Research Findings

The Test-Optional Policies and Equitable Admissions Project is an explanatory, sequential mixed methods research project that examines the enrollment trends of Black, Latinx/e, Indigenous, Asian, and students from low-income backgrounds and unearths the consequence of test-optional. Findings from this study inform broader admissions practices and their relationship to historically excluded student persistence and retention. This study was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a cross-institutional effort with the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC). You can meet test-optional research partners and engage with their findings here.

Accessing all the Research Findings

Para que no digan que no sabemos

So they can’t say we don’t know

Thank you for your engagement with our data hub research findings. Below you will find the repository of all our research findings for this project.

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Surviving the Frontlines of Inequality

Start Your College Going Journey

Meet Me at the Intersections

Illustrating Dimensions of Inequality

The Test-Optional Platica — Real Talk

Elevating Community Voices to Reimagine College Admission

About the Test-Optional Research Team

Yo te Puedo Ver—I Can See You

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Sayil Camacho

Principal Investigator

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Jonathan C.W. Davis

Director of Research

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Brianna Freeman

EqRC Undergraduate Research Fellow

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Justis Freeman

Senior Associate Researcher

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Tomas Graglia

EqRC Undergraduate Research Fellow

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Meseret Hailu

EqRC Consultant

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Yuna Jeon

EqRC Undergraduate Research Fellow

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Minji Kim

EqRC Graduate Fellow

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Oscar Mayorga

EqRC Core Team

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Tev'n Powers

Web Designer & Software Engineer

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Awilda Rodriguez

EqRC Core Team

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Montrell Sanders

EqRC Graduate Research Fellow

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Hannah Tsiao

EqRC Undergraduate Research Fellow