(New York Times) By Kate Zernike. The SAT and the ACT, bugaboos of generations of college applicants, were supposed to shrink in significance as more colleges and universities moved away from requiring standardized test scores for admission. Instead, the companies behind them have pushed into the nearly $700-million-a-year market for federally required tests in public […]
Read More »The Hindu by ROHAN GANERIWAL Here’s a thought that bears repeating about getting into Ivy League and the so-called Top-25 schools: It’s harder than you think and it takes long-term planning. There is an incredible crush of applicants for the top schools. They’re the institutions with the lowest acceptance rates. Although there are many high-quality colleges […]
Read More »( Edweek by Catherine Gewertz ) || High school testing is on the brink of a profound shift, as states increasingly choose college-entrance exams to measure achievement. The new federal education law invites that change, but it comes with some big caution signs and unanswered questions. The questions are hanging over a provision of […]
Read More »(Orlando Sentinel) School districts could abandon Florida’s new standardized test and give students the ACT or SAT instead, under a bill the Florida Senate‘s education committee approved today. The bill (SB 1360) was inspired by Seminole County school leaders, who last year urged the state to allow them to use national tests instead of the […]
Read More »As reported by Scientific American, “Fortune favors the prepared mind,” as Louis Pasteur once said. So as school revs up this month, so do SAT prep classes. Students might be surprised, however, at the amount of time dedicated to visual literacy skills. The increased focus on graphics is designed to prepare an estimated 1.6 million college-bound […]
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