(Business World) RUSHI PARMAR lives in Keshod, a Western Indian town so small it has one park, a single-screen movie hall, and no shopping mall. For clever kids like Parmar, who is 12 and heading into seventh grade, the only option for a decent education used to be traveling to a bigger city at least […]
Read More »By Marilyn Zelinsky-Syarto. Taking the SAT is usually a must for high school juniors and seniors who want to apply to college. The test — developed in 1926 as the Scholastic Aptitude Test and recently revamped by the College Board — assesses a student’s readiness for higher education and is required for admission to many […]
Read More »(AL.com) Teachers in Alabama’s schools will implement new testing next year for students in public schools. After only four years of testing students, but following months of discussion of concerns with the ACT Aspire, the Alabama state board of education voted unanimously on Wednesday to ditch the test. State superintendent Michael Sentance told the […]
Read More »(Business Insider) by Abby Jackson. Student-loan debt in the US has grown to a staggering $1.3 trillion, and the average 2016 graduate will have to repay more than $37,000. While it’s clear that college is more expensive than ever, surprisingly, there’s a correlation between the amount a student pays for tuition and their SAT score. […]
Read More »(Language) by Jeff McQuillan. A recent article in the New York Times (Hernandez, 2017) recommended that students from low-income backgrounds prepare for the SAT (Scholastic Achievement Test) “like a rich kid” by spending hundreds of hours studying test prep books, visiting tutors, and taking online cram courses. This is very poor advice, whether one is […]
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