Aidan Muller ’27 makes the point that SATs predict college success well for both white and minority students. He concludes by suggesting that the admissions office should reinstitute the requirement ...

If you work long enough in education, you see that most academic trends swing through extreme phases like a pendulum. College admissions trends have followed suit, especially regarding standardized ...

Yale University announced Thursday that it will resume requiring prospective students to the Ivy League institution to submit standardized test scores when applying for admission. The New Haven, ...

Every year, millions of high schoolers prepare for the arduous process of college admissions. Most will take either the SAT or the ACT, multihour examinations that can feel like the climax of an epic ...

Princeton University announced this week that it will resume requiring standardized test scores for undergraduates seeking admission to the university beginning with the 2027-28 admission cycle. First ...

Standardized testing has become an ever-present and unavoidable part of students’ lives, and the pressure for them to succeed is high. A teacher in Texas worked overtime to ensure her students felt ...

At first glance, calls from members of Congress to restore academic merit in college admissions might sound like a neutral policy. In our view, these campaigns often cherry-pick evidence and mask a ...

Students in “stigmatized” groups, including African-Americans and women, perform less well on standardized academic tests because of anxiety provoked by stereotypes that disparage their intellectual ...