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Stanford Extends Test-Optional Policy for Third Straight Year

December 21, 2021December 20, 2021 Ohio Star Staff

Close up of a pencil on top of a multiple choice exam paper

Stanford University has made its admissions process test-optional for the third year in a row.

Following the arrival of COVID-19 in the United States, Stanford previously suspended standardized testing requirements for the 2020-21 undergraduate admissions cycle. Stanford School of Medicine ceased requiring the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), and physics graduate applicants did not have to submit scores for the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) or the GRE subject test in physics.

Now, according to the university’s admissions site: “For both the current 2021-22 admission cycle and the following 2022-23 cycle,Stanford will not require ACT or SAT scores for first-year or transfer applicants.

Several Ohio Groups Oppose Bill to Freeze School Assessments During Pandemic

September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 Ohio Star Staff

As Ohio schools, parents, students and teachers continue to navigate through COVID-19 restrictions, adjustments and challenges, the public needs more information about how schools are performing, not less, according to a state business group.

Ohio Excels, a business coalition focused on educational outcomes for state students, sent its president, Lisa Gray, to testify before the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday, asking that Ohio not waive assessments for the next two years, which is called for by Senate Bill 358.

Xavier University Drops SAT, ACT Requirement in Favor of ‘Holistic’ Approach

September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 Allegra Thatcher

Xavier University recently joined the increasingly popular movement to make standardized tests optional by removing the SAT and ACT requirement from its admission process.

Commentary: Can Americans ‘Handle the Truth’ About Individual Achievement Differences?

May 30, 2019May 29, 2019 Ohio Star Staff

by George Leef In the 1992 movie A Few Good Men, there is a courtroom scene where the prosecuting attorney (played by Tom Cruise) tells the defendant Marine officer Nathan Jessup (played by Jack Nicholson) that he wants the truth. To that, Jessup shouts back, “You can’t handle the…

DeVos Tackles Top-Down Federal Education Regulations

October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 Ohio Star Staff

by Natalia Castro Betsy DeVos understands that education is best handled when handled locally. Time after time, we have seen big government policies make it more difficult for teachers to teach their students, including the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act and the 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act. Under…

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