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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Darryl Pines, the president of the University of Maryland at College Park, told the members that since adopting the test-optional model during the pandemic, the data on its impact is “cloudy,” but that, “We decided to communicate to our future students that we’re extending test optional (to) 2027, so that we can understand the data post-pandemic as to how well students are doing.”
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Makes sense from UMD, they are waiting to see how students that entered during test-optional do in college.

In the past the SAT literally used to be a bunch of logic puzzles (for both reading and math) and it all depended on how well the student had prepped for those logic puzzles, since nothing learned in school was relevant.

The SAT has shifted away from that slightly but it still does not make sense why students aren't tested on the actual course work rather than a bunch of IQ-test adjacent puzzles. Doing the latter just empowers students that can afford expensive prep lessons over those students that are actually academically good students.[/quote]

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