From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernisie, and this is the Daily.

Many American colleges have stopped requiring standardized tests, like the SATs,

on the theory that they hurt diversity.

But new research suggests that colleges may have made a mistake.

Today, my colleague David Leinhart, on the war on the S.A.

And why colleges are still reluctant to bring them back.

It's Wednesday, January 17th.

So David, ever since the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions,

it's opened up this larger conversation around the college admissions process.

You know, what's fair, and what tools do we have to create diverse

student bodies now? And recently you've been reporting on the SATs in this context.

Tell us why you decided to focus on the SATs in particular.

There's been a radical change with standardized tests in this country,

both the SATs and the ACTs and the ACTs,

which many students also take when applying to college.

And for years people have not liked the SAT.

I mean, I'm sure you remember taking it Sabrina, it's not fun to take.

Who likes the SAT?

Yeah, I mean, I can still remember the dark gym I went and sat in anxiously 35 years ago.

And on top of the inherent unpleasantness of standardized tests, I think a lot of people,

particularly on the political left, have worried that standardized tests are an enemy of

diversity. And so there's been this criticism bubbling up and then comes COVID.

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