Abstract In early spring 2020 the vast majority of US colleges and schools closed for the year due to COVID‐19 with no clear direction on when or how these institutions will reopen for in‐person instruction. School closures and the associated health concerns haulted large scale admissions testing and required alternative models such as remote proctoring at home, additional flexibility in test sites and administrative conditions, and additional testing dates for the fall. It is clear that access to admissions testing has been greatly reduced despite these efforts resulting in extended deadlines in graduate admissions and the wide‐scale adoption of test‐optional polcies in undergraduate admissions. This paper traces the efforts undertaken by admissions testing programs to adapt to COVID‐19 and the measurement issues which emerge from these efforts.

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永远不要浪费危机：大规模评估和对 COVID-19 的反应

摘要 在 2020 年初春，由于 COVID-19，美国绝大多数学院和学校都关闭了这一年，但没有明确指示这些机构何时或如何重新开放以进行面对面教学。学校关闭和相关的健康问题拖累了大规模的入学考试，并需要替代模式，例如在家远程监考、考试地点和管理条件的额外灵活性以及秋季的额外考试日期。很明显，尽管这些努力导致研究生招生的截止日期延长，并且在本科招生中广泛采用可选的考试政策，但入学考试的机会已经大大减少。本文追溯了招生考试计划为适应 COVID-19 所做的努力以及这些努力中出现的衡量问题。