You Just Took the PSAT. Now What? Blog Post
A few million high school juniors and sophomores took the PSAT last week. It gave them an early glimpse at the SAT along with some low-stakes first-hand experience with college…
Making the Leap from PSAT/NMSQT to National Merit Scholarship Finalist Blog Post
What is the PSAT/NMSQT, and How Does a Student Qualify for Preliminary Eligibility? In October 2018, 3.5 million high school students (juniors and sophomores) took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit...
ACT Changes Rescoring Policies Blog Post
ACT’s controversial essay scoring has claimed more victims — in this case, two of its more student-friendly policies. Testers who felt that there were inconsistencies in the multiple-choice grading or…
ACT Writing Scores Explained 2016-2017 Blog Post
Why did ACT suddenly reverse course and ditch the 1-36 score for ACT Writing? ACT announced on June 28th, 2016 that as of the September 2016 test date ACT Writing...
ACT Abandons Writing Scale Blog Post
ACT Essay scaled score range now 2-12 again, no longer 1-36 Just nine months ago, ACT debuted a radically overhauled and ambitious new essay assignment and scoring methodology that moved the…
New Release Date for the Common Application Blog Post
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…
PreACT: The Rebirth of ACT Plan Blog Post
Starting in 2016-2017, high schools will have the option to offer students a lightweight warm-up to the ACT. The rationale for the new PreACT offering and the potential benefits for…
Important Testing Updates: February 2016 Blog Post
We have received word of a few important developments in the world of college admission testing. Addition of August SAT in 2017 College Board (CB) quietly released its SAT dates…
ACT a Runaway Favorite over New SAT. Why? Blog Post
Nearly three years ago, the College Board announced plans for a major redesign of the SAT. In less than three months, the new SAT will finally make its debut. Tickets…
How the New ACT Writing Test Went Wrong Blog Post
[On June 28th, 2016 ACT threw in the towel on the 1-36 score and decided to start reporting scores on a 2-12 range starting September 2016. To find our more…
