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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course that begs the question of whether CB gets/should get to decide.

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The CB doesn’t decide. Ultimately the consumer does.  That’s you.  Many, but certainly not all colleges have chosen to rely on their tests.  And the key word is chosen.  So they have a market.  SAT and ACT deal with accommodations differently. Sometimes the college prefers one over the other.  If you don’t think the SAT or the ACT scores accurately reflect your kid's ability, you can apply to a test optional school. There are excellent ones. If enough great kids choose test optional schools, more schools will become test optional to get applicants and preserve their application numbers and their US News ranking.  If kids stop taking college board and ACT tests, then the college board and ACT will either change of go out of business.  Right now, their business model is working. When it no longer works, it will change.

The CB gets to make decisions because consumers say they do.  If you don’t think the SAT accurately reflects your kids talents, do the ACT. If that doesn’t either, apply to test optional schools.  If you think your kids scores are accurate, why do you are about other kids’ scores?

My DC has CB accommodations.  And right now, we are looking at whether to use them, or apply to the ACT, and do it without accommodations or with, depending on their decision (I would suspect with, because we have very strong documentation going back years).  If even with accommodations I do not think the test results are reflective of what my kid can do, he will apply to test optional schools.

You are not a victim here.  Your kid has great college options without testing. And if they have good test scores, why do you care about my kid’s scores?  If enough parents and enough colleges do not think CB is making good decisions on this, then the CB will change. Just like Adam Smith intended. [/quote]

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