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More Than A Score: The Test-Optional Movement In Higher Education, Lisa M. Montgomery
More Than A Score: The Test-Optional Movement In Higher Education, Lisa M. Montgomery
Ed.D. Policy, Planning, & Administration Student Work
"Test optional", "test flexible" and "no tests required" are buzzwords surrounding the college admissions' process today. Getting into a college or university may require a student to submit several sets of grades and scores from either the SAT or ACT, write essays, prepare for interviews and/or complete other admission requirements. As of 2018, there are at least 1,000 accredited, bachelor-degree-granting colleges and universities that altered their admissions policy to either eliminate consideration of standardized testing scores or have moved to test-optional or text-flexible admissions policies (Safier, 2017).
This qualitative mixed methods study investigated why higher education institutions are implementing test-optional …