FairTest Reacts to the 2018 SAT Scores & Score Charts

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embargoed for use with 2018 College Board SAT scores — Wednesday, October 25, 2018

“REDESIGNED” SAT FAILED TO SLOW TEST-OPTIONAL MOMENTUM;

130 MORE SCHOOLS DROP ADMISSIONS EXAM SINCE NEW SAT ANNOUNCED;

1,020+ COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES NOW DO NOT REQUIRE SAT OR ACT SCORES

“Though a massive publicity campaign about the ‘redesigned’ SAT encouraged more students to take that exam, it failed to stem the rapidly growing movement toward test-optional admissions policies, in which neither the SAT or rival ACT are required of most applicants,” said Robert Schaeffer, Public Education Director of the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest).

Schaeffer continued, “Since plans for the revised test were announced,130 colleges and universities dropped SAT and ACT requirements. That’s a pace of one every two weeks. Schools increasingly recognize they do not need the SAT – old or new – to make high-quality admissions decisions.”

More than 1,020 accredited, bachelor-degree institutions now will evaluate all or many applicants without regard to test scores. The test-optional list includes more than half of all “Top 100” liberal arts colleges and a total of 320 schools ranked in the top tiers of their categories by U.S. News & World Report.

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• See 2018 SAT Scores by gender, ethnicity and parental education below
• Comprehensive free directory of 1,020+ test-optional and test-flexible colleges and universities: https://fairtest.orgdata.com.org/university/optional
• List of 320+ schools that de-emphasize ACT/SAT scores ranked in U.S News’ top tiers: http://www.fairtest.org/sites/default/files/Optional-Schools-in-U.S.News-Top-Tiers.pdf
• Chronology of higher education institutions dropping admissions testing requirements: http://www.fairtest.org/sites/default/files/Optional-Growth-Chronology.pdf

2018 COLLEGE-BOUND SENIORS SAT SCORES BY PARENTAL EDUCATION