By Melanie White, content specialist at UWorld SAT. College-bound students need to study for the SAT in order to maximize their scores, but many don’t know where to begin. The following 5 easy steps will help today’s students succeed on the SAT. 1. Choose a study option Students who want to score high on their […]
Read More »(NY Post) by Naomi Schaefer Riley When it comes to the cost of college, we may have reached the tipping point. According to a recent report in The New York Times, several colleges contacted applicants they hadn’t heard from after the official May 1 deadline to accept an admissions offer to see if they wouldn’t like […]
Read More »(Scientific American) by Claudia Wallis. BOSTON—At last weekend’s annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science (APS) in Boston, Cornell University psychologist Robert Sternberg sounded an alarm about the influence of standardized tests on American society. Sternberg, who has studied intelligence and intelligence testing for decades, is well known for his “triarchic theory of intelligence,” […]
Read More »(PHYS.ORG) Educational attainment is a national priority because it creates both economic and personal gains: higher incomes, better individual and family health and deeper civic engagement. U.S. college enrollments are increasing, suggesting greater educational attainment; however, national college completion rates are lagging behind other developed nations. Recent research suggests that U.S. college students could succeed […]
Read More »(Inside Higher Ed) by Scott Jaschik. The National Association for College Admission Counseling last year issued a statement to the testing industry, calling for reforms that would address security and other issues in admissions testing. The association issued another statement Wednesday, largely the same as last year’s, saying that guidance counselors, colleges and applicants still are waiting […]
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