The College Board is an entity that holds a clear monopoly over the college admissions process. They provide testing services for advanced placement (AP) exams, SAT II Subject Tests, and--most notably--the SAT. All three of these tests, in some form, are expected from most elite universities, and two of these tests have no true competitors or alternatives. 

As the administers of these tests, the College Board has the responsibility to higher-education institutions, test-prep companies, parents, and--most importantly--students, to keep each type of exam of relatively consistent in difficulty. However, recently, in respect to the SAT, this has not been the case. The past four SATs that were administered have been drastically easier tests, that were accompanied by extremely harsh penalties for getting questions wrong. These are not the tests that students spent months of their lives preparing for, these are not tests that universities are used to evaluating. In recent months, it is clear that the SAT has become a different exam, and despite thousands of complaints from students, educators, and test-prep organizations, the College Board has refused to acknowledge this. 

These alterations to the test have rendered it more difficult for college admissions officials to discern what each score from the 2018 testing-year entails, and they have the potential to alter admissions selection. 

We demand that the College Board simply acknowledge the changing testing landscape of the SAT. We deserve a confirmation that these past tests are not abnormalities, but rather signify a new direction for the SAT. This should be made clear so that students can have a fair shot at preparing for subsequent tests, so that college admissions officials can decern that there is a clear difference between tests administered in the later part of 2018 as compared to the earlier tests, and so that educators can adapt to these changes and teach accurate practices that will assist students in studying for future SAT exams.