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Gov. Jerry Brown, Assessment Control Freak

October 4, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Outgoing California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would allow school districts to substitute Smarter Balanced with ACT or SAT.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: AB 1951, ACT, California, Jerry Brown, Patrick O'Donnell, SAT, Smarter Balanced Assessments

Student Data For Sale

July 31, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Natasha Singer in The New York Times wrote about how student data collected by the College Board through surveys connected with the SAT and PSAT.

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: ACT, College Board, data mining, SAT, Student Privacy

Students Want College Board to Rescore June SAT Results

July 13, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

“Many students who took the SAT exam in June were surprised Wednesday to get back results that they thought were inaccurate because the score was lower than they thought.”

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: ACT, assessment scoring., College Board, SAT

Brown Is Fourth Ivy League School to Drop SAT/ACT Essay Requirement

July 12, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Brown University announced that it will join Harvard, Yale, and Dartmouth Universities as the fourth Ivy League school that will no longer require the ACT writing or SAT essay test.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ACT, Brown University, College Admissions, Logan Powell, SAT, The College Board

University of Chicago Joins Growing List of Colleges Not Requiring ACT or SAT

June 15, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

The University of Chicago joins a growing list of colleges that will no longer require students to submit ACT or SAT scores as an admission requirement.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ACT, Bob Schaeffer, Chicago Tribune, college entrance exam, National Center for Fair and Open Testing, SAT, standardized testing, University of Chicago

More Schools Drop SAT/ACT Essay Requirement For Admissions

June 4, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Some big news for high school seniors who plan on attending certain Ivy League schools, Yale University just announced they will no longer require students to take the SAT or ACT essay assessment as an admission requirement. They join Harvard University and Dartmouth College.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ACT, college admissions exam, Common Core State Standards, Common Core Writing, Sandra Stotsky, SAT, Writing Instruction

Arizona House Bill Would Require High School Juniors to Take ACT or SAT

January 10, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

HB 2037, a bill filed in the Arizona House of Representatives, if passed would not require high school juniors to take AzMerit or the AIMS Science test. Instead, they would take a college-readiness exam like ACT or SAT.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: 2018 Bills, ACT, AIMS Science Assessment, Arizona, Arizona House of Representatives, AzMerit, college entrance exams, HB 2037, Heather Carter, SAT, The Classic Learning Test, Vector ARC

New Hampshire Sees Decline in Math and ELA Proficiency

October 24, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

The New Hampshire Department of Education released last year’s Smarter Balanced and SAT scores which showed a decline in math and ELA proficiency.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: Frank Edelblut, New Hampshire, New Hampshire Department of Education, Sandie MacDonald, SAT, Smarter Balanced, student proficiency

SAT Will Replace Smarter Balanced for West Virginia’s High School Juniors

September 15, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

High school juniors in West Virginia will take the SAT college entrance exam instead of the Smarter Balanced Assessment starting in Spring of 2018.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: ACT, college entrance exams, SAT, Smarter Balanced, West Virginia Department of Education

Rhode Island Rejects PARCC for PARCC Hybrid

April 20, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

The Rhode Island Department of Education decided to abandon PARCC for Massachusetts hybrid MCAS-PARCC Assessment and the SAT.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core, Gregg Amore, MCAS, Next Generation MCAS, PARCC, Rhode Island, Rhode Island Department of Education, SAT

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