Colleges That Accept Self-Reported Test Scores
Wash U allows students to self-report their test scores (photo credit: Brookings).
Wondering which colleges accept self-reported test scores? Washington University in St. Louis has joined a growing list of schools across the United States that allow students to self-report their testing results, including for the SAT, ACT, and SAT Subject Tests. Read more >
Categories: Standardized Testing
International Students Frustrated with ACT and College Board
There’s a piece in “The Washington Post” that details the frustration of international applicants with testing cancelations.
When folks are asked their favorite companies in the world, companies like Apple and Netflix may come to mind. And what are a couple of companies that are unlikely to come to mind? ACT and College Board. Read more >
Categories: Standardized Testing
An Overview of AP Exams
There is a terrific piece in “The New York Times” on the Advanced Placement program.
Has the Advanced Placement curriculum historically favored the affluent? Yes. The AP curriculum consists of a total of 39 courses, although high schools tend to offer only some of these courses. For many years, the AP curriculum was the curriculum of choice at high schools in predominantly affluent neighborhoods. Read more >
Categories: Standardized Testing
AP Score Results
College Board has released a scheduled rollout of May 2017 AP score results.
When are AP score results for the May 2017 AP exams being released? Between July 5th and July 9th, 2017 — depending upon where you live. College Board, the maker of the AP exams, has released a schedule of when students will be receiving their AP scores. Read more >
Categories: Standardized Testing
ACT in Asia
ACT seems to be in proverbial quicksand in South Korea.
The ACT is America’s “most popular college entrance exam.” It’s a moniker the ACT loves to tout since there’s a common misconception out there that more students take the SAT as compared to the ACT. It’s simply not true anymore. Times have changed and College Board’s SAT has found itself playing catchup. Read more >
Categories: SAT / ACT Prep, Standardized Testing
Standardized Test Cheating in Thailand
“CBS News” has an interesting report on standardized test cheating in Thailand — with James Bond-style eyewear!
Look out Long Island’s Great Neck North High School. Yours is not the only epicenter of cheating on standardized testing. Students in Thailand were recently caught cheating on admissions exams for medical and dental schools and they didn’t exactly use crib sheets. Read more >
Categories: Standardized Testing
New SAT Test Dates
College Board will be adding an August administration of the SAT beginning in 2017.
We have new SAT test dates to announce. There will be an August administration of the SAT and SAT Subject Tests beginning in August of 2017. That’s right. August. This is great news for students. When school’s out for summer, it’s such a great time to prep for the SAT or SAT Subject Tests. Read more >
Categories: SAT / ACT Prep, Standardized Testing
College Board and New SAT
“The Washington Post” reports that test prep professionals will be barred from taking tomorrow’s SAT administration.
College Board has implemented new measures so that SAT tutors won’t be able to take the new SAT tomorrow. College Board has long struggled with security issues, particularly in Asia (although there have been security issues here in the United States too — remember what happened in Great Neck, New York?). Read more >
Categories: SAT / ACT Prep, Standardized Testing
First Administration of New SAT
Ivy Coach is featured today in “The Daily Pennsylvanian,” UPenn’s newspaper.
Ivy Coach was featured today on the pages of the University of Pennsylvania’s newspaper, “The Daily Pennsylvanian.” The piece, written by Sophia Leporte is entitled “First high schoolers will take new SAT on Saturday” and, naturally, it discusses the SAT that will be unveiled this coming Saturday. Read more >
Categories: SAT / ACT Prep, Standardized Testing
AP BC Calculus Test
Not many students score perfectly on the AP BC Calculus test (these students didn’t just get 5’s — they got every question right).
There was a segment on “CBS This Morning” about two teenagers who didn’t miss a question on last year’s AP BC Calculus exam. Now keep in mind that there are plenty of students who score a 5/5 on the BC Calculus AP test, but these students not only scored 5’s — they got every question right, a most outstanding mathematical feat. Read more >
Categories: Standardized Testing
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