(CNN) The nonprofit group that administers the SAT said Thursday it will assign a score to students who take the test to reflect their social and economic backgrounds. -- comes amid heightened scrutiny that colleges are facing over the admissions process and the diversity of their student bodies. The new score -- first reported by the Wall Street Journal -- comes amid heightened scrutiny that colleges are facing over the admissions process and the diversity of their student bodies. The College Board said it would implement what it calls the "Environmental Context Dashboard," which would measure factors like the crime rate and poverty levels of a student's neighborhood, to better capture their "resourcefulness to overcome challenges and achieve more with less." "No single test score should ever be examined without paying attention to this critical context," he added.

Source: CNN May 16, 2019 15:05 UTC