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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2022
DiSC pros, cons gather forces By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer
A crowd of students walk February through Fresno State, which, like other Cal State campuses, will have new admissions requirements soon.
Until the COVID-19 pandemic, the system’s 23 campuses chiefly admitted students based on a formula of high school grades and ACT or SAT scores. Only in the last two years, after suspending its SAT requirement during the pandemic, has the system relied on other factors. The system’s Admissions
With two months to go before the June 7 election — and one month before voting begins — campaigning for and against the proposed Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus (Measure H) is well underway, with representatives from each side knocking on doors trying to persuade Davis residents one way or the other and a slew of lawn signs popping up around town. Last week a Yolo Superior Court judge ordered two changes to the ballot argument against Measure H but left the bulk of opponents’ arguments intact. Those arguments focus largely on traffic concerns and greenhouse gas emissions, both of which are highlighted on the No on H lawn signs. Davis City Councilman Dan Carson had filed a lawsuit seeking changes to the No on H ballot arguments that he contended were false or misleading. Proponents, in their ballot arguments, focus primarily on the jobs, housing and city revenue they argue DiSC will create, though Yes on H lawn signs make no mention of any of those benefits, referencing only more green belts and trails instead. The project going before voters in two months is about half the size of
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With no SAT, what now for CSU? By Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters In the acronym soup of California public higher education, gone are two three-letter combos that led legions of students to plug their noses annually: The SAT and ACT are (functionally) no more. After the California State University system formally ditched the SAT and ACT as admissions requirements last week, the state is now the first — and only — in the United States to have no public university accepting standardized test scores for admissions.
The Cal State system followed in the University of California’s footsteps, which swore off the SAT and any other admissions test last year. Cal State officials and the system’s academic senate cited studies showing that high school grades better predict how well students will perform in their first year of college than test scores. Other data showed that predictive power only went up marginally when test scores were combined with high school grades; the makers of the SAT say the test’s predictive boost is significant. Critics
have also long maintained that the SAT rewards students who have the financial resources to hire tutors or enroll in prep courses to improve their test scores, leaving low-income students at a disadvantage. Both the UC and Cal State system are now “test-blind” — a rarefied club of 86 academic institutions and systems nationwide. Another 1,825 other campuses don’t require test scores but will still assess them if a student submits that information, a concept known as “test-optional.”
admissions without tests look like at the nation’s largest public four-year university?
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Artery shines light on creativity
School board to hear about special ed, COVID
By Aaron Geerts
After a much-needed spring break, the DJUSD school board will reconvene on Thursday, April 7, for an annual meeting. Although it’s not a lengthy agenda, the updates and reviews carry no less importance. Among the most important topics includes an update on the district’s Special Education Program. The district hired WestEd, a nonprofit research organization, to conduct a review of the program, which is expected to encompass district and community
By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer
Enterprise staff writer The Artery at 207 G St. is more than an art gallery, it’s a light that shines on the creative spirit of Davis. Owned and operated by more than 50 members, this artists’ cooperative showcases a variety of unique, handcrafted art one can’t find anywhere else. With its genesis dating back to 1974, The Artery was conceived when a group of studio artists, writers and performance artists began meeting
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Sherry Strong of Davis talks in 2019 with artist Neal DeVore, a member of The Artery who creates hand-turned burlwood pieces. routinely and agreed on a need for a space where they could perform and sell work regularly. The founding members then signed a lease for the original location at 231 G St., and The Artery got its space upstairs.
WEATHER Thursday: Sunny and very warm. High 92. Low 54.
“In order to fund the newly leased space, the founding members held an art auction. It was the very first in Davis, ever,” said The Artery’s manager and metal and jewelry artist,
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outreach, an analysis on student achievement and perception data, professional development opportunities, district special education compliance data and more. Another item is the health and safety update on the status of COVID19 in Yolo County and the DJUSD. These updates typically include case and transmission rate data — which has been on a steady decline the past many meetings. The update may or may not include upcoming vaccination clinic dates as well.
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