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Why Not Just Be Clear About How Each College Factors Standardized Test Scores in Admission
The College Board has raised hackles again with a policy change. Called Score Choice, this program gives students the option to control which test scores get sent to schools. (This really isn’t a new policy; it’s a return to an earlier policy circa 1993-2002 when students could choose to send schools their best scores over [...]
Read MoreBoarding School Admission Test Scores and Their Place in the Selection Process
Editor’s Note: We’re thrilled to welcome Leo Marshall as a contributor to onBoarding Schools. Leo is the Director of Admission and Financial Aid at The Webb Schools in Claremont, CA- a coed, boarding school offering grades 9-12. It seems inevitable at the end of any presentation about our school that we face questions about test [...]
Read MoreScarsdale Opts Out of AP Curriculum
Late week we wrote a piece about the growing number of colleges that no longer use the SAT as part of their admission evaluation. I had no idea that the number of non-SAT colleges and universities had grown to 800 or so. We noted that the choice to remove standardized testing from the college admission [...]
Read MoreThe SAT Conundrum
The Boston Globe ran short exposition article looking at the current state of the ‘drop the SAT’ movement. All of the standard anti-SAT arguments appear- inaccurate predictor of college success, tilted in favor the wealthy (cultural exposure and test prep), use the SAT but assign less value to it in the admission process, no SAT [...]
Read MoreA New Test from the College Board- for Eighth Graders
From the “Do we really need this/how far do we want to take testing?” files- the College Board brings parents and schools a new test, ReadiStep. As told to the New York Times by College Board President Gaston Caperton, the test provides a “tool that would help them determine before high school what measures should [...]
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