Joanne Jacobs
ACT: Pandemic fueled grade inflation
High school grade inflation accelerated during the pandemic, according to ACT. “The findings echo a recent federal study that also showed...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 2, 20181 min read
Who wants to teach
Only five percent of high school students who took the ACT in 2017 plan to major in education, according to a new ACT report. That makes...
Joanne Jacobs
Jul 19, 20182 min read
Elite colleges drop SAT, ACT essay test
The ability to write cogently, quickly and under pressure, helped me get into and through college. However, a growing list of selective...
Joanne Jacobs
May 1, 20182 min read
Test-optional students are as likely to graduate
At colleges that don’t require applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores, students admitted on grades alone are just as likely to graduate...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 9, 20181 min read
Test scores matter
Test scores matter, writes Erika Sanzi on Good School Hunting. In deciding where to build its second headquarters (HQ2), Amazon is...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 28, 20182 min read
SAT/ACT may replace state test in California
California may let schools replace 11th-grade Smarter Balanced tests with the SAT or ACT, reports CALmatters’ Felicia Mello. That might...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 12, 20181 min read
Who’s college ready? Let’s find out
States vow to graduate students who are college- and career-ready but have no idea if they’re succeeding, writes Checker Finn. The...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 23, 20182 min read
Test-optional is not an equalizer
Test-optional college admissions tilts the playing field just a little bit more, writes Kelly Ochs Rosinger, a Penn education professor,...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 18, 20182 min read
SAT/ACT for all
To get more smart, disadvantaged students into better colleges, all students should take the SAT or ACT free of charge, argues Susan...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 10, 20171 min read
ACT: 9% of disadvantaged are college ready
Huge achievement gaps separate advantaged and disadvantaged students, according to ACT’s annual The Condition of College & Career...
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