College corner: Standardized testing is back. Here's why families should pay attention.

An opinion on why families should once again prioritize SAT and ACT preparation.

ETS Acquires ACT: What It Means for Standardized Testing in College Admissions

More colleges are returning to requiring standardized test scores from applicants. The change is intended to help students ...
Education Week

ETS Acquires ACT, Signaling Potential Changes for College-Admissions Testing

The testing giant ETS announced Tuesday that it will acquire college and career-readiness assessment company ACT—a move that ...
Futurism on MSNOpinion

College Students Are Testing at the Level of 10-Year-Olds

Are you smarter than a 4th grader? The post College Students Are Testing at the Level of 10-Year-Olds appeared first on ...
Forbes

The College Admission Testing Gamble

Standardized testing is one of the most fixated upon and debated aspects of the college admission process. It is also one that generates great angst and skepticism among applicants and their ...
Smithsonian Magazine

100 Years Ago, Students Across the U.S. Took the First SAT. Today, Relatively Few Colleges Require the Test. Where Is It Headed?

The standardized exam has evolved over the past century, all in the name of testing for college readiness. Now, it has become ...
The Hill

In college admissions, ‘test-optional’ is the new normal

Fewer than half of the students who applied early to college this fall submitted standardized test scores, according to an analysis by the nonprofit that publishes the Common Application. The data ...