Online testing ACT will make online testing available to students on national test dates starting in September 2020. Paper-and-pencil tests will not be going away, and Compass expects there to...
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Over the past few years, efforts have been made to encourage more colleges to accept self-reported SAT and ACT scores from students during the application process and only require official...
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College Board and ACT offer a variety of testing accommodations for students with disabilities. Two of the most common disabilities that receive testing accommodations, ADHD and learning disabilities (LD), must...
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A little advanced planning can go a long way when it comes to admission testing. One of the first steps in designing the most effective test prep plan is to determine...
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Now that school is back in session, it’s time to consider how testing will figure into students’ busy academic and extracurricular schedules. In this post, I will outline Compass’ most...
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When you register for the ACT exam, you’ll be asked to provide much more information than just your name and address. You’ll also be asked to fill out details on…
This post was contributed by Alexandra Rhodes, an independent educational consultant based in Beverly Hills. You can learn more about Alexandra and her practice at: RhodesEducationalConsulting.com. Big news out recently from…
For the first time since the 1970’s, College Board will be offering a summer administration of the SAT. The inaugural summer exam is scheduled for August 26, 2017 and will…
While this is not the first time the SAT has changed, there is something unprecedented about this particular overhaul: the motive behind it. As more is asked of the SAT,…
Beginning this September, the ACT Writing Test essay assignment will have a new purpose, format, and scoring. But is it the impossibly difficult task that students fear it to be?…