Will States Swap Standards-Based Tests for SAT, ACT?

( 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 […]

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Senate panel approves bill to make ACT or SAT an option instead of FSA

  (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 […]

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SATs Will Put Stronger Emphasis on Graphic Literacy

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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