Variation in Test-Optional Admissions at Selective Colleges During the Pandemic
Kelly Rosinger, Dominique J. Baker, Joseph Sturm, Wan Yu, Julie J. Park, OiYan Poon, Brian H. Kim, and Stephanie Breen
The pandemic saw the rapid and widespread adoption of test-optional admissions policies that allowed applicants to choose whether to submit SAT or ACT scores to selective four-year colleges.
This research draws on detailed information about selective colleges’ admissions testing policies to describe the proliferation of test-optional admissions policies during the pandemic period and the variation in how colleges implemented test-optional policies.