SAT Scrapped for June in Latest Hit to Higher Education

  • The college entrance exam is on hold until at least August
  • Many schools have made the tests optional amid virus outbreak

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A key college entrance exam has been scrapped until at least August because of the coronavirus pandemic, adding more pressure to the companies that administer the admissions tests at a time when dozens of colleges are making it optional.

The SATs scheduled for June have been canceled, the College Board said in a statement Wednesday. The organization said it will provide a digital SAT for home use if schools don’t reopen in the fall -- an event it called unlikely.