In an editorial published this week in The Seattle Times, The Seattle Times editorial board came out in support of the SAT Adversity Index. The board argued that opposition to this index was predictable and then included paragraph after paragraph with evidence-based support of why the Academic Index is called …
While a student’s PSAT score isn’t reported to colleges, being named a National Merit Semifinalist or Finalist is always a nice plus in elite college admissions. And why? Because it subliminally conveys to college admissions officers that a student did well on the SAT (or ACT for that matter) without …
The missive of the the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) is “to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial.” It is a lofty missive indeed, one we wholeheartedly support. …
As we’ve previously reported, The College Board, the maker of the SAT, unveiled a new “Adversity Score” that will essentially contextualize a student’s SAT score based on the socioeconomic adversity the organization feels the student has faced growing up. While College Board makes it seem like they’re doing students a …
College Board recently announced that they’re rolling out their gimmick SAT “Adversity Score” to 150 more universities. Put simply, the score is intended to contextualize a student’s SAT score based on their perceived socioeconomic circumstances (which, of course, is ridiculous for so many reasons!). But today’s post isn’t about the …
The March administration of the SAT in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Morocco has been canceled. And why? For security purposes. Apparently, ETS, the administrator of College Board’s SAT, received a tip that an advance copy of the exam was available for purchase in the Middle East. It wouldn’t make sense …
Yesterday, we wrote about how College Board, the maker of the AP exams, announced plans to move up the registration deadline for AP exams beginning next year. As reported Jim Jump for “Inside Higher Ed” in a piece entitled “Ethical College Admissions: AP Registration,” “Whereas registration for the May AP …
The College Board, the maker of the Advanced Placement exams, has changed its AP registration deadline. AP exams, as our readers likely know, are administered in May of each year. For our students who choose to take AP exams that their high schools may not be anticipating they take (e.g., …
As more and more colleges drop the SAT or ACT as a requirement for admission — with the University of Chicago’s decision to drop the requirement being the most high profile of the bunch — a university president has spoken out on why his school won’t be dropping the requirement …
It should come as little surprise to our readers that we take no issue with College Board’s fees. College Board is an American business. The company can charge whatever they’d like in our free market economy. We do, however, take issue with charging students for exams that they don’t need …
