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College Board is scrapping SAT’s optional essay and subject tests
By Nick Anderson, The Washington Post, January 19, 2021 Two major stress points in the grueling rituals of college admissions testing are vanishing this year: the optional essay-writing section of the SAT and the supplementary exams in various fields known as SAT...
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2020 SAT and SAT Subject Test Dates: What You Need to Know
By CollegeBoard.org, May 28, 2020 Like all of you, we’re doing our best to adjust to the new normal the coronavirus has created. Throughout it all, our top priorities remain the health and safety of you, your families, and everyone at your school. At the same time,...
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Navigating Test-Optional Admissions Amid COVID-19
Some colleges are not requiring the SAT or ACT amid the coronavirus, shifting the emphasis to other parts of an applicant's profile. By Josh Moody, U.S. News, May 20, 2020 WHEN THE NOVEL coronavirus began to spread throughout the U.S., it upended numerous facets of...
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University of California Will Stop Using SAT, ACT
Admissions tests, allegedly biased against minority students, will be phased out over five years By Douglas Belkin, The Wall Street Journal, May 21, 2020 The University of California board of regents voted Thursday to stop using the SAT and ACT college admissions...
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Major counseling group says it’s time to reconsider standardized testing in college admissions
By Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post.com, May 2, 2020 For the first time, the country’s largest membership organization of college admissions professionals has sharply distanced itself from the admissions testing industry, saying it is time to “rethink” whether it...
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Students prepare for new online format for AP exams
by Jayne Chacko, ABC.com, April 30, 2020 ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHAM) - Many high school students are getting ready for AP exams, but the coronavirus has changed how those tests will be carried out. AP exams will now be taken online, at home and open book. AP exams are run...
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