WASHINGTON – Hundreds of missing SATs never got close to arriving at the College Board, according to UPS records.
Earlier this month, about 300 high school students took the exam at Broad Run High School in Ashburn.
But test takers didn’t learn until this week that the completed exams were lost and that they’d have an option to retake the SAT next month.
The mystery surrounds where in the chain of command the tests went off the grid and if they’re still recoverable.
In a response to WTOP, UPS made clear the shipment never entered its system.
“UPS has no record of picking up this package or processing it,” the statement reads.
“The absence of any information related to this tracking number also indicates that the package never entered the UPS network,” it says.
The school district had no comment regarding the UPS information.
Officials maintain the box of SATs was documented with photographs and readied for shipment.
It remains unclear what went wrong from there.
The College Board confirms it never received the shipment.
According to Loudoun County Public Schools, Principal Dave Spage is still actively trying to track down the missing tests.
It’s unclear if the College Board would still accept the results, nearly a month after the original test was administered.
