(The Journal) by Richard Chang. The College Board, which administers the SAT and Advanced Placement tests and programs, has teamed up with nonprofit Khan Academy to create preparatory materials and exercises for AP courses, to be available for free on Khan Academy’s website. Khan Academy will offer “free instructional videos, articles and practice exercises,” which […]
Read More »(Good Education) by Liz Dwyer. IN APRIL, MY 10TH-GRADE SON DID SOMETHING I NEVER MANAGED TO DO IN ANY CLASS EVER: He finished his entire world history textbook. All 1,258 pages of it. Some parents might breathe a sigh of relief over this accomplishment (as in, whew, my kid is not a slacker), but I was skeptical. “Did […]
Read More »(Edsurge) by Sydney Johnson. Mark Zuckerberg may be a college dropout, but that’s not stopping him and Priscilla Chan from trying to help more students access higher education. Today the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced a grant partnership with the College Board in an effort to expand access to test preparation tools for assessments such as the PSAT and […]
Read More »WASHINGTON (AP) — Is there a price that a worried parent wouldn’t pay to help a child do well on college admissions tests? The good news is that test preparation doesn’t have to be expensive anymore. The multimillion-dollar coaching industry is facing competition from free or low-cost alternatives in what their founders hope will make […]
Read More »The Official SAT Practice Test 8 is now available through partner www. khanacademy.com. A scoring sheet is available as of today but explanations have not yet been posted. One can also access the new test through our free ACT, SAT Test Bank.
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