Evidence shows that the University of California not only extended its suspension of SAT/ACT requirements but has formally ended the use of standardized tests in undergraduate admissions and has maintained that stance through at least the 2026–27 application cycle.

Key points:

• In May 2020, the UC Board of Regents voted to suspend SAT/ACT requirements through 2024, with the possibility of eliminating them entirely by 2025 if no suitable replacement test was found.(universityofcalifornia.edu)
• In May 2021, UC settled the Smith v. Regents lawsuit by agreeing to a test‑free policy (no SAT/ACT consideration in admissions or scholarships) through at least 2025, preventing any reversion to test‑optional use of the exams.(publiccounsel.org)
• In November 2021, the UC Board of Regents was told that faculty could not find any acceptable alternative test; UC leaders then announced a final decision to end standardized testing for admissions and not to develop a replacement test. Provost Michael Brown stated that “UC will continue to practice test‑free admissions now and into the future.”(forbes.com)
• Coverage in 2021–2022 (EdSource, CBS Los Angeles, Times Higher Education and others) consistently describes UC undergraduate admissions as test‑free going forward, with no plans to bring back SAT/ACT requirements, though leaders left a narrow theoretical door open if some entirely new, equitable test were invented in the future.(edsource.org)
• As of 2025, UC and CSU are still described in current reporting as "test‑free" systems; they do not consider SAT/ACT scores at all for undergraduate admissions, even as many private universities (e.g., Brown, Princeton, Stanford) have reinstated test requirements.(thecollegesage.com)

Sacks’ prediction was: from a supposedly temporary pause (“not bringing back the requirements until at least 2025”), standardized test requirements for UC undergrad admissions would in practice never return. By late 2021 UC had gone beyond a pause to a formally test‑free, no‑replacement policy, and by late 2025 there has been no reinstatement and active confirmation that admissions will remain test‑free for the foreseeable future.

While one can never prove “never” in a literal, infinite‑time sense, all institutional decisions and current policy confirm that the SAT/ACT requirement did not come back when the suspension window ended and has instead been effectively made permanent. Under the usual standards for evaluating such forecasts, this prediction is best classified as right.