September 21, 2001

Israel May Ditch SAT Equivalent

By HAIM WATZMAN

All students who earn a high-school diploma would be eligible for admission to the country's public universities without having to take a standardized test, under legislation that Israel's cabinet adopted this month.

The decision, in effect, would bar the universities from using the psychometric -- Israel's equivalent of the SAT -- in their admissions process. Currently, most departments at the country's six traditional public universities with undergraduate programs use a score