As one of the comments to the article mentions, a lot of this dropping of standardized tests is likely being driven by the fact that the Supreme Court will like

As one of the comments to the article mentions, a lot of this dropping of standardized tests is likely being driven by the fact that the Supreme Court will likely rule against affirmative action for college admissions. The colleges want to remove as many objective measures of student achievement as possible to allow them to pick and choose they type of students they want.