The Daily Illini

University extends test-optional policy for next two admissions cycles

In response to the detrimental effect COVID-19 has had on the accessibility of standardized testing, the University of Illinois System Board of Trustees unanimously approved a request last Thursday to ...
Columbia Daily Tribune

University of Missouri extends test-optional admission for a year

The University of Missouri System Board of Curators on Thursday extended test-optional admission for undergraduate students for one year at the University of Missouri, Missouri University of Science ...
EdSource

University of California sticks with test-free admissions, won’t replace SAT and ACT with new standardized test

February 12, 2026 - California's Assembly Bill 218 made it possible for childhood abuse victims to sue public agencies up to their 40th birthday or five years after discovering the abuse. This story ...