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The move aligns the country’s largest four-year university system with the trend toward a “test free” college admissions process.

California State University, the largest-four year university system in the country, is poised to eliminate SAT and ACT standardized tests from their undergraduate admissions process, following a trend in higher education over concerns that the exams are unfair to minority and low-income students.

The administrators of the SAT say the exam will move from paper and pencil to a digital format

The University of California will drop the SAT and ACT tests as admission requirements through 2024 and eliminate them for California residents after that, a landmark decision by the prestigious university system.

The president of the University of California wants to end the use of the SAT and ACT as admission requirements and replace them with a homegrown test, according to a plan released Monday.

A number of colleges and universities are making the SATs optional for admissions next year after the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of the standardized tests this spring. This comes after years of criticism that the SAT puts low-income and minority students at a disadvantage.