David Hawkins : Admission tests are wrongly used to rank college quality . Hawkins says Baylor University 's incentives for test scores are a mistake . Accordingly , the commission encouraged U.S. News and World Report to eliminate test scores as a measure of institutional quality . Grades are much more important than test scores in admissions decisions , he says . Comment: U.S. News should drop SAT and ACT scores in rankings .
David Hawkins : Admission tests are wrongly used to rank college quality . Hawkins says Baylor University 's incentives for test scores are a mistake . Grades are much more important than test scores in admissions decisions , he says . Comment: U.S. News should drop SAT and ACT scores in rankings .