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The National Association for College Admission Counseling, the Equity Research Cooperative and a University of Maryland–led research team will lead a study of the impact of test-optional policies.
“The abrupt elimination of testing requirements for admission to more than 1,800 postsecondary institutions during the pandemic provides an unprecedented opportunity to examine how test-optional and test-free policies can impact the college enrollment of Black, Latinx/e, Indigenous, Asian, and low-income students,” said a statement from NACAC.
The research is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Specifically, the work will “establish and coordinate the activities of an advisory group of policy experts, researchers, practitioners, and student advocates,” “connect researchers with NACAC’s engaged membership network of college admission counseling professionals,” “work with a communications firm to broadly disseminate the outcomes and resources generated by the University of Maryland and Equity Research Cooperative,” and “identify strategic partners for the hosting of a public-facing tool or platform that will share insights and findings from this work with students, parents, policymakers, and practitioners.”
