There’s a difference between teaching to the test and developing test-specific thinking that will help students effectively ...

Standardized testing continues to be a critical component in U.S. education and college admissions. This stands true even as formats evolve and new technologies reshape the academic experience. This ...

When the College Board canceled SAT testing in 2020, hundreds of colleges adopted test-optional admissions policies for that fall. The Urban Institute reported that the number of four-year colleges ...

The five-year experiment in ignoring SAT and ACT results has failed. Continuing it would be a disservice to students who aren't prepared for college.

Here comes another standardized testing season with all the administrator anxiety, teacher turmoil and student disaffection. So much of it that, at least in high schools, those mass assessments do as ...

Discover the hidden power and racial biases of standardized testing. Learn how it perpetuates inequality and harms Black ...

Sandhya Kumar ’26, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a joint concentrator in Molecular & Cellular Biology and Statistics in Winthrop House. In high school I was terrified of the SAT. I felt like it would ...