FAST test scores climb in South Florida — in a boost for ‘A’ grade goals

The South Florida results surpassed the state as a whole but followed a statewide trend of improved scores. The percentage of ...

ETS Acquires ACT: What it Means for Standardized Testing in College Admissions

ETS, the nonprofit organization behind the GRE graduate school admissions exam and the TOEFL English-language proficiency test, has acquired ACT, one of the nation's largest college admissions ...

Florida students show gains on FAST tests. How did your school do?

Florida students showed gains in English and math scores under the new FAST testing system, Gov. DeSantis announced. How did ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

How the SAT Survived Its Own Funeral

On June 23, 2026, the SAT will turn 100. The centenary will not be celebrated. The Educational Testing Service (ETS), which ...

Using a different approach, Halton District School Board succeeds in raising math scores

The Halton board’s focus on math goes all the way down to the physical layout of classrooms, and a teaching philosophy that ...
Columbia Daily Spectator

Columbia becomes last Ivy to reinstate standardized test scores requirement post-COVID

Columbia will once again require standardized test scores for undergraduate applicants, beginning in August 2027, the University announced Friday. With the change, Columbia is the final Ivy League ...
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UC considers reinstating standardized testing policies

UC gained national attention in May 2020 when regents unanimously voted to suspend testing requirements and eliminate them entirely by 2025. Trump’s top Senate ally breaks with president on ...
Pew Research Center

For the 100th anniversary of the SAT, a look at standardized test scores over time

On June 23, 1926, about 8,000 high school students across the United States took the first Scholastic Aptitude Test, known today as the SAT. That test looked very different than the one that about 2 ...
The Atlantic

Actually, the SAT Was Necessary After All

Zvezdelina Stankova has taught mathematics at UC Berkeley for nearly three decades. But in 2023, while teaching introductory calculus for the first time since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic ...
Reason

More Than 1,000 University of California Professors Want Standardized Tests Back

A growing consortium of University of California (U.C.) educators is imploring the state system to consider basic testing standards for STEM applicants. As of Thursday, more than 1,400 U.C. faculty ...
Washington Times

Bring back standardized testing

You know it’s bad when progressive California says it’s bad. More than 1,100 University of California math and science professors are pleading with UC regents to reinstate college entry exams after ...
The Daily Californian

UC Berkeley faculty first to sign 1,000-strong systemwide petition for reinstatement of standardized test scores in STEM admissions

More than 1,100 STEM faculty across the UC system have signed a petition calling for the reinstatement of standardized testing scores by 2027 in the admission process for STEM majors, citing student ...