Club Z! Tries the “Freemium?”

By  D’anne Lawrence White.   RIVERVIEW, FL — Club Z! Tutoring of Riverview, serving families in Riverview, Bloomingdale, Valrico and Boyette, is celebrating its grand opening with free SAT or ACT test preparation programs through Nov. 15. Club Z! Tutoring of Riverview offers in-home and online tutoring for all subjects, including SAT and ACT test […]

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After SATs: why Chinese students need to rethink US university applications strategy

By Elaine Yau (South China Morning Post).  When the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) was held this month in Hong Kong, hotels and restaurants near the exam venue in the AsiaWorld-Expo braced for waves of candidates coming from over the border in China. Traditionally used by US universities for making admission decisions, the test is not […]

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ACT May Be Used to ‘Confirm’ National Merit Status

By Scott Jaschik (Inside Higher Ed.).  The National Merit Scholarship Corporation is changing the rules on the final step of winning a National Merit Scholarship. Applicants are still selected as semifinalists based on PSAT scores. In the past, semifinalists had to submit SAT scores to “confirm” their eligibility. Going forward, they may submit ACT scores […]

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Ministry of Education in Egypt Approves the ACT International Exam

CAIRO, EGYPT-The Ministry of Education in Egypt has given its official approval and recognition of the ACT test as an acceptable academic measure to be administered and used in the country, as equivalency to the Egyptian National Exam, and for the ACT Aspire standardized tests for monitoring student performance and achievement grades 3-9. This announcement […]

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Was the August SAT Compromised?

By Scott Jaschik (Inside Higher Ed). As students left testing centers nationwide Saturday, having finished taking the SAT, reports started to circulate that some may have had an unfair advantage because of leaked versions of the test that had been circulating in South Korea and China. Posts to Twitter and elsewhere on social media featured […]

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