When I took the SAT many (many) years ago, I knew someone who took a test prep class. Yes, I knew exactly one person in my high school class of…
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June 18,2020 Update: In order to prioritize availability of full ACT testing for students this fall, ACT has postponed the September 2020 debut of Section Retesting. It has not announced...
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It’s been an eventful spring. My Compass colleagues and I have given dozens of webinars to audiences around the country, as thirst for strategic guidance on testing is greater than…
The 2020 AP Exams were administered in an abridged, online, remote format. The change prompted questions about format, scoring, accommodations, exam security, the digital divide, and others, which we tracked...
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BREAKING NEWS: College Board cancels June testing, adds September 26th SAT-only date. College admission and testing is in a state of upheaval, like so much else in our lives. What...
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As promised, the College Board released additional information today (April 3, 2020) about the AP Exams this year. Here are some key takeaways for students. For a more in-depth synthesis…
PART I: Unexpected, Unexplained Score Drops Critics of standardized tests correctly assert that even the best built tests are imperfect and incomplete. However, high stakes tests like the SAT and...
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Winter break is the time to get serious about college admission testing. From here, your actions and attitudes—two variables you can control—will have the greatest impact on your testing outcomes....
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Scheduling is usually the largest factor students consider when choosing the right test date. For example, if you're in the school play that has 2 hour rehearsals 5 days a...
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ACT has a reputation for stodginess. Its eponymous test hasn’t had any substantial changes since 1989. Today, ACT just blew up that reputation. It announced superscore reporting, online testing on...
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