The number of students taking the SAT college admissions test at least once is growing back to pre-pandemic figures—even as some colleges and universities made the test optional at the onset of the ...

The SAT, a time-honored rite of passage for students applying for college, stopped being required by many colleges when the coronavirus pandemic upended education. So what did New Jersey students do?

(This story has been updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.) To test or not to test, that is the question. Since the COVID-19 pandemic forced colleges and universities to adjust ...