One thing that my kid has noticed tutoring mostly African-American students for the ACT and SAT is that most of his clients plan to take the test only once (some are only taking a standardized test due to parental influence) and move on regardless of score because they can just go test-optional at many schools. The only exceptions recently have been 2 students (Florida and GA residents respectively) who were trying to get to the next tier of the Florida Bright Futures scholarship or to reach the GA Zell Miller Scholarship standardized test cut off. I believe that the amount of test takers would fall even more if scholarship dollars were not tied to standardized tests scores.
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