Joanne Jacobs
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...
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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
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
Nov 21, 20172 min read
What’s proficient? Illinois sets high bar
To be considered “proficient,” Illinois juniors will have to “earn a higher score on the SAT than the one that’s correlated with college...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 27, 20171 min read
SAT: 46% are ready for college
Scores are up on the redesigned SAT, reports Education Week‘s Catherine Gewertz. That doesn’t mean students are better prepared:...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 29, 20171 min read
What if everyone gets extra time on SAT?
Many more students are getting extra time to complete the SAT, primarily due to learning disability diagnoses. Is the SAT still valid?,...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 21, 20162 min read
A ‘bad year’ for Core-linked SAT
After helping to write Common Core standards, David Coleman moved to College Board, where he pushed a plan to align the SAT and PSAT...
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