(Forbes) By Tim Sparapani. It is time to rethink the concept of consent and to change data privacy law to better align corporate data practices with consumers’ expectations. To gain a better understanding of how this can be done, companies can look at this to see why data privacy is so important to uphold and […]
Read More »(Education Week) by Catherine Gewertz. The number of students taking the SAT in programs sponsored by their states or districts has soared by 89 percent between last March and this March, while the number opting to take it on their own, outside of those programs, has dropped 22 percent in the same time period. Those […]
Read More »(The Atlantic) By Mikhail Zinshteyn. The exam has been decried as out of touch and unfair. Now, the College Board is fighting back. The SAT has been called out of touch, instructionally irrelevant, and a contributor to the diversity gaps on college campuses because the test arguably benefits wealthier students who can afford heaps of […]
Read More »(The Boston Globe) By Sean Teehan. The new SAT, which features the most significant changes in the test’s 90-year history, debuted Saturday, culminating months of rising anxieties for college-bound high school students and their parents. Those increased anxieties have meant booming business for the private tutoring and test preparation industry that helps students navigate […]
Read More »Washington Post by Nick Anderson NEW YORK — The SAT’s infamous guessing penalty is gone. Its vocabulary is less arcane, minus words like “lachrymose” and “obsequious” that students tended to memorize and then forget. Its essay is now optional. The perfect score — set in 2005 at 2400 — is reverting to the iconic standard […]
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