ACT：2026美国高中生对人工智能在大学申请中的应用认知调研报告（英文版）（15页）.pdf

1、ACT Research|Issue Brief|January 2026 1 High School Students Views of AI in the College Application Process Jeff Schiel Introduction Examples of college readiness indictors include applicants high school grades,essays,and college admissions test scores.Of these,high school grades are most prominent

2、in the college admissions process.Recently,the National Association for College Admission Counseling(NACAC)reported that high school grades were the most important factor in admissions decisions,with 74%of its member colleges viewing grades as considerably important.Over time,the significance placed

3、 on high school grades appears to be increasing:Ten years prior,only about half(52%)of NACACs member colleges held this same perspective of grades importance(National Association for College Admission Counseling,2023).However,grades,despite their prominence,have imperfections.Evidence of a phenomeno

4、n known as grade inflation,which occurs when there is an increase in grades over time but no concomitant increase in ability(Bejar&Blew,1981),has been around for many years.For example,ACT presented evidence of this phenomenon thirty years ago(Ziomek&Svec,1995)and on several subsequent occasions(Woo

5、druff&Ziomek,2004;Sanchez&Moore,2022;Sanchez,2023,2025).Concerns over grade inflation continue,and recently the accuracy of high school grades as a measure of student achievement has been questioned.For example,a study of grade inflation that used longitudinal data from students in Washington state

6、found significant changes over time in grades and a noticeably weak relationship between grades in math and achievement,which was measured by scores on state-administered assessments(Goldhaber&Young,2024).In addition,the study found a significant increase in the proportion of students receiving grad