Standardized testing is one of the most fixated upon and debated aspects of the college admission process. It is also one that generates great angst and skepticism among applicants and their ...

Students have several options when it comes to college application platforms. One popular choice is the Common Application, ...

Generations of American teens have taken the SAT, a blood-pressure-raising multi-hour exam they are told could make or break their academic futures. The longest-enduring standardized college ...

TEMPLE, Texas (KWTX) - The ACT, a standardized test used for college admissions, is changing in the spring, and Central Texas instructors, college planners and school districts say the change could ...

Alexis Serrato flipped through the pages of her test packet, determined to get through the college entrance exam even though she felt like it was a moot point. It was her fourth ACT; still, it went no ...

The company that administers the SAT college admissions test is replacing the so-called adversity score with a tool that will no longer reduce an applicant's background to a single number, an idea the ...

NEW YORK -- Major changes are coming to the ACT college admissions exam in the spring, the CEO of ACT announced Monday. The exam will be evolving to "meet the challenges students and educators face" - ...

As the latest admissions cycle ends, a clearer picture of the Class of 2030 is emerging—markedly different from the one in the pandemic era. For 2026, the stakes and strategies have shifted: passive ...

To test or not to test, that is the question. Since the COVID-19 pandemic forced colleges and universities to adjust their admissions processes in 2020, the number of four-year schools nationwide not ...

One of the changes to education that seems to have carried over from the Covid pandemic is a shift toward a "test-optional" college admissions process that de-emphasizes SAT and ACT scores. Many ...

High school seniors have a lot to consider when applying for colleges, including whether to submit their ACT or SAT scores. A majority of institutions now use the “test-optional” policies, although ...