ACT
College & Workforce Readiness
ACT Targets Underserved High Schoolers With New Center for Equity and Learning
The new ACT Center for Equity and Learning will focus on addressing educational equity issues such as expanding access to college for underserved learners and closing the achievement gap.
Assessment
Oklahoma Cuts Back on High School Testing, Opens Door to ACT, SAT
Oklahoma drops the seven end-of-course tests it had required students to take in high school. Instead, the state will design a new assessment system that will permit students to graduate with just one test.
College & Workforce Readiness
Barely Half of Colleges Validate Use of SAT, ACT as Success Predictors
A new study shows that while most colleges and universities require the SAT or ACT for admission, many do not conduct research to prove that such scores are good predictors of college grades, persistence, and graduation.
College & Workforce Readiness
Common Core, College Readiness Skills Don't Match Up, Study Says
ACT's latest curriculum survey shows that teachers think certain writing skills are more important than college instructors do. They also are continuing to teach early-grades math concepts that the common core dropped.
Assessment
The Anti-Common-Core College-Admissions Test?
Still under development, the test is being pitched by conservatives as an SAT and ACT alternative for students in non-common-core states, and those who are home-schooled or attend private schools.
College & Workforce Readiness
ACT Streamlines Accommodations System After Criticism for Denials, Delays
The testing company had come under fire for making it tough to get accommodations on its college-entrance exam, which many states require all students to take.
College & Workforce Readiness
News in Brief
College Board Attacks New ACT Prep Service
The College Board lashed out last week at its rival, ACT Inc., saying its plan to add live teaching to its online test-prep service is more about money than public service, and accusing ACT of trying to "replace" classroom teachers with long-distance instruction.
College & Workforce Readiness
College Board Attacks ACT's Live Teaching Prep Service
The criticism marks a bracing change in the tone and substance of the College Board's rhetoric.
College & Workforce Readiness
ACT Adds Live Teaching to Its Online Test Prep Lineup
The testmaker adds a unique element to its online test prep, yet another move in its pitched battle with the College Board for market share in the test-preparation.
Assessment
Draft Rules on ESSA Provide Testing Protections for Students With Disabilities
States would have to prove that students who take the SAT or ACT have the testing accommodations they need.
Education
Opinion
Don't Use SAT and ACT to Satisfy ESSA
Tests have to be designed with the same care as drugs are developed.
College & Workforce Readiness
New 10th Grade ACT Test May Compete With PSAT
The new PreACT test is a multicple-choice test designed to prepare 10th graders for the ACT college-entrance exam.
College & Workforce Readiness
State Testing: Education Week's Interactive Breakdown of 2015-16 Plans
Education Week's survey of all states shows three key shifts in testing, including a continued tilt toward requiring the SAT or ACT, and an erosion of PARCC and Smarter Balanced strength at the high school level.
Assessment
ACT Adds New Test to Its Lineup: the PreACT
The new test is designed to give 10th graders a preview of the ACT college-entrance exam.
