In 2008, the College Board started letting those who took the SAT multiple times decide for themselves which scores to report to colleges. Prior to that, people had to submit all the scores, so if a student undertook extensive test coaching and sat for the test multiple times, an admissions office would know that. Under Score Choice, as the 2008 policy is known, the student would decide and could effectively hide having taken the SAT many times. College Board officials said at the time that they hoped to minimize student stress. The change also aligned the College Board’s policies with those of ACT, which had long used Score Choice (which students applauded).
Critics of Score Choice said then (and now) that the system favors the wealthy. While low-income students can receive fee waivers on the SAT or the ACT, taking the test a series of times (with coaching in between each administration) is something only some students can afford. If they are ending up with high scores as a result of a strategy not everyone can afford, those critics say, it should be visible to admissions committees.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/08/08/penn-abandons-policy-requiring-applicants-submit-all-admissions-tests
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