Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is criticizing the University of Wisconsin System for waiving ACT and SAT testing requirements for two more years.
UW officials allowed freshman applicants not to include their scores in 2020 due to COVID-19. The Board of Regents voted today (Friday) to extend the exemption through the 2024-2025 school year.
Republican Vos said in a statement, “during the pandemic, students of every age have fallen woefully behind. Remedial class attendance numbers have been growing for years because high school students are unprepared for college as it is. Removing ACT/SAT requirements only exacerbates this.” Vos says educational institutions should be reinstating benchmarks, not removing them.
