New SAT Policy Allows Students' Disclosure Regarding Which Score to Send to Schools

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The Washington Post released an article today regarding the new SAT policy that allows students to take multiple tests and only submit their best score to colleges. The new policy went into effect last month in an attempt to ease the stress of test taking for students. The policy is drawing some critics who say that allowing students to take multiple tests gives no room for consequences and favors the wealthy. Others say that the consequences lie in the fact that students can only send in scores from one sitting, regardless of individual section scores that might have been higher on a previous test.

According to the article, officials with the College Board, the New York-based nonprofit organization that administers the SAT, say taking the test more than twice generally doesn't raise scores. They say they were simply responding to surveys that showed that students want more control over how scores are distributed.