Fair Test’s Bob Schaeffer’s Washington Post commentary on How the ACT caught up with the SAT elicited a quick response from The College Board, maker of the SAT. As reported on this blog, Schaeffer outlined three key reasons why just as many high […]
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How did the “Avis” of college standardized testing overtake the “Hertz” of the field? That’s the question Bob Schaeffer addresses in his Washington Post blog post on how the ACT caught up with the rival SAT, the dominant college entrance exam for the past 80 […]
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New figures released this week by the College Board showed that overall SAT scores remained essentially unchanged from last year. But a closer look reveals growing racial, ethnic and income gaps that have some observers worried. After gaining 13 points this year across […]
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Salve Regina, a Catholic liberal arts university in Rhode Island, is the latest to announce it is making SAT and ACT standardized test scores optional for most students applying for admission. The university announced its decision, which is effective immediately, as it was welcoming the […]
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While a whole slew of new college freshmen are headed off to classes this week, an anxious group of high school students is about to begin the often arduous process of applying to college. For nearly a quarter of those seniors, the process will involve […]
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US News & World Report published its annual college rankings this week, and there were few surprises as Ivy League schools took leading spots and other well-known universities rounded out the top 25. Aside from some slight adjustments, the top rankings were generally unchanged […]
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When it was named number one in U.S. News & World Report’s “Top Up-and-Coming Schools” list, Wagner College in Staten Island was singled out for making promising and innovative changes in its academics, faculty and other key areas. This month, the school continued its innovation […]
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Jennifer Delahunty calls the college admissions process “the last dance of parenting,” and she should know because she has seen it from both sides. As the dean of admissions at Kenyon College in Ohio, she has watched thousands of parents navigate the college application process […]
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Most college students are all too familiar with Turnitin.com, an online application that professors use to detect plagiarism. At last count, nearly 800,000 instructors had used the system to check 125 million student papers for improperly used content or quotation errors. Turnitin analyzes whether […]
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Researchers Anthony Carnevale and Stephen J. Rose rocked the academic world in 2004 with their landmark study that showed students from the lowest socioeconomic quartile were 25 times less likely to enroll in the most selective colleges than their wealthier counterparts. In response to […]
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