A thread about e-tests. I'd like @NACAC @CollegeBoard and @ACT to listen. And I'd like you to speak up.

Both of The Agencies have confirmed that they will deliver their tests at home and online in the fall if school has not resumed or large gatherings at test centers are not possible.

It's really time for every NACAC member to speak with one voice and to stand up to this lunacy of The Agencies rolling out brand new, unproven, untested, and non-validated at-home tests, and expecting us to say, "Yeah, sure, fine."

College Board got away with it for AP due to timing. But we don't have to let ACT and CB get away with it on admissions tests taken this fall for next year. Unless, of course, we feel completely comfortable being lemmings who are afraid to speak up.

It is possible, of course, that these new tests are just as worthless as the old tests. That would be a victory.

Regardless, colleges are the customers--The Agencies are testing students because we create a demand for tests, and students are paying for that. But high schools have a right to speak in the interest of the welfare of their students.

This applies whether you love tests or you hate tests, or you fall somewhere in between. It's not unreasonable, or impolite, or rude to demand that these companies be accountable to us. It's responsible.

So whether you work at a college and want to demand that the tests be validated with research first, or you're a counselor who wants to be sure the tests are measuring what they say they measure, and don't impose even more burdens on students already disadvantaged by the tests:

Now is the time.

Speak up. Tell NACAC. Tell College Board. Tell ACT. If we don't, we'll all carry this failure with us for a long time. We've seen what happens when those in power are left off the hook and their constituents don't hold them accountable.

Oh, and #EMTalk