It seems like we've come a long way from the tests supposedly meritocratic origins. The mood to test optional does reflect an understanding by college admissions teams that, you know, this test is not the type of thing we want to be measuring when we think about the class that we want to admit. It doesn't solve all the problems of inequality in colleges but it does reflect a real attention to trying to find other metrics for building successful, diverse, equitable classes.
Why are colleges ditching the test? A) The SAT is biased B) Colleges want to admit more diverse students C) The pandemic D) All of the above
This episode was produced by Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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