Overview
- A July 23 letter from Higher Education Commissioner Wynn Rosser told university leaders they may use CLT scores now to help decide admissions for first-time freshmen who do not qualify for automatic admission, international applicants, and returning students.
- A Texas A&M Public Policy Research Institute review found the CLT, SAT and ACT met the study’s general readiness benchmark but said the CLT’s evidence base is smaller and that its scores are not yet equally defensible or fully comparable with the SAT and ACT.
- CLT leaders hailed the decision as adding Texas to a growing list of states and institutions accepting the test, joining systems in Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Arkansas, Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, the U.S. Service Academies and others.
- The College Board noted the SAT remains the exam taken by most Texas graduates, and experts warn that the CLT’s smaller test-taker pool and limited validity data could complicate statewide score comparisons.
- If the THECB approves a formal amendment by January 2027 the change could make CLT use permanent in Texas, a shift that may broaden options for applicants and boost the influence of classical-education networks while prompting more research on test comparability.