It should come as no surprise that the June SAT has been canceled. College Board is pledging to add additional test dates to provide ample opportunity for students to take the SAT. (https://pages.collegeboard.org/sat-covid-19-updates)
My thoughts:
- I would be surprised if the ACT doesn’t quickly follow suit and cancel their June test date as well.
- Many colleges have already decided to go “test-optional” for the 2021 incoming class applications. Many more will follow suit given this last round of cancellations.
- It will be interesting to see the long-term impact on the admissions process. While College Board is floating the idea of “at home” SAT testing (they’re already doing it for the AP exams, so this is not a stretch), I believe that colleges will continue to move away from their heavy reliance on standardized tests and focus more on grades (which have been proven to be a more reliable indicator of college success than ACT/SAT scores), activities, and essays. In short, they will focus more on who the student is, not how well they test.
Stay tuned. More changes are surely on the way.