Perspectives Over 1,900 colleges no longer require SAT or ACT Spencer Irvine June 23, 2023 An organization that advocates for limited application of standardized assessments announced that over 1,900 colleges are no longer mandating SAT…
Perspectives College Board announced an Advanced Placement African American studies course Spencer Irvine October 12, 2022 The College Board, which administers college preparation classes in high schools, announced that it will expand its African American Studies…
Perspectives SAT Implements ‘Adversity Score’ to Increase Diversity Accuracy in Academia May 29, 2019 The College Board, which runs the SAT college entrance exams, is implementing and expanding its “adversity score” to help increase college campus diversity.
Faculty Lounge The SAT has become Political Spencer Irvine February 21, 2017 The Wall Street Journal (beware of the paywall) had a piece blasting the politicization of the annual college entrance exams called…
Perspectives The College Board’s SAT Money Hustle Spencer Irvine October 14, 2016 A recent report alleged that the College Board, the architects of the college entrance exams known today as the SAT,…
Perspectives Common Core Great for Homeschooling Spencer Irvine April 13, 2016 The Heritage Foundation published a special report with essays from several education experts, detailing the background and the effects of…
Faculty Lounge New SAT Tests are Lame Spencer Irvine March 15, 2016 A great op-ed by Kristen Blair in the Carolina Journal on the new SAT test and how it’s dumbed down….
Perspectives Hampshire College: Diversity without Depth? Malcolm A. Kline October 2, 2015 As we noted in a previous post, when Hampshire College became the first institution of higher learning in the United…
Perspectives A World Without SATs Malcolm A. Kline September 30, 2015 Last year, Hampshire College became the first institution of higher learning in the country to categorically reject using SATs as…
Faculty Lounge Only 42% of High School Grads are College Ready, says College Board Spencer Irvine September 8, 2015 Disturbing news as SAT scores are being released.
Faculty Lounge SAT Scores Stumble Slightly as More Students Take the Test Spencer Irvine September 3, 2015 NBC News reported: The nonprofit organization, which administers the exam, said in a report released Thursday that the mean score…
Perspectives GW Admissions Goes “Test-Optional” Spencer Irvine July 29, 2015 Standardized tests such as the ACT and SAT are no longer required by George Washington University. In its weekly e-mail…
