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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Given that no one else has yet to follow the Uc’s temporary move to not consider tests at all, seems doubtful that making it permanent changes anything.[/quote]

Washington state, Arizona, and Oregon have also all eliminated standardized tests in public university admissions.

This is the future, if for no other reason than students in these four states will have less and less reason to take standardized tests, which means if other schools want to attract students from those states, they’ll have to to at least test optional.[/quote]

Huh, kids will keep taking the tests unless they only want to apply to those schools.  There aren’t many kids who apply to only one or two schools.[/quote]

Except that each of those states has robust in-state offerings. And then there’s state crossover among the four states. If a student is deciding whether to apply to a few schools outside their home state, the question of whether or not they have to take a standardized test will become an issue.

Consider Virginia: lots of great in-state options. Lots of Virginians already apply only in-state. If you didn’t have to take standardized tests for any of the in-state schools, do you think the number of Virginians taking the SATs would go down? Now figure North Carolina, Maryland, and Pennsylvania eliminate the tests. What do you think would happen in this region to test-taking trends?[/quote]

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