STANDARDIZED TESTING

ACT to shorten exam length by one hour, make science section optional

The ACT for college admissions will soon be revised to make it significantly shorter than it has been in previous y…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Jul 30, 2024

PROF JENKINS: Turns out 'merit' has, well, merit

Could it be that standardized tests really are good indicators of future success?

By Rob Jenkins
Apr 30, 2024

Harvard will again require SAT or ACT, reversing promise of test-optional admissions through class of 2030

Harvard University will require standardized testing to be considered for admissions, reversing a COVID-era policy.

By Campus Reform
Apr 12, 2024

Prof Giordano says SAT's new 'adaptive testing' format raises 'concerns': WATCH

Campus Reform Higher Education Fellow Nicholas Giordano appeared on Fox News's America's Newsroom on Monday to dis…

By Campus Reform
Mar 19, 2024

Duke University no longer assigning point values to essays and test scores for applicants

Duke University is no longer assigning point values to assays and standardized test scores for applicants, accordi…

By Adam Sabes
Mar 4, 2024

Yale reverses 'test-optional' admissions policy

Yale University has instituted a 'test-flexible"'admissions policy, reversing its pandemic-era test-optional applic…

By Adam Sabes
Feb 23, 2024

Berkeley boasts of lowered admissions standards in attempt to recruit grad students

The University of California Berkeley is using its recently lowered graduate admissions standards as a selling poin…

By Campus Reform
Oct 3, 2023

WATCH: Soviet education system valued merit more than American colleges do today, Buynevich explains

'At some point, we still needed to grow crops.'

By Nick Clavi
May 3, 2023

Consultants recommend hiring candidates without degrees to ‘diversify’ staff

Gartner, a consulting firm, recommended employees hire candidates with ‘non-linear career paths,’ which ‘translates…

By Shelby Kearns
Jan 6, 2023

Higher education in decline due to elimination of standardized testing, columnist argues

In Las Vegas Review-Journal, columnist Victor Joecks recently argued that higher education is setting itself up for…

By Elaine Gunthorpe '24
Dec 21, 2022

Accreditation council votes to eliminate LSAT for 2025 application cycle

The change, approved by the Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, would no longe…

By Kayley Chartier '25
Nov 22, 2022

Incoming freshmen at over 1,800 colleges did not have to take the SAT or ACT, report claims

1,830 colleges and universities did not require incoming students this fall to take the SAT or ACT tests.

By Amanda Mayer '24
Aug 17, 2022

Another university removes SAT/ACT requirements

The University System of Maryland's Board of Regents recently approved a proposal to no longer require students to …

By Elaine Gunthorpe '24
Jul 15, 2022

TN universities reinstate standardized testing requirement

The test-optional policy was launched in July 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Maria Colombo '25
May 19, 2022

ABA recommends ending the LSAT requirement

The association's Strategic Review Committee recently published a memo rationalizing its recommendation.

By Ben Zeisloft
May 17, 2022

WATCH: 'Secular progressive' curriculum is hurting public education

Founder and CEO of the Classic Learning Test (CLT) Jeremy Wayne Tate discusses the differences between classical ed…

By Katelynn Richardson '22
Mar 28, 2022

What does it take to get into Harvard? Not the SAT for another four years.

Harvard announced that it will no longer require applicants to submit ACT or SAT testing through 2026.

By Alexa Schwerha
Jan 3, 2022

Stanford extends test-optional policy for third straight year

Stanford University — one of the most prestigious institutions of higher education in the United States — extended …

By Ben Zeisloft
Dec 18, 2021