Ivy League schools reintroduce SAT/ACT entrance exams, citing research on predicting student success.
Ivy League institutions like MIT, Dartmouth, Yale, and Brown are reintroducing SAT and ACT entrance exams after earlier decisions to drop them. Schools now cite research showing these tests help predict student success and ability to thrive academically. Critics argue that schools made hasty decisions without thorough consideration and were influenced by a bandwagon effect. Despite the tests' limitations, they remain a useful tool for admissions and predicting academic performance.
March 14, 2024
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