Another elite U.S. university has reversed its decision to eliminate the common test for entrance exams, a long-standing practice.
Yale University announced Thursday that it will implement a “flexible testing policy” that will allow students to submit several different test scores for admission, including ACT, SAT, International Baccalaureate, and Advanced Placement scores. according to Go to Yale University’s website. The university announced that after extensive research, it found that “test scores are the single greatest predictor of a student’s future.” (Related: House committee expands anti-Semitism probe to elite schools to include another top university)
“Yale research before and after the pandemic has consistently demonstrated that, of all the elements of an application, test scores are the single greatest predictor of a student’s future Yale performance. This is true even after controlling for family income and other demographic variables, and is true for subject-based exams such as AP and IB in addition to the ACT and SAT.” web page The announcement of the policy change reads as follows:
new: @Ale Universities will once again be required to take a standardized test for admission.
Students can choose from four tests: ACT, SAT, IP, and AP.
“Test scores are the single greatest predictor of a student’s future Yale performance,” Yale said.@DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/fwfskK5a1k
— Brandon P (@Brandopinione) February 22, 2024
It also includes several other elite universities. Brown University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Universitysuspended the requirement to submit standardized test scores for applicants in summer 2020. Columbia University also suspended its standardized test score submission policy in summer 2020, and officially made the standard permanent in March 2023.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology reversed Dartmouth College reversed course and reinstated the testing requirement in March 2022, and Dartmouth also rescinded its testing policy on February 5th.
“Strong evidence remains that standardized testing predicts college success. Because test scores tend to vary by identity group, many colleges have used the disruption of the pandemic as an opportunity to abandon testing requirements. “Elite universities may find testing requirements important going forward,” Adam Kissel, a visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation’s Education Policy Center, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Yale University did not immediately respond to DCNF’s request for comment.
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