Test-Optional Policies Emphasize Diversity, Holistic Applications for Prospective Class of 2027
Incoming students highlight personal journeys in applications due to test-optional policy.
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Incoming students highlight personal journeys in applications due to test-optional policy.
Literature on the NWEA website suggests that Catholic dioceses and schools might want to take a closer look at their map-testing assessments.
An increasing number of colleges aren’t interested in seeing applicants’ standardized test results.
In the wake of COVID-19, people now overwhelmingly believe that the education system’s broader purpose needs to be rethought. This begins with a shift away from standardized testing, college prep, and a one-size-fits-all model and toward personalized curricula, practical skills, and subject mastery.
Despite every effort to standardize school testing, the set guidelines will always, in one way or another, leave some people at a disadvantage. Yet, the efforts to make standardized exams as fair as possible should not go unnoticed.