How the SAT Failed America

Chaos. That's the effect COVID-19 has had on America’s system of higher education, which was already struggling before the pandemic. One need look no further than the current state of affairs at the College Board, long regarded as an impenetrable fortress among the ivory towers. Its core product, the SAT, has set the standard for college admissions for more than five decades. Few realize it, but the New York City–based organization that offers the SAT and Advanced Placement tests is a nonprofit that operates as a near monopoly. Its tests,...