The bill’s advocates gathered Wednesday over Zoom to argue that the high-stakes MCAS has been a failure, blocking vulnerable students from pursuing their goals in higher education and careers.
The State University of New York eliminates the need for prospective students to submit standardized test scores, ending the decades-old practice that critics say discriminates against disadvantaged students.
The State University of New York will no longer require students to take either the SAT and ACT tests to apply to its four-year undergraduate colleges as enrollment declines.