(Los Angelos Times) by Sonali Kohli The company that administers the ACT college entrance exam is looking for about 125 tests that went missing after students took the test in April at University High School. “We are working with the test center supervisor and the carrier (FedEx) to attempt to locate the package,” ACT, Inc. […]
Read More »(Education Week) by Catherine Gewertz. The ACT has agreed to provide college-admissions scores for nearly 2,800 students in Ohio and Tennessee, after first refusing to score those students’ exams because of a mixup in test administration. In April, 1,300 juniors from 21 school districts in Ohio and 1,492 juniors from 10 schools in Tennessee took […]
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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