External and Media Resources

​​​​​Listed below are external and media resources on test-optional admission, including standardized testing in the news, books and websites.

Standardized Testing in the News

• Franklin Pierce U Goes Test Optional in Admissions (Inside Higher Ed)
• Two More Colleges Add Test-Optional Admissions (Inside Higher Ed)
• George Washington U. Won’t Make Applicants Submit SAT or ACT Scores (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
  
• 2 More Colleges Drop SAT/ACT Admissions Requirement (Inside Higher Ed)
  
• Allegheny Goes Test Optional in Admissions (Inside Higher Ed)
• VCU to drop SAT requirement (Virginia Commonwealth University)
  
• Plymouth State Goes Test-Optional on Admissions (Inside Higher Ed)
  
• Beloit College going test optional(Wisconsin Radio Network)
  
• Montclair State Adopts SAT/ACT Optional Admission Policy (Montclair State University)
  
• Temple U. Drops Testing Requirement(The Chronicle of Higher Education)
  
• Hampshire College Will Go 'Test Blind' (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
  
• Wesleyan Makes Tests Optional in Admissions (Wesleyan University)
  
• Emmanuel Announces New Test-Optional Policy(Emmanuel College)
  
• Study finds little difference in academic success of students who do and don't submit SAT or ACT (Inside Higher Ed)
  
• An Early Look at DePaul U.’s Test-Optional Policy (The Chronical of Higher Education)
  
• Some colleges offer alternative admissions policies (WBEZ's Morning Shift)
• College Board Criticized Over 'Rich Kids' SAT (Inside Higher Ed)
• Pineapples, Robot Graders, and Standardized Testing in Higher Ed (Inside Higher Ed)
• The SAT Scandal (Inside Higher Ed)
• Faculty Role in Admissions (Inside Higher Ed)
• How to Reform Testing (Inside Higher Ed)
• Are the SATs a Must for College Admissions? (U.S. News and World Report)
• The Other Side of 'Test Optional' (New York Times)
• Behind the SAT-Optional Movement (NACAC Journal of College Admission)
• 7 Wrong Answers About Standardized Tests (U.S. News and World Report)
• Who needs the LSAT anyway? (The National Law Journal)
• College Admissions for the 21st Century (Inside Higher Ed)
• New Evidence of Racial Bias on SATs (Inside Higher Ed)
• How Colleges Perpetuate Inequality (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• 'Conscientious Objector' to Testing (Inside Higher Ed)
• One College Applicant Puts Her Testing Gripes on Video (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• The Rigors and Rewards of Going Test-Optional (The Chronicle of Higher Education)

Research Reports

• Going Test-Optional: Gathering Evidence and Making the Decision at Ithaca College
  
• Defining Promise: Optional Standardized Testing Policies in American College and University Admissions
  
• The Report of the Commission on the Use of Standardized Tests in Undergraduate Admission​ (NACAC)
• Mind the Gaps: How College Readiness Narrows Achievement Gaps in College Success​
• Differential Validity and Prediction of the SAT
• Sex Differences in Performance on the SAT I Quantitative Section​
  
• Validity of High-School Grades in Predicting Student Success Beyond the Freshman Year: High-School Record vs. Standardized Tests as Indicators of Four-Year College Outcomes
• Back to the Basics: In Defense of Achievement (and Achievement Tests) in College Admissions
  
• College Admission Testing (NACAC)
  

Books

• SAT Wars: The Case for Test-Optional Admission edited by Joseph A. Soares
  
• College Admissions for the 21st Century by Robert J. Sternberg
• Beyond the Big Test: Noncognitive Assessment in Higher Education byWilliam E. Sedlacek 
• Crossing the Finish Line by William G. Bowen, Matthew M. Chingos and Michael S. McPherson

Websites

• The National Center for Fair and Open Testing (FairTest)
• ​Wake Forest University, Test Optional
• National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)
• ACT
• The College Board​