scott jaschick, editor of "inside higher education," thank you for your time. guest: thank you, bye. host: here is a little bit from the college board president when he made the announcement of these changes yesterday to the new sat test. [video clip] >> it is time to admit that the become far tooe disconnected from the work of our high schools. students -- missing we have been listening to students and the thames, for whom tests are serious and foster anxiety. they're skeptical that either the sat or act allows them to show their best work, and too many feel that the prevalence of test prep and expensive coaching reinforces privilege rather than merit. host: that was the college board president yesterday announcing changes to the sat tests in place in 2016. we are getting your reaction this morning, hearing from parents and students and educators and all others. what is your experience with the test and what do you make of these changes? marianne is up first in new york. caller: hi. i want to quickly make a few comments. i'm an average citizen out here. i went

host: scott jaschick, what types of colleges look at the sat? guest: lots of colleges. generally the most competitive colleges, and many less competitive colleges don't. but a trend in recent years has been for colleges, even competitive colleges, to go test optional. this is a big concern of the college board. these colleges let students decide whether or not to submit scores. many students will look at what the average score is and decide whether to cement based on whether they are above or below -- to submit based on whether they are above or below. historically, low income students have done less well than upper-income students. years,cally, in recent black and latino students on average do not do as well as white and asian students. going test-optional tends to result in increases in applications from lacking the gene of students. host: what has been -- black and latino students. host: what has been the reaction from sat folks? guest: the college board is trying to make the sat more t, so they cannot exactly criticize that but they are saying that they have been th