Our school is also limiting the PSAT to Juniors. I suppose this makes sense if they have space limitations, but that’s certainly a loss for Sophomores who miss the opportunity for their first college-type standardized testing with no score ramifications.
Cutoff implications will be interesting. Nothing I see says it’s a percentage of those who take the test - it’s the top x% or a fixed number, depending on the source. Top students may make an extra effort to take the test, but the reality that it’s only given on one day may have a meaningful impact. Given the significant restrictions in CA right now, for example, some students may have no opportunity no matter how much they want to. It will be interesting to see if cutoffs fall in relation to shutdown severity.