(US News & World Report) by Danny Ruderman. Now that college acceptance and rejection decisions have found their destinations for another year, it is finally time that someone steps up and says what needs to be said: The college admissions process is broken and needs to be fixed. As an independent college counselor, I have […]
Read More »WACO — A new statewide STAAR Report Card system announced by Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath on Friday will give parents more information about their children’s standardized test scores. State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness Report Cards are already issued to parents showing them how their children scored on the standardized tests that year. […]
Read More »This is the seventh year we’re writing this piece and our philosophy hasn’t changed: the actual product of an educational service provider is the tutor or college planner–not the company’s methods, materials, nor brand name. Because the tutor ostensibly is the product, the human resource function is critical. Better tutors generate referrals and our business is […]
Read More »(Language) by Jeff McQuillan. A recent article in the New York Times (Hernandez, 2017) recommended that students from low-income backgrounds prepare for the SAT (Scholastic Achievement Test) “like a rich kid” by spending hundreds of hours studying test prep books, visiting tutors, and taking online cram courses. This is very poor advice, whether one is […]
Read More »(Baltimore Beat) by Nathan Beaucage. For decades, the Wonderlic Personnel Test has been a staple of the NFL Combine. In conjunction with running around a field and performing various physical tests for scouts, the top collegiate prospects are also asked made to take the 12-minute Wonderlic test in order for teams to assess the athletes’ […]
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