The public release of data on test scores and race could wind up making wealth even more influential in admissions.

Test-Optional College Admission, Explained Many colleges have made standardized test scores an optional part of their application process instead of a requirement. The move to test-optional admissions ...

Anti-testing advocates also ignore that standardized test scores are often predictive of how a student will fare in college. A 2020 study from the University of California (which is prohibited by ...

Combining test scores with GPAs ensures a more comprehensive evaluation, helping admissions teams understand each student’s academic journey and readiness for college. During the pandemic, many ...

What is test-free or test-blind? Even if a student has SAT or ACT scores they want to submit, the school won’t look at them. This is a growing area in admissions, even though it remains a much ...

Listening to the creator of a relatively new standardized college admissions test tell it, he’s all about “education rooted in truth, goodness and beauty.” And by that, he apparently means ...

A new working paper from Dartmouth College researchers is providing yet more evidence that test-optional college admissions ended up hurting the very disadvantaged students the policy change was ...

The administration has become increasingly focused on admissions data in its effort to bring the higher education system in ...

The world of elite college admissions experienced a major shake-up last year. Many of the nation’s top schools started requiring applicants to submit test scores again, after failed experiments with ...