College Board moves to stop test prep providers from taking new SAT on March 5
It’s no secret that test prep professionals like to take the exams they try to coach students to ace, and for many years have signed up to take the SAT and ACT (as well as other admissions exams). But some test prep providers have just received e-mails from the College Board telling them that even though they signed up to take the newly redesigned SAT on March 5, they will not be allowed to do so.
Why? The College Board, which owns the SAT, says that it has instituted a new security measure that is meant to keep anybody from taking the college entrance exam for any purpose other than applying to a college, a financial aid program or any other program that requires a college entrance score.
Meanwhile, the organization that owns the ACT, the leading college admissions exam in the United States, says it doesn’t want test prep providers taking its exam either, and that it instituted a new rule to that end two years ago. It is not clear, however, if any test prep providers have been stopped from taking the ACT since then.
An undetermined number of test prep providers — plus some students over 21 — who had signed up to take the SAT this Saturday said they got an email on Monday from the College Board telling them that they couldn’t. The missive (see text below) tells the providers that their registration has been moved to the May 7 administration.
Sandra Riley, vice president for communications at the College Board, provided the email sent by the College Board, as well as what seems to be conflicting information on the situation in an email. Her email sent late Monday night said:
When we closed registration last week, our analysis of registrants showed an unusually high number of individuals meeting criteria associated with a higher security risk. As a result, we haveCollege Board moves to stop test prep providers from taking new SAT on March 5 - The Washington Post:
