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College & Workforce Readiness ACT Scores and College Choices Go Hand in Hand
ACT research gives insights into link between performance on exam and enrollment decisions.
Caralee J. Adams, July 20, 2012
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College & Workforce Readiness ACT to Roll Out Career and College Readiness Tests for 3rd-10th Grades
ACT to launch new, digital college and career testing beginning in 3rd grade.
Caralee J. Adams, July 2, 2012
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Education Opinion The SAT-ACT Duel for Supremacy
The school year is finally over, but the summer will not be the idyllic time of yore for many students. Their days will be spent prepping for either the SAT or ACT, which still remain the gatekeepers for most marquee name colleges and universities.
Walt Gardner, June 22, 2012
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Special Education More Students Receiving Accommodations During ACT, SAT
Nationally, as the number of students taking the ACT has increased in the last few years, so has the number of students asking for, and getting, extra time or other accommodations when taking the ACT and SAT.
Nirvi Shah, May 14, 2012
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Law & Courts News in Brief SAT and ACT Adopt Stricter Test Security
Students taking the SAT and ACT will be required to go through some additional security to address the issue of test-taker impersonation in the college-admissions tests.
Caralee J. Adams, April 3, 2012
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College & Workforce Readiness SAT and ACT Adopt Stricter Security to Fend Off Cheating
College-admission tests ramp up security in light of cheating scandal.
Caralee J. Adams, March 27, 2012
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College & Workforce Readiness Leveraging ACT Data to Improve College & Career Readiness
This month, ACT is offering two free webinars to help educators better use data from ACT assessments to improve students' college and career readiness. For more information about the training on Jan. 26, click here.
Caralee J. Adams, January 11, 2012
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College & Workforce Readiness D.C. Considers Making Students Take ACT/SAT, Apply to College
A new way to promote college readiness is being floated in the nation's capital: require all high school students to take the ACT or SAT and apply to at least one college or trade school.
Caralee J. Adams, January 9, 2012
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College & Workforce Readiness High Schools Bolstering College-Readiness Assessments
Some states are dropping the requirement that students pass exit exams to earn a high school degree—the first time there has been a decline in the practice in six years. However, college- and career-readiness assessments are gaining popularity, and many states are gearing up for new assessments based on the Common Core State Standards.
Caralee J. Adams, December 8, 2011
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College & Workforce Readiness Opinion ACT: Boys Are More Ready for College than Girls
Then why aren't they going at the same rates? The time when women needed college more than men has passed. Check out the ACT results, especially in states such as Colorado and Illinois, where all students must take the exam (thereby giving a fair, direct comparison).
Richard Whitmire, August 17, 2011
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College & Workforce Readiness ACT Seeks to Connect Test Scores, Career Readiness
ACT's annual score report attempts to link scores on the college-entrance exam to career readiness.
Catherine Gewertz, August 17, 2011
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Assessment ACT Deems More Students College-Ready
The latest ACT report shows a higher rate of students meeting college-readiness benchmarks, but three-quarters of the class of 2011 still fall short.
Catherine Gewertz, August 17, 2011
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College & Workforce Readiness Report Roundup ACT Scores
The validity of the ACT in predicting college success has come under scrutiny in a paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Caralee J. Adams, July 12, 2011
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College & Workforce Readiness New Study Questions Validity of Two Parts of ACT
The validity of the ACT in predicting college success has come under scrutiny in a new paper out by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Caralee J. Adams, June 21, 2011
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