Sen. Bill Cassidy sent letters to roughly 35 selective colleges requesting detailed math-placement data from fall 2019 through fall 2025, asking how institutions place freshmen into remedial or college-level math and whether they require the SAT or ACT. The inquiry follows a University of California, San Diego internal report that flagged a sharp rise in incoming students needing remedial math. Cassidy framed the move as a probe of K–12 performance spilling into higher education and demanded institutions explain placement decisions and course definitions — a step that could pressure admissions and placement policies nationwide.