U.S. military academies will likely begin accepting scores from the Classic Learning Test (CLT), a relatively recent learning assessment used mainly by private religious schools and homeschoolers, starting with the 2027 admissions cycle.
The CLT, which was developed by the for-profit company Classic Learning Initiatives in 2015 as an alternative to the SAT and ACT, focuses on assessing students on a variety of topics ranging from classical literature and the philosophy of ancient Greece and Rome to sciences such as physics and genetics, as well as history, including “American founding documents.”
According to internal emails obtained by Politico, the nation’s five military service academies, the Military Academy, Naval Academy, Coast Guard Academy, Merchant Marine Academy, and Air Force Academy, will update their admissions websites adding an option to include CLT scores starting on Oct. 1.
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