College Board cancels August SAT exam for nearly half of students planning to take it
The College Board announced that 178,600 out of 402,000 students who signed up to take the SAT and SAT Subject Tests on Aug. 29 will not be able to do so.
The College Board cited the closure of local test centers and the need to reduce capacity as a result of social distancing as the reason for a significant number of students being unable to take the test on their previously scheduled date.
As of Tuesday, 54% of test centers initially scheduled to administer tests in August remain open. Of the 54% of test centers that are open, 46% are at capacity.
“We know this is a challenging time for students who want to take the SAT," said Priscilla Rodriguez, the College Board vice president of College Readiness Assessments. "We are working with local communities to help ensure as many students who want to test have the opportunity to do so, safely, during next week’s SAT administration and those that follow each month this year.”
The College Board said it will work with test centers that need to close or reduce their available seats because of new safety measures.https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-08-19-20-intl/index.html
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