In May of this year, the University of California Board of Regents, which makes decisions for a system that educates 280,000 students across 10 campuses, announced it would end the use of the SAT and ...

The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is a standardized test designed to measure basic critical reading, math and writing skills. It is also one of the more popular forms of measurement at major colleges ...

This fall's college freshmen were the last to take the old SAT -- and they did well on the mathematics portion, posting a 2-point gain, to an average of 520. Over the last 10 years, the average math ...

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 ...

Getting ready to tackle the SAT and come out on top? You already know the SAT can play a big role in your college applications, and that every point can make a difference, but here’s something you ...

As I write this, tens of thousands of high school students are hunched over desks, filling in little circles with number 2 pencils, laboring to complete the SAT, a test that will have an outsize ...

The College Board released its 2016 SAT college-entrance test results today, see report here from the Washington Post “SAT scores fall modestly in a year of transition for college admission test.” As ...

The College Board released its 2012 SAT college-entrance test results this week, and here are some highlights: 1. Continuing an uninterrupted trend that dates back to at least 1972, high school boys ...

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 ...