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The Pentagon plans to accept CLT scores for U.S. military academies, while Indiana and North Carolina require or agree to consider CLT alongside existing tests. Proponents point to correlations with college grades and a classical-text approach, but critics question the evidence base, score comparability, home-testing security, and concerns about bias in the selected authors.","# Higher Education\n\nMore states adopt college entrance exam touted byconservatives despite concerns  \nMilitary academies and colleges in North Carolina and Indiana will soon accept the ClassicLearning Test,embraced by the Trump administration and mainly featuring Western texts.April 6,2026  \nANNAPOLIS,Md.—An upstart college entrance exam-designed to be an alternative to the ACT andSAT and featuring works from ancient Western civilization-is gaining support from the Trumpadministration and conservatives in red and purple states.  \nIn recent months,the Pentagon decided to accept the Classic Learning Test for U.S.military serviceacademies and scholarships at other colleges around the country.Indiana enacted legislation in Marchrequiring its state universities to consider CLT scores,along with those from the SAT and ACT.And theNorth Carolina university system agreed to take the CLT,including at its flagship campus in ChapelHill.  \n“We’ve had some big wins,”said Jeremy Tate,    Source comment founder of the test and theMaryland company behind it,Classic Learning Initiatives.  \nWhile all three tests have verbal and math sections,the CLT stands out because it mainly featurespassages from noted philosophers,religious scholars,scientists and authors in the canon of Westernliterature,including Plato,St.Augustine,Dante and Shakespeare.Students can take the test at atraditional testing site or online at home.  \nSince its creation in 2015,the CLT has been embraced by many Christian schools,home schoolingfamilies and educators in the classical education movement who want children to study foundationaltexts that they say helped shape American history and culture.  \nBut the exam's growing popularity has sparked questions about whether the CLT is a reliable measureof students'skills;how to compare CLT scores to the ACT and SAT;and whether it's secure,sincestudents can take the CLT at home,unlike the other two tests.  \n“We're lacking evidence on the CLT,”said Audrey Amrein-Beardsley,◎Source comment aprofessor at Arizona State University who is reviewing public data on the test and plans to publishfindings this summer.  \nAnd as the test becomes more widely used,the CLT's creators hope it will push schools and teachers tointroduce students to classic texts to better prepare them for the exam.  \n\"We view this as a lever that shapes education,\"Tate said.  \nBut some critics worry the CLT's list of authors could push out alternate points of view and givestudents a “sanitized and triumphalist version of history.”  \n\"My biggest concern is that students won'tlearn the truth about history,\"said Curtis Dozier,a VassarCollege professor of Greek and Roman studies who wrote a book about how far-right politicians use theclassics to advance their world view.  \nMore students are taking the Classic Learning Test  \nThe number of test takers soared after Florida began using the test as an option forhigh school graduation and admission to state colleges in 2023.  \n2016     22017    2018    2019   2020   2021   2022   2023   2024   2025Source:Classic Learning initiatives  \nMore than 350 universities,mostly private Christian colleges,accept CLT scores for admissions,inaddition to the ACT and SAT.Many other colleges have been hesitant.  \nA review by the Iowa Board of Regents in 2024 couldn't find a single peer-reviewed study on how wellthe CLT can predict success in college.  \n\"There's just been limited use thus far of the Classic Learning Test,so there isn't sufficient data yet,\"Rachel Boon,chief academic officer for the board,said at a public meeting at the time.The state is nowsearching for additional data,she said in an interview.  \nBecause of the lack of research,the Iowa state university system decided in 2024 to use only the ACT orSAT for automatic admissions,the route most students use to attend.  \nClassic Learning said the test's value was detailed in a study completed last year at Grove City College,aconservative Christian college in Pennsylvania.The study o","cbCaijWyFGgSQVmX","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijWyFGgSQVmX","pdf",305572,2,1,6,"English","en",105,"# Higher Education\n## Expanding adoption of the Classic Learning Test\n## Evidence, comparability, and security concerns\n## Growth in test takers and policy responses","[{\"question\":\"Which states and institutions are adopting the Classic Learning Test?\",\"answer\":\"The Pentagon will accept CLT for U.S. military service academies, and Indiana requires state universities to consider CLT scores. 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