Chan Zuckerberg Partners with College Board—But What Does That Mean?

(Edsurge) by Sydney Johnson.

Mark Zuckerberg may be a college dropout, but that’s not stopping him and Priscilla Chan from trying to help more students access higher education. Today the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced a grant partnership with the College Board in an effort to expand access to test preparation tools for assessments such as the PSAT and SAT.

No financial details were shared. (Amy Dudley, a spokesperson for CZI, says the organization doesn’t share any of its funding amounts for grants.)

According to College Board’s Senior Director of Media Relations, Zachary Goldberg, the partnership will focus on giving students in lower-income communities and rural areas greater access to college pathway advisors and SAT prep mediums like Official SAT Practice on Khan Academy.

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