The UC regents chair set a firm and fast deadline for a faculty recommendation on the use of SAT scores in admissions.

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Most SAT prep courses promise higher scores. Very few explain why you’re getting questions wrong, and that’s where students lose points. That matters. In 2025, only 7% of test takers scored above 1400 ...

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The standardized exam has evolved over the past century, all in the name of testing for college readiness. Now, it has become a symbol of the American higher education system ...

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On June 23, 1926, about 8,000 high school students across the United States took the first Scholastic Aptitude Test, known today as the SAT. That test looked very different than the one that about 2 ...