Last week, the ACT’s education division president Jon Erickson interviewed with the Chronicle of Higher Education about his organization’s plans to implement a comprehensive testing program for students K-12 beginning in 2014. Though there is much skepticism regarding what a program of […]
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Earlier this month, ACT Inc., the creator and administrator of the ACT exam, announced plans to implement a comprehensive assessment program that it says will aid in preparing students for college, beginning in early elementary school. The program, designed to work in combination […]
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The College of Saint Rose located in Albany, NY has announced its plans to begin implementing a test-optional admissions policy for the entering class of Fall 2013. The college, which ranked 39th among best regional (North) universities in U.S. News’ latest edition, said in […]
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The news media, concerned parents, and scholars have won an important symbolic victory today for our nation’s young. The College Board backed off a summer test-prep camps for rich kids that would have been blatantly unfair, but the subtle unfairness of the test, advantaging […]
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The University Prep partnership between the College Board and a National Society for the Gifted and Talented (NSGT) exposes the hypocrisy of the College Board’s rhetoric about the SAT being a fair way to democratize and expand access to higher education. In reality, this […]
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Even as many colleges and universities have begun to implement test-optional admissions policies, the majority of students applying to these schools continue to submit standardized tests. Except at one institution – Pitzer College, where 63 percent of students this year applied without ever submitting […]
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We thought this checklist might be helpful for all rising seniors who will spend the summer traveling across the nation’s highways in pursuit of the college that speaks to their hearts. While this process is exciting and daunting all at the same time, it’s important […]
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The College Board has announced that David Coleman, architect of the Common Core State Standards, will become its new president and chief executive officer, beginning in October. Already, the announcement has created waves across the nation’s educational landscape as many have begun to speculate […]
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This week, Ithaca College became the most recent addition to the ranks of test-optional colleges and universities, dropping standardized test submission as a requirement for admissions. In its release, Ithaca pointed to the holistic nature of its admissions evaluations, as well as […]
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Everyone enjoys a good story. The best ones have the ability to transform reality – at least for a moment – and allow us to envision ourselves in the role of the protagonist. Employing such a tactic as a tour guide on a college […]
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