Competency-based education programs are set to skyrocket

(eCampus News) By Laura Devaney —  The number of students enrolled in competency-based education programs is expected to reach more than 500,000 by 2020–meaning it will have more than doubled from the roughly 200,500 enrollments in 2015. By 2020, students age 25 and older will account for approximately 44 percent of the tertiary education student […]

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History of Test Prep: More Students Submitting ACT Scores, Survey Finds

(Stockhouse)   As Colleges Report More Applicants Submitting ACTⓇ Scores, ACT, Inc. and Kaplan Test Prep Launch ACTⓇ Kaplan Online Prep Live to Make Best-in-Class Live Teaching Accessible to All Students Introduction of Live, Interactive Program Supports Growing Popularity of the ACT: Survey Finds 49% of Colleges Report More Applicants Submitting ACT Scores than in Prior […]

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ACT Test Scores by Gender 1995 – 2015

(AEI) By Mark J. Perry — Following up on the recent discussion about the gender differences on the SAT math test, the two tables above provide some additional food for thought based on gender differences on the ACT test. The top table above shows the national test results by gender for the four ACT subject […]

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College Board Releases 2016 Total Group Report

A number of articles will stem from The College Board’s 2016 Total Group Report. These articles generally reference the following topics: SAT performance by gender, socio-economic status, SAT Math performance by gender, class, income level etc An initial review of the data suggests that not much has changed in terms of gender based average scores […]

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History of Test Prep: ACT Scores Down for 2016 U.S. Grad Class Due to Increased Percentage of Students Tested

(ACT)–Achievement levels on the ACT® test went down this year compared to last year among U.S. high school graduates, but the decline was driven by a significant increase in the number and percentage of students who took the exam. Those findings are reported in The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2016, ACT’s annual score report, […]

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