Overview

This analysis explores how test-optional policies affect admissions decisions and enhance diversity, indicating a response to social pressure.

Key Points

  • Going test-optional may enhance diversity in college admissions, reducing the influence of standardized test scores.
  • Colleges face social pressure regarding admissions, which can lead them to employ test-optional policies.
  • The study models disagreement costs associated with admissions based on societal preferences for diversity.
  • Imputed scores play a significant role in how colleges navigate test-optional admissions and their broader implications.

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Dessein et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68bb3ef72b87ece8dc9577fchttps://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20231407
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