The Difference Between Test-Optional and Test-Blind
Hampshire College’s announcement that the college would move from a test-optional to a test-blind policy came as surprising news to those in the education world. Or perhaps not so surprising. The small liberal-arts college in Massachusetts is reputed to be one of the first schools in the country to be test-optional ever since it opened in 1970. But what exactly does it mean if a college is test-optional or test-blind?