( 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 […]
Read More »(The Chronicle of Higher Education) By Eric Hoover– Any student who sweats through the ACT or SAT has reason to ask why such examinations are even necessary. Some colleges, it seems, can offer a more convincing explanation than others. Although most four-year institutions require standardized tests, only half (51 percent) measure how well test scores […]
Read More »(Bloomberg) Jasmine Zhao– Hu Huifeng, an 18-year-old high school senior from China’s Jiangxi province, is on a strict regimen. Seven days a week she rises by 6 a.m. for a day of classes in Chinese, English, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and biology, with the last one finishing at 9:50 p.m. “Once I get home, I study […]
Read More »(Forbes) By Justin Haskins– In December 2015, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) swept through Congress, largely unopposed by leaders on both sides of the aisle. It is perhaps the only piece of legislation during Pres. Barack Obama’s time in office that appears to have pleased politicians of every persuasion. Many Democrats praised ESSA as a […]
Read More »(Washington Post) By Nick Anderson– Now they’re pulling out the really sharp pencils. The ACT and the College Board, overseers of the nation’s two rival college admission tests, are exchanging unusually pointed words this week over an effort to help students interpret scores on the revised SAT. First, the College Board released a set of charts […]
Read More »