ACT Extended Time Rule Change

09/09/2017
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In a move that makes the ACT somewhat less accommodating to students with accommodations, ACT has changed its extra time policy. Through June 2017, students taking the ACT with writing had six hours to complete the four sections that comprise the composite score (English, Math, Reading, and Science) and the essay. Students will now have five […]

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Have SAT Accommodations Gone Too Far?

08/25/2017
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By Miriam Kurtzig Freedman (Edweek). You may have missed a change in the testing world that’s now “old” news: More students with disabilities who have individualized education programs, or IEPs, can take the SAT with what are called—often erroneously—”accommodations,” with few questions asked. Under a new process, the College Board, which is the official SAT […]

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