This is only a test: Yesterday, Harvard became the latest elite college to announce that it would reverse its test-optional policy for student applicants. California Institute of Technology reinstated the test requirement too. This represents a major victory against the anti-test forces.
The argument against mandating SAT or ACT scores for student applicants was that making standardized testing optional would help increase diversity in student populations. As The New York Times report on Harvard's announcement notes, the goal was to encourage "poor and underrepresented students who had potential but did not score well on the tests to apply."
