A number of colleges and universities that went “test optional” in recent years have now returned to their senses and are again using either the SAT or ACT to evaluate the academic readiness of applicants.
That’s good, but they ought to consider another test — the College Learning Test. Its founder, Jeremy Tate, writes about it in today’s Martin Center article:
I launched CLT in 2015 after previously working as both a public-school teacher and the head of an SAT test-prep company. Inspired by classic educational models, especially as exemplified by the American founding fathers and the luminaries of the civil-rights movement, I hoped to create an exam that would be anchored in the liberal-arts tradition. The test we’ve created rises above academic fads, relying on skills of critical thinking, attention, and communication that remain applicable regardless of curriculum trends, and introduces students to the literary and philosophical riches of the centuries.
Sounds like a worthy competitor to the two big tests.