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Video News: Understand What Your PSAT Scores Mean

By Abhi On January 14, 2016 · Add Comment · In Exam: PSAT, Exam: SAT, Testing
Redesigned PSAT Scores Are Out   The 3 Things You Need to Know about Your PSAT Test Score Results   Understanding Your PSAT/NMSQT Score Report     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 many more [...]
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Scores for the New PSAT Released

By Abhi On January 12, 2016 · Add Comment · In Exam: PSAT, Exam: SAT, Testing
High school students take the PSAT, or Preliminary SAT, on a testing schedule that occurs before the SAT. In addition to preparing test takers for the SAT, the PSAT is also a way students can qualify for the National Merit Scholarship program. This spring, the new Redesigned SAT will begin being administered in testing centers. [...]
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Recent Article Compiles the Top 10 2015 Stories in Education

By Abhi On December 29, 2015 · Add Comment · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, General, In The News, Teaching
As the new year approaches, many news articles have begun to reflect on the major events in education news that have taken place over 2015. It has truly been an eventful year for education, for example on topics such as standardized testing. To mention just a few of the popular stories: A redesigned version of [...]
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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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Testing Stats Suggest US Students are Not Overtested

By Abhi On December 22, 2015 · 1 Comment · In Education: General, In The News, Testing
Recent years have seemed to have brought an increased focus on the place of standardized testing in education. In addition to exams for college admissions such as the SAT and ACT, new assessments taken in the school year have come such as PARCC. The Common Core State Standards Initiative has also been a central part [...]
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Summary of PARCC Member Test Results

By Abhi On December 15, 2015 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Common Core, Education: General, Education: Industry, Exam:PARCC, In The News, Testing
During the 2014 – 2015 school year, 11 US states and the District of Columbia took PARCC assessments (the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers). PARCC members during this period have included the following: Arkansas, Colorado, District of Columbia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, and Rhode [...]
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MCAS 2.0 Video News

By Abhi On December 10, 2015 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Exam: MCAS, Exam:PARCC, In The News, Testing
Eye On Education: PARCC vs. MCAS   “MCAS 2.0” proposal approved by state board of education   Eye On Education: Board Votes To Create New MCAS Test For 2017   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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Hybrid of PARCC and MCAS Tests Planned for Mass: MCAS 2.0

By Abhi On December 8, 2015 · Add Comment · In Common Core, Education: General, Exam: MCAS, Exam:PARCC, General, In The News, Testing
The MCAS (Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System) is a standardized test that was implemented in MA  in 1993 to help improve state education. More recently, implementation of the newer PARCC test (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) by a coalition of member states has resulted in less emphasis on MCAS testing in Massachusetts [...]
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PARCC Testing Results Released

By Abhi On November 30, 2015 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Common Core, Education: General, Education: Industry, Exam:PARCC, In The News, Test Preparation, Testing
PARCC testing results were recently released for some of the 9 current states that use the test, including New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Some of the other PARCC states have not released data from their first year of testing, and may not for their second year, either. PARCC, or The Partnership for Assessment of [...]
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New Tips for SAT/ACT Test Prep and Test Day

By Abhi On October 8, 2015 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Education: Industry, Exam: ACT, Exam: PSAT, Exam: SAT, General, In The News, Resource, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Testing
3 True Answers About Common ACT, SAT Strategies Get the facts about some popular test-taking strategies . . .         7 Last-Minute SAT Tricks Keep calm and Scantron on. If you need a quick confidence pick-me-up, put a couple of these simple tricks in your back pocket . . .     [...]
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