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April ACT Date Late Registration Extended

By Soha Sanchorawala On March 24, 2017 · Add Comment · In Exam: ACT, Testing
The April 8, 2017 ACT national test date late registration has been extended to March 24. Late fee applies.
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State Testing, 2016-2017

By Soha Sanchorawala On March 14, 2017 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Common Core, In The News, Test Preparation, Testing
In 2014-2015, 45 states let go of old testing models and opted for new Common Core-aligned exams. In that year, 18 states used Smarter Balanced and 11, plus the District of Columbia, used Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers. Education Week’s 3rd annual survey of state tests found a more stable environment nationwide for [...]
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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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JEE Main 2017 Admit Cards & Exam Schedule to be Released from 2nd Week of March Onwards

By Arun Dey On March 9, 2017 · Add Comment · In Education: General, Exam:JEE, Resource, Test Preparation
JEE Main 2017 Admit Cards & Exam Schedule to be Released from 2nd Week of March Onwards According to the JEE Main 2017 Calendar, the admit cards for the Joint Entrance Examination Main 2017 will be released this week.  JEE Main 2017 Offline Exam will be conducted on April 2 by the JEE Apex Board [...]
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News on the Redesigned Fall PSAT/Spring SAT

By Abhi On September 24, 2015 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Exam: ACT, Exam: PSAT, Exam: SAT, In The News, Resource, Teaching, Test Preparation, Testing, Tutoring
Why Students Should Prep for the New PSAT For many years, taking the PSAT has helped college-bound high school students become familiar with the SAT, which typically is offered in the US and around the world several times a year. The PSAT was viewed as a practice test (especially if taken in the fall of [...]
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Summertime Tips for SAT/ACT Test Prep

By Abhi On July 9, 2015 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Education: Industry, Exam: ACT, Exam: PSAT, Exam: SAT, Resource, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Testing
SAT on some students’ minds this summer More and more students are spending part of their summer preparing for college admissions tests . . .         College Board jumps into SAT coaching as test changes loom For many years, the College Board argued that its SAT college entrance exam wasn’t coachable, but [...]
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ACT Changes and Common Core Alignment

By Abhi On June 2, 2015 · 1 Comment · In Assessments, Common Core, Content, Education: General, Exam: ACT, Test Preparation, Testing
Recent news on the Common Core State Standards has put focus on US states that have decided or changed their stance on aligning school curriculum with Core Standards. One aspect of this large discussion has been concerned with how standardized admissions tests, the SAT and ACT, align with Core Standards. d The news that the [...]
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Geographic Test Taking Trends for the SAT and ACT

By Abhi On March 24, 2015 · Add Comment · In Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, Resource, Socrato, Socrato: Announcements, Testing
What does your location have to do with whether you take the SAT or ACT? A lot, as it turns out. Many factors can have a role in affecting which test you take, including the admissions policies of the colleges you apply to, as well as test requirements for graduation some high schools make. But [...]
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Latest Report: Only 25% of ACT Test-Takers Are Ready for College/Career

By Scott Cronenweth On September 25, 2013 · 6 Comments · In Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, Testing
To be considered college-ready, all four benchmarks must be met. Only 26% of 2013 test-takers achieved that. 64% met the English benchmark, 44% met the reading and math benchmarks, and 36% met the science benchmark.
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Update on Next-Generation Assessment Systems

By Scott Cronenweth On September 18, 2013 · 3 Comments · In Common Core, Education: Industry, Exam: ACT, Testing
The purpose of all this testing is to measure individual students’ educational development, to guide teachers and support intervention. Ostensibly the tests will encompass not only academics, but also “interest inventories,” behavioral skills assessment by teachers, and more.
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