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ACT Adds Summer Test Date

By Soha Sanchorawala On March 10, 2017 · Add Comment · In Assessments, College Application, Education: Industry, Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, Test Preparation, Testing
In response to feedback from students, teachers, and colleges, ACT Inc. recently announced that it would add a test date in July. The change will come at the beginning of 2018. However, this year’s ACT schedule (2016-2017) will still have the historical standard of 6 dates between September and June. On the contrary, the College Board is quickly moving [...]
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Latest Updates of JEE Exam for 2017 & Important Dates

By Arun Dey On February 9, 2017 · 1 Comment · In Assessments, Education Techology, Exam:JEE, Learning Analytics, Socrato, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Tutoring
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Latest Updates  of JEE Exam for 2017 & Important Dates First of all, congratulations to all candidates who have entered class 12th this year and also those who have made their mind to take a drop and prepare again. As per, The Union Ministry of Human Resource (HRD Ministry), Government of India, following two changes [...]
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Different Ways To Calculate Your High School GPA

By Elaine Heng On June 10, 2016 · 1 Comment · In Assessments, College Application
It’s the end of your high school career and some of you may be wondering how to calculate your overall GPA. It’s important to be able to do this so that you can properly map out how you should approach your submissions when it comes to applying for your colleges of choice. You will be [...]
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Counting Down to the New SAT

By Abhi On March 1, 2016 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Exam: PSAT, Exam: SAT, General, In The News, Test Preparation
After years and many months of preparation, the new Redesigned SAT is finally about to be released. The first test date for the new SAT will be March 5th of this weekend. Throughout the summer and fall, educational and tutoring sources, as well as the official College Board website, have provided information to students, teachers, [...]
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Test Trends by State: PARCC, Common Core, SAT, and ACT

By Abhi On February 16, 2016 · 1 Comment · In Assessments, Common Core, Education: General, Education: Technology, Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, Exam:PARCC
With each passing year, the numbers of SAT and ACT test takers are increasing. Despite their similarities, differences, and the relative popularity of the SAT in coastal states compared to the popularity of the ACT in non-coastal states, both tests remain popular, and a significant number of students and schools even use both. The popularity [...]
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Audio News and Online Quiz: SAT History from 1926 – 2016

By Abhi On January 27, 2016 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Exam: SAT, Testing
This weekend marks the transition from the current SAT to the redesigned test – it is the last time the current version will be used until the March administration of the new SAT. Since the time of the first multiple choice format test in 1926, the SAT has gone through a few periods of change, [...]
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Rescheduled Date Set for Cancelled SAT Tests

By Abhi On January 25, 2016 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Exam: SAT, In The News, Socrato: Announcements, Testing
Many of the SAT tests that had been scheduled for last weekend were cancelled in parts of the East Coast due to the winter storm Jonas. The snowstorm that began on Saturday, January 23rd, reportedly led to dozens of cancellations, which in total comprised the majority of testing centers in DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, [...]
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Articles Give Advice for the Redesigned SAT

By Abhi On January 19, 2016 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Exam: SAT, Test Preparation, Testing
Since the announcement of a new, redesigned SAT test in 2014 by College Board, students, educators, and tutors have anticipated the changes to come. Now that 2016 has begun, the test is finally just months away (scheduled for March). With the approach of the redesigned SAT, several education and news articles have written advice for [...]
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Video News: PISA Assessment of Student Success

By Abhi On December 24, 2015 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Education: Industry, In The News, Testing
PISA – Measuring Student Success Around the World   Asian Countries Top OECD’s PISA Survey of Global Education   What Does the PISA Report Tell Us About U.S. Education?   Socrato is a website for scoring and performance reports for standardized admissions test preparation. Socrato reports are available for the SAT, ACT, PSAT, SSAT, HSPT, [...]
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News on PARCC Test Results

By Abhi On December 17, 2015 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Common Core, Education: General, Education: Industry, Exam:PARCC, In The News, Test Preparation, Testing
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New PARCC results difficult to compare   New District Level PARCC Results A Mixed Bag For Northern Colorado   PARCC results: South MS students outperformed peers across state   Socrato is a website for scoring and performance reports for standardized admissions test preparation. Socrato reports are available for the SAT, ACT, PSAT, SSAT, HSPT, and [...]
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