By Kevin Rands (CIO). In an increasingly polarized country, we all share one thing in common: everyone has taken a standardized test. Whether it was the SAT, ACT, GMAT, LSAT, or some other exam, we have all sat at a desk and fretted about the impact our performance might have on our future. Well, today’s […]
Read More »By Ryan Quinn (Charleston Gazette-Mail). The West Virginia Department of Education has chosen the SAT as the new statewide standardized test to replace the Smarter Balanced exam for high school juniors this spring.The ACT, which also bid for the contract, is more popular among students and, at least recently, was supported by several education leaders […]
Read More »By Catherine Gewertz (Edweek). College admissions officers are seeing an increase in the number of students who are submitting ACT scores with applications, according to a survey released today. In its 13th annual survey of admissions officers from 299 colleges and universities, Kaplan found that more students are submitting the ACT than they were a […]
Read More »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 […]
Read More »ACT Inc. Highlights From This Year’s Report More than 2 million US high school graduates (2,030,038) took the ACT test. That’s 60% of the entire US graduating class. Among 2017 graduates, 39 percent met the ACT College Readiness Benchmarks in at least three of the four core subject areas tested (English, math, reading, and science). […]
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