ACT, SAT both fulfill requirements

By Ben Pounds (Oakridger). Tennessee Department of Education Commissioner Candice McQueen stated in a memorandum that the ACT and SAT college tests both “fulfill the requirements of state law and state accountability.” As stated in the memorandum, state law requires students to participate in a “postsecondary readiness” assessment. School districts may administer either the ACT […]

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The politics of math: Is algebra necessary to obtain a college degree?

(Los Angeles Times) by Rossana Xia and Teresa Watanabe. If you can’t simplify the following operation, chances are the state won’t let you graduate from community college: Algebra problems like this one are at the heart of a dispute over the level of math deemed necessary to earn an associate degree or transfer to a […]

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