History of Test Prep: SAT subject tests lose favor for colleges

(The Boston Globe)  By Laura Krantz— Several top New England colleges have joined a growing number of schools nationally that no longer require applicants to submit scores from SAT subject tests, saying the specialized exams lend little insight into students’ readiness and can work against low-income and minority students. In the past year, Amherst College, […]

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History of Test Prep: ACT to Drop 1-36 Scoring on the Writing Section

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May  2016 ACT Will Move to 2-to-12 Score Range for ACT Writing Test Results IOWA CITY, Iowa—Beginning this fall with the September national test date, ACT will no longer report ACT writing test scores on a 1-to-36 scale. To reduce confusion among users, the writing score will instead be reported on a […]

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SAT Subject Tests See Steep Decline in Participation

(Edweek) By Catherine Gewertz–Lots of attention has been heaped on the fact that more and more students are taking the SAT or ACT. But little notice has been given to an opposite trend: the quiet slipping-away of the SAT Subject Tests. Once known as the SAT II, and, before that, the SAT Achievement Tests, these […]

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The Differences Between the ACT and the SAT

( Get 800 ) By Dr. Steve Warner– The ACT and SAT are both standardized tests that are used for college admissions. Students should be aware that they have a choice in which standardized test they choose to take. As of 2014, the SAT seems to be the more popular choice on the east and […]

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Update: College Board SAT Practice Test #5 Release

(The College Board)  By Aaron Lemon-Strauss, Executive Director, The College Board– I mentioned earlier that we’d be releasing the May SAT as a fifth practice test at the time of May scores release, and that we’d continue to produce additional practice tests based on released forms going forward. There is a slight hitch in the […]

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