Summer Test Prep & Admissions Business Strategy

(Pulse) By Kevin Organisciak– In terms of summer planning, it’s not too late to feature services which resonate with parents.   It is, however, important to decide on your offerings and place them in your operations calendar, on your website, and to announce through: current students, email, Facebook and all social outlets ( If it’s worth doing, it’s […]

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Smarter Balanced Looks to Partner With SAT or ACT on Hybrid Test

(Edweek) By Liana Loewus.    With states increasingly having walked away from the common-core-aligned tests developed by two federally funded consortia—especially at the high school level—one of those assessment groups is looking to hit the refresh button with a new type of test: one that is useful for both federal accountability and college admissions. The Smarter Balanced […]

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ACT to Invest in ProExam, an Innovator in Noncognitive Assessment and Professional Credentialing

“Education and workplace success require a holistic set of skills, including cognitive and noncognitive skills,” said ACT Chief Executive Officer Marten Roorda. “This investment will allow ACT to tap into ProExam’s expertise in noncognitive assessment, credentialing and consulting. Our goal is to connect noncognitive assessment, which ProExam understands as well as anyone in the world, […]

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Nearly 40,000 people applied to Harvard this year — experts say it’s harder than ever to get into elite schools

(Business Insider) By Abby Jackson —  Harvard College received 39,494 applications for the Class of 2021.  That’s the most applications in the history of the school. The ever-increasing number of applicants at elite schools elicits the question of whether it’s more difficult to get into elite schools today than ever before. Former Ivy League admissions directors have […]

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