When you first speak with a Compass director to learn more about our test preparation services, they’ll ask a few questions to get a sense of where you stand and…
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The Compass team continues to work safely and remotely to provide a full level of service to our clients. We expect our suspension of any in-person activities to remain in…
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For many high school students, the ubiquity of flexible testing policies makes applying to college simpler. And, in some ways harder. Until recently, taking the SAT or ACT was something…
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A number of our contacts in admissions offices confirmed this past weekend what we’ve surmised for the past four years was inevitable: College Board is eliminating the SAT Subject Tests…
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In October 2019, nearly 4 million high school students took the PSAT/NMSQT, the College Board’s onramp to the college admissions testing highway that extends to the fall of senior year…
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On January 19th, 2021, College Board announced that they will no longer administer the SAT Subject Tests in the U.S. and that the Essay would be retired. Read our blog…
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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…
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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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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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