U. Of California Will Consider Reinstating An Admission Test Requirement

The University of California will consider reinstating a requirement that undergraduate applicants submit scores on ...

Actually, the SAT Was Necessary After All

Supporters see tests such as the SAT as objective measures of academic preparation, allowing comparison among students no ...

UC to consider reinstating SAT, ACT tests after faculty say students are deficient in math

The University of California will consider bringing back SAT and ACT requirements for first-year admissions. UC ended test ...

Columbia to end test-optional admissions, the last Ivy League school to do so

Columbia University has announced, beginning in fall 2027, first-year and transfer applicants will have to submit either SAT ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Trying to judge human ability by test scores always will invite debate

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Readers challenge whether SAT scores predict success, citing a high scorer rejected by 16 universities who later ...
Los Angeles Magazine

The SAT Debate Is Back at the University of California, Now Led By Faculty

Declining first-year math preparedness has prompted more than 1,400 UC faculty members to demand the return of standardized ...
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Princeton and MIT bring back SAT/ACT: Why is Columbia still test-optional?

Columbia University has become the last Ivy League institution to maintain a fully test-optional policy, a move that sets it apart from its peers as the league reverses the trend of eliminating ...
Inside Higher Ed

Princeton Will Require Standardized Test Scores Again

Princeton University will once again require applicants to submit standardized test scores beginning in the 2027–28 admissions cycle, the university announced Thursday. It’s the seventh of eight Ivy ...
Observer

The SAT Isn’t the Problem. Access to Prep Is.

The debate over standardized testing often centers on fairness, but it overlooks a more fundamental issue: unequal access to preparation. Unsplash+ On March 14, millions of high school students sat ...