SAT "Adversity Score" Is Abandoned in Wake of Criticism [nytimes]

The flava:
The College Board, the company that administers the SAT exam, said on Tuesday that it would withdraw its much-debated plan to include a so-called adversity score on student test results, saying it had erred in distilling the challenges faced by college applicants to a single number.

The adversity score was made up of the average of two ratings between 1 and 100 — one for the student’s school environment and the other for the student’s neighborhood environment — that indicate the obstacles a student might have overcome, like crime and poverty. The school and neighborhood scores will still be provided to admissions officers, along with other socioeconomic information.

The article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/27/us/sat-adversity-score-college-board.html

Wombat of the Copier sends a message to a dean

Dear Dean of Another University,

     Using your title in your e-mail requesting that I discuss your daughter's grade with you does not make me feel intimidated.  In fact, it makes me less afraid of blowback than had you used
SusiesMommy@Kmail.com.  The fact that you're demanding that I violate FERPA gives me reason to suspect that you've violated FERPA yourself at some point and, if anything, I now have something on you, not the other way around.  FU.

Love,
--Wombat of the Copier