SAT Epic Fail in Oakland

Catcherinthetoast
Sun, 02 Jun 2024 15:23:45 +0000

Here is an excerpt from the statement from the college board…

“Student demand has exceeded capacity for SAT Weekend administrations in California’s Bay Area because of a shortage of high schools and other institutions willing to serve as SAT Weekend test centers. To accommodate students, College Board contracted with an outside vendor to set up and manage this administration and others at high-capacity test centers in non-traditional locations including hotels and convention centers, adding approximately 6,000 seats in the Bay Area.”

Based on this statement pretty safe to say there is plenty of demand to take the exam and the failure to administer the exam was the direct result of a failure of one of the enterprises they contracted with. The hotel venue was acting as their agent.

I suspect parents throughout the world would think that their obligations are to find an available test location and date, pay the fee, and show up. Beyond that not sure how a parent can be held responsible for CB picking a site where the exam was cancelled and no alternatives currently being offered.