ACT chief says UC students would be hurt by plan to scrap standardized admissions tests

University of California President Janet Napolitano’s proposal to suspend a standardized testing requirement will fuel student uncertainty, strain budgets and exacerbate concerns about fairness by making the admissions process more subjective, the head of the ACT testing organization said Monday. Marten Roorda, ACT chief executive officer, criticized the proposal in a letter to members of the …