> It appeared then that schools were no longer requiring test scores as a defensive move - if they don't require tests, it's harder to use them in court.
From the article: "When the coronavirus pandemic scrambled testing, Yale and many other colleges dropped requirements that applicants submit standardized tests such as the SAT or ACT."
Why is everyone looking for a convoluted theory when there's a very obvious explanation?
That's like saying remote instruction was a solved problem before Covid.
The problem with the pandemic was that almost every student in the country was suddenly thrown into a remote situation, and nobody was prepared for that.
It's the same with remote work. It may have been a "solved problem" before the pandemic (and I personally WFH before the pandemic), but nobody was prepared for a huge portion of the country's workforce to be suddenly thrown into remote work.
From the article: "When the coronavirus pandemic scrambled testing, Yale and many other colleges dropped requirements that applicants submit standardized tests such as the SAT or ACT."
Why is everyone looking for a convoluted theory when there's a very obvious explanation?