The ACT English section tests students on many concepts throughout grammar and rhetorical skills. One of these areas we call the “keep it simple” — or KIS — principle. Here,…
Beginning with the University of California, currently over half of the four-year-degree colleges and universities in the US have done away with the SAT or ACT (American College Test) scores…
No official test prep booklet is needed for these strategies. The ACT English section assesses test-takers in three areas of standard English conventions: punctuation, sentence structure and formation, and usage. For many…
Before the pandemic, eighth graders’ reading comprehension declined substantially. Since then, scholars have been trying to figure out why their scores dropped so much between 2017 and 2019 on a highly…
ANN ARBOR, MI – Ann Arbor mom Kristen Bodley said she feels like her 10-year-old son, Jackson – who is bright and normally top of his class in reading, writing…
The University System of Georgia will reinstate its ACT and SAT requirement after a one-year suspension, the system announced on Wednesday. Students applying for admission for the spring of 2022 and beyond…
Every year, students across the United States take standardized tests such as the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) exam. Schools, like the one where I teach in Wisconsin, rely on these assessments…
Baltimore City said it's starting to see results from its districtwide virtual tutoring program. It was put into place to help students recover from learning loss. Now, some religious leaders…
The evidence points most strongly to the value of high-dosage tutoring, but other approaches also have merit Districts will soon start receiving about $123 billion set aside for schools in…
The class of ninth-graders that in September will enter the city’s eight “specialized high schools” — entry to which is determined solely by doing well on a standardized test —…
