This was effective immediately in the United States, and the tests were to be phased out by the following summer for international students.
[3][4] This was done as a response to changes in college admissions due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education.
"[8] For the Mathematics Level Two test, students were not permitted to use calculators that have a QWERTY format keyboard, require an electrical outlet, make noise, use paper tape, have non-traditional methods of input (such as a stylus), or are part of a communication device (such as PDAs, laptops, or cell phones).
The conversion between these numbers varied depending on the difficulty of a particular test administration.
[10] 15 percent of the 2012 college-bound seniors taking the test received a perfect score of 800.