Last year I spoke to an AO about it (at the one school that requires it) and was told “we are kind of testing it out…collecting data but not using it in decisions.”
I was wholly unconcerned despite my son doing “badly” by the standards of people worried about the test. It was actually brought up by the ao who wanted to know what I thought of the test. I was very candid that I thought it was pretty absurd because of the way the questions are presented.
I do understand it’s hard not to worry but still. Don’t worry.