China News Service, June 16 (Xinhua), according to the US "World Daily" report, Harvard University announced on the 15th that undergraduates applying for admission in 2021 do not need to submit SAT or ACT standard test scores in response to the new coronary pneumonia pandemic for students taking standardized tests Bringing confusion and unfair criticism of students of color in the epidemic requiring standardized test scores.

  A coalition plan composed of more than a dozen civil rights organizations and education advocates sent a letter to MIT, Amherst Massachusetts University and other schools, calling on them to completely abandon the SAT and ACT test scores; in the petition letter, they Call on colleges to stand up against this "institutional approach to racial inequality" and "take action to ensure sustainable solutions and better future inclusion and diversity."

  Harvard University spokesperson Rachael Dane said on the 15th that arranging the standard entrance examination for the new crown epidemic is a difficult problem for many students with financial difficulties; the Harvard school believes that this temporary approach can solve these challenges; apply for 2021 The enrolled students do not take the exam and will not be disadvantaged.

  In fact, before the outbreak of the epidemic, the abolition of standardized testing campaigns has begun. The FairTest organization that advocated this matter said that in the fall of 2020, more than half of the four-year colleges and universities in the United States no longer require applicants to submit SAT and ACT scores. Students can Choose whether to submit standardized test scores. (Tang Jiali)