If you are against standardized tests such as the SAT, which just about everyone outside the test prep industry seems to be, you might be happy to hear that over 1,700 US colleges and universities will not be requiring the SAT or ACT for applicants this fall. However, that doesn’t quite tell the full story. Last year, there were 1,800 US colleges and universities that did not have standardized testing requirements.
As fears about the COVID virus ease and fewer people are being seen wearing masks in crowded public places, one of the initial justifications for dropping the standardized testing requirement is certainly subsiding.
We fully understand the arguments for and against standardized testing. We also realize that more schools may still be counted that could change this early ‘trend.’ Nonetheless, the standardized testing industry has shown much resiliency in the past and we’re not quite yet ready to declare it dead.
