University Testing News

1,700+ Colleges and Universities Do Not Require ACT/SAT Scores From Fall 2022 Applicants
Two-Thirds of Bachelor-degree Granting U.S. Colleges and Universities Will Not Require ACT/SAT Scores From Fall 2022 Applicants
1,500+ U.S. Four-Year Colleges and Universities Will Not Require ACT/SAT Scores for Fall 2022 Entry
1,400+ U.S. Four-Year Colleges and Universities Will Not Require ACT/SAT Scores for Fall 2022 Entry
More Than Half of All U.S. Colleges and Universities Are Already ACT/SAT Optional for Fall 2022 Applicants
National Call to Suspend High-Stakes Testing in Spring 2021
Two-thirds of all U.S. colleges and universities are test-optional or test-blind for fall 2021 applicants
Three-Fifths of Four-Year Colleges and Universities Are Test-Optional for Fall 2021 Admission; Total of Schools Not Requiring ACT/SAT Exceeds 1,450
More Than Half of All U.S. Four-Years Colleges and Universities Will Be Test-Optional for Fall 2021 Admission
2019 The Best Year Ever for Test-Optional Higher Ed. Admissions
Global SAT Subject Test Security Breach; Scores Compromised
FairTest Reacts to the 2019 College Admissions Scandal
?Beyond The GRE? Campaign And ?GREXIT? Web List Seek To Downplay Tests In Graduate School Admissions
FairTest Reacts to the 2018 SAT Scores & Score Charts
FairTest Reacts to the 2018 ACT Scores & 2018 College Bound Seniors Average ACT Scores
Major New Study Shows Test-Optional Policies Increase Diversity, Preserve Academic Quality
ACT/SAT Test-Optional List Tops 1,000 Colleges, Universities
FairTest Reacts to 2017 ACT Scores
Admissions Movement Leaving ACT/SAT Behind – Higher Education
Test-Optional Admissions list Tops 900 Colleges and Universities
SATs Drop Again, as Test-Optional Movement Surges
Half of “Top 100” National Liberal Arts Colleges Do Not Require ACT/SAT
More Colleges Drop ACT Requirement as Taxpayer Subsidized Test Volume Grows
SAT Subject Tests ?Fading Away? As Admissions Requirement; Hundreds Of Thousands Fewer Exams Administered
Testing Resistance & Reform News: June 15 – 21, 2016
SAT ?Facelift? Fails To Address Exam?s Basic Flaws; 50+ Schools Go Test-Optional Since Revisions Announced
Class of 2016 National Merit Scholarship Cut-Off Scores Vary By State But Assure Most Awards Go To Affluent Families
Computerized Testing Problems – Chronology
2015 SAT Score Report Reaction
Five Years Of Flat ACT Scores Show Test-And-Punish Policies Failed To Improve Average College Readiness Or Significantly Narrow Racial Gaps
George Washington University Goes Test-Optional
FairTest Seeks Help for Test-Takers Hurt by June 6 SAT Timing/Scoring Fiasco
New Survey Shows Record Number Of Colleges And Universities Dropped ACT/SAT Exam Score Requirements In Past Year
Help FairTest Grow the Testing Reform Movement
Widespread SAT Cheating Continues in Asia
2014 SAT Score Trend Remains Flat; Test-Fixated School Policies Have Not Improved College Readiness
Testing Reform Victories: The First Wave
FairTest Statement to the Lee County FL School Board on the Reconsideration of the Vote to “Opt Out” of Standardized Exams.
Testing Resistance & Reform News: August 20 – 26, 2014
FairTest News Release: Stagnant ACT Scores show Failure of Test Driven Policies
Pearson’s History of Testing Problems
FairTest Reaction to “New” SAT Plan: Overhaul Likely to Spur Test-Optional Admission
FairTest Questions the College Board on Plans for “New” SAT
New Report Shows Test-Optional Admissions Helps Diversity, Excellence
FairTest Press Release on 2013 Release of SAT Scores
2014 National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Scores Released
Testing Resistance & Reform News: July 18 – 24, 2013
FairTest Press Release: Widespread Computer Testing Not Ready for Primetime
FairTest to honor Jonathan Kozol with Deborah W. Meier Hero in Education Award
FairTest News Release on the release of the 2012 SAT Scores
High-Stakes Testing Resistance Spreads Across Nation
Testing Reform in the News — June 13 – 15, 2012
Pop Quiz on Testing
Testing Reform in the News — June 8 – 12, 2012
Test Reformers Force Cancellation of “Rich Kids SAT”
Fair Testing Advocates Urge College Board: Cancel Special ?Rich Kids SAT?
FairTest Protests Special Mid-Summer SAT Limited to “Rich Kids”
FairTest’s Op Ed in The Atlanta Journal Constitution: When put to a test, testing culture flunks
FairTest Press Release on Many Test-Optional Schools Earning High U.S. News Rankings
FairTest News Release: Flat ACT scores shows failure of test-driven “school reform” + ACT score results.
FairTest Reacts to the 2010 SAT Scores
2010 College-bound Seniors Average SAT Scores
2010 College-bound seniors average ACT Scores
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN THE 2010 ACT & SAT SCORE REPORTS
National Merit Scholarship Corp. Bullies School To Remove Scores From Web; Fairtest Re-Post?s ?Censored? Data To Show Biases
FairTest Reacts to the 2009 SAT Score Release
FairTest Press Release on the 2009 ACT Scores
What to Look for in this month’s ACT & SAT Score Reports
Test Optional Schools List Tops 815!
FairTest on College Board’s New “READISTEP” Test
TEST-OPTIONAL COLLEGES LIST SOARS PAST 775
FairTest: What to Look for in the 2008 SAT Score Report
ACT Scores Reaction — A Different Test, Not a Better One
Video: “FairTest: You Can’t Judge Learning with a Standardized Test”
FairTest Reacts to the “New” SAT Validity Studies
April FairTest Examiner Newsletter Published
ACT “Smokescreen” Focuses on Small Annual Score Changes but Hides Strong Link Between Test Results and Family Income
“New” SAT Average Score Plunge, Test-Registration Drop Further Undermine College Board Credibility
Test-Maker’s SAT Score-Decline Math Fails to Add Up; FairTest Urges College Board, “Tell the Truth”
FairTest Praises N.Y. Senate Subpoena of College Board SAT Scoring Error Report
Testimony of Robert Schaeffer Before the New York Senate Higher Education Committee
SAT/ACT Optional Admissions List Soars to 730 Colleges
Minimal Changes in SAT and ACT Admissions Scores Show High School Graduation Testing Has Not Improved
College Board Seeks to Suppress SAT Equity Charts; Lawyers’ Letter Claims Copyright Control Over Data on Test’s Bias
College Board Seeks to Suppress SAT Equity Charts
Faculty, Civil Rights, and Education Groups Blast UC Regent’s Claims about Berkeley and the SAT
Supreme Court Michigan Decisions Will Encourage “Holistic” Admissions
New FairTest Analysis Finds: More than 700 4-Year Colleges Are SAT/ACT Optional
SAT Gender and Racial Gaps Increase Misuse of Test Results Will Hurt College Diversity
College Board Focus on Small Annual Score Variations Deflects Attention from Exam’s Fundamental Flaws
Princeton Review State Test Rankings Equivalent to Arthur Anderson Audit of Enron
FairTest Supreme Court Amicus Brief Demonstrates “Test Scores Do Not Equal ‘Merit'”
New Report Shows MCAS Will Block College Access for Thousands of Students
U.S. Naval Academy Challenged Over Misuse of SAT/ACT Exams; Minimum Score Requirement Violates Test Use Guidelines
Florida State Scholarship Program Unfairly Discriminates, Say Civil Rights and Educational Groups
ACT Misused for School Ratings, Accreditation, Accountability; Test-Taker Increase Boosted by Company-Sanctioned Score Abuse
College Board Emphasis on Small Score Changes Encourage SAT Misuse by Colleges, Scholarship Programs
Test Critics Tell College Board Trustees: “New SAT” Proposals are Cosmetic, Marketing Ploy Evading Test’s Real Problems
SAT Repackaging Fails to Address Fundamental Flaws, May Incrase Exam’s Bias and Coachability
U.C. Regents Urged to Question Admissions Test Change Impacts FairTest Says Current Proposals Fail to Address Concerns
The Truth Behind the Hype: A Closer Look at the SAT
Civil Rights, Ed. Advocacy Groups Seek Racial Bias Probe of Bright Futures Scholarship Award Formula
SAT Scores Not Needed for Fair, Valid College Admissions
GMAT Scoring Error Hurt A Thousand Business School Applicants; Test-Takers Were Not Told of Mistake for Ten Months
College Board Challenged to End “Blatant Hypocrisy” by Cracking Down on SAT Misuses, Including Its Own Handbook
The ACT: A Different Test, Not a Better Test
SAT Score Report: Fixation on Biased, Useless Test Results Undermines Educational Equity and Excellence
“SAT/ACT Optional” Admissions Enhances Equity and Excellence At Growing Number of U.S. Colleges