FAIRTEST: Four Dozen More Colleges Drop SAT-ACT Requirement | Diane Ravitch's blog

FAIRTEST: Four Dozen More Colleges Drop SAT-ACT Requirement | Diane Ravitch's blog

FAIRTEST: Four Dozen More Colleges Drop SAT-ACT Requirement

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for immediate release Wednesday, September 18, 2019
BEST YEAR EVER FOR TEST-OPTIONAL HIGHER ED. ADMISSIONS
AS 47 ADDITIONAL INSTITUTIONS DROP ACT/SAT SCORE REQUIREMENTS;
MORE THAN HALF OF “TOP 100” LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES
ARE AMONG 1,050 SCHOOLS NO LONGER REQUIRING STANDARDIZED EXAMS

This is a record year for colleges and universities deciding that students can apply without submitting ACT or SAT standardized exam scores. Over the past twelve months, 47 schools have announced new test-optional admissions policies, according to the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest), which maintains the master database. That brings the total of accredited, bachelor-degree institutions that will make decisions about most applicants without regard to test scores to 1,050.

More than half of the U.S. News “Top 100” liberal arts colleges now have ACT/SAT-optional policies. So do a majority of colleges and universities in the six New England states and several other jurisdictions including Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the District of Columbia.

All told, U.S. News includes more than 360 test-optional and test-flexible schools in the first tiers of their respective categories. Top-rated test-optional colleges include Bates, Bowdoin, Colorado College, Furman, Holy Cross, Pitzer, Rollins, Sewanee, Smith, Trinity, Wesleyan and Whitman. Among leading national universities, CONTINUE READING: FAIRTEST: Four Dozen More Colleges Drop SAT-ACT Requirement | Diane Ravitch's blog