How Could SAT's Possibly Still Happen? Why does CB refuse to acknowledge reality?

MYOS1634
Fri, 22 May 2020 12:22:46 +0000

The ACT is already online abroad in countries without cheating scandals (costs three times the regular, “domestic” test, too). However it’s taken in a room with test monitors. Duolingo already has an online/at home system.
The technical difficulty is monitoring home tests.
Basically they block everything in your computer save for their screen, you must show the full room then close the door, and you MUST be in full view of your laptop’s camera the whole time. Your test session is recorded so that if they hear a sound indicating a door opening, someone talking to you, etc, they will check what the webcam indicates.
Cornell, Pomona, Vassar, Amherst, Williams and the entire UC system… are moving to test optional. Harvard is indicating it’ll be flexible. If entire regions can’t offer the test in August and September, then many universities will have to follow suit or lose applicants in an already difficult context.