SAT Changes Policy

Recently, College Board created a new policy that's called "Score Choice". Hoping it will reduce student stress around the SAT and college admissions. This new policy was made so high school juniors taking the SAT can have the option of choosing which scores to send to colleges, while, hiding the scores they don't want admissions officials to see. Unfortunately, some highly-selective colleges have said that they will not go along with Score Choice, and it's stirring a heated debate among high school counselors and college admissions officials. 

Some argue that it's really just a marketing tool that's intended to encourage students to take the test more often. Others say that the policy will aggravate the testing frenzy and add yet another layer of stress and complexity to applying to college. Some critics of the new policy note that the SAT’s main rival, the ACT, has long had a Score Choice policy. Some argue that even the ACT's policy is wrong and are blaming ACT for supposedly "causing" College Board to change this policy. College Board surveyed more than 3,000 high school students from a range of income groups and ethnicities and 700 counselors from a diverse group of high schools across the country, and 70 percent favored Score Choice.

I believe this is not a very good idea. It can prevent students from showing their progression and effort to achieve a better score, which could possibly cause admissions officials to accept them. I don't understand how it can lower a students stress successfully. It's meant to be a test in which you should stress out for, because you can either make-or-break. This might cause kids to take it less seriously and result in lower test scores.