We are seeing the consequences of SAT- and ACT-optional admissions policies at schools such as the University of California ...

With five years of experience as a writer and editor in the higher education and career development space, Ilana has a passion for creating accessible, relevant content that demystifies the higher-ed ...

First, the maker of America's second-most popular college entrance exam releases this year's test scores and declares incoming freshmen largely unprepared for math and science classes. A week later, ...

Trying to decide between the ACT and SAT? You’re in the right place. Both tests have been used for over 65 years and remain widely accepted in college admissions. They serve the same purpose, but ...

Let me start with some statistics. From the U.S. class of 2023, made up of 3.7 to 4 million seniors, about 1.9 million students took the SAT—but somewhere between 40% and 50% of those seniors didn’t ...

Kentucky high school students will take the SAT instead of the ACT starting this spring. A new report suggests the Kentucky ...

High school students locally and across the country are scoring better in mathematics on college entrance examinations, but their verbal scores have remained unchanged. According to a report released ...

Students may opt to take a gap year between high school and college for a variety of reasons, including to gain work experience before their undergraduate studies or to travel and expand their ...

Smarter Balanced is what test experts call a “criterion-referenced” test, which is simply designed to find out whether students know the material. Most school teachers write and use ...