State officials have denied ACT’s appeal of Michigan’s decision to switch its free college entrance exam to the SAT.
The Michigan Public Radio Network’s Jake Neher reports.
ACT protested two aspects of the bidding process. It said the state changed the timeline of the proposed contract and penalized ACT for having a writing portion. It says both of those things unfairly benefitted SAT.
Caleb Buhs is with the state budget office. He says officials did a “fair and neutral” review of the process.
“Both were deemed to be done in a proper, fair manner within the law,” he says.
State education and budget officials say the SAT is a better test that will save the state $15 million over the three-year contract. That contract still must be approved by the State Administrative Board.