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The testing organization says the switch in admissions policies was "abrupt rather than deliberate" but that the policies are here to stay.

College Board The College Board's announcement last week that it is killing the SAT Subject Tests and the SAT Essay was both rumored for some time and a surprise. Many had speculated that the board would be forced by the pandemic to make major changes. In the fall, it turned away hundreds of thousands of students who registered for the SAT (the main SAT and subject tests) because of test-site closures. And the vast majority of colleges are now test optional or test blind, at least for this year, meaning they will not even look at an SAT or ACT score when deciding whether to admit a student. T...

scandal that rocked atlanta's schools. >> the pressure to boost scores by any means necessary is so great that teachers think they have to get those scores up by hook or by crook. >> ifill: and the president issues a new executive order to circumvent congress and revamp the "no child left behind" law. >> where there's a high bar, the folks who are doing the right thick for children, we want to give them a lot more flexibility, frankly get out of the way and let them hit that higher bar. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been prov...

special correspondent john tulenko reports on the cheating scandal that rocked atlanta's schools. >> the pressure to boost scores by any means necessary is so great that teachers think they have to get those scores up by hook or by crook. >> ifill: and the president issues a new executive order to circumvent congress and revamp the "no child left behind" law. >> where there's a high bar, the folks who are doing the right thick for children, we want to give them a lot more flexibility, frankly get out of the way and let them hit that higher bar. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's...

scandal that rocked atlanta's schools. >> the pressure to boost scores by any means necessary is so great that teachers think they have to get those scores up by hook or by crook. >> ifill: and the president issues a new executive order to circumvent congress and revamp the "no child left behind" law. >> where there's a high bar, the folks who are doing the right thick for children, we want to give them a lot more flexibility, frankly get out of the way and let them hit that higher bar. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been prov...