# Six-in-ten Americans support dropping standardized test scores in admissions

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## Reading

In a Verasight survey of 2,000 U.S. adults conducted Sept. 7 to 13, 2023, 59% of Americans favored eliminating the use of standardized test scores in college admissions. This includes 23% who strongly support and 37% who somewhat support.

About four-in-ten opposed eliminating the scores (41%), with 26% who somewhat oppose and 14% who strongly oppose.

## Topline

Eliminating the use of standardized test scores in college admissions?

59% of Americans favor eliminating standardized test scores in college admissions.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Somewhat support: 36.7%
- Somewhat oppose: 26.5%
- Strongly support: 22.7%
- Strongly oppose: 14.1%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: United States adults
- Field dates: 2023-09-07 → 2023-09-13
- Base (unweighted): 2,000
- Margin of error: +/- 2.3%
- Module: 2023 APSA Omnibus Survey #2023-071
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

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## Citation

2023 APSA Omnibus Survey #2023-071, fielded September 7-13, 2023, N=2,000 United States adults, +/- 2.3%.

Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-apsa-2023.tiiny.co#supportopposition-to-eliminating-standardized-test-scores-in-college-admissions](https://verasight-apsa-2023.tiiny.co#supportopposition-to-eliminating-standardized-test-scores-in-college-admissions)