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The SAT at the Crossroads
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The SAT at the Crossroads

Standardized tests can identify bright kids from disadvantaged backgrounds—if that’s what colleges want to use them for.
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Dartmouth College Brings Back Standardized Test Requirements For Applicants
Signage outside of the Admissions Office at Dartmouth College on February 8, 2024, in Hanover, New Hampshire. Dartmouth College has announced it will once again require applicants to submit standardized test scores, beginning with the next application cycle, for the class of 2029. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

It took but a few short years for standardized testing requirements to die.

Among schools accepting the Common App, the share demanding test scores dropped from 55 percent to 5 percent between 2019 and 2021. It was still at 4 percent this most recent school year, long after the COVID emergency that set off the trend.

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Robert VerBruggen

Robert VerBruggen is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute.

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