#test-optional-policies

#test-optional-policies

Standardized testing in college admissions has undergone significant evolution influenced by legal, social, and educational changes over the last 25 years.

The SAT is now completely digital, taken exclusively on laptops and tablets via a new app called BlueBook.

The digital exam is about an hour shorter than the traditional SAT and has various changes, with paper option only for accessibility exemptions.

The return of standardized testing in college admissions is causing confusion among students and parents.

Colleges across the country have varying policies on standardized testing requirements.

Brown University will reinstate standardized testing for first-year applicants

Committee recommended maintaining early-decision option and further exploration of legacy applicants' impact

Test-optional policies harmed low-income and minority students who withheld potentially qualifying scores.

Standardized tests offered disadvantaged students hope and a way to prove their potential despite life obstacles.

Elite schools like Stanford are reversing test-optional policies, sparking concerns about standardized test equity and perpetuating elitism in admissions.