Tag: American College Testing (ACT)

Students

ACT to Provide Complementary Breakfast to Test-Takers in Florida, Texas

The ACT has announced that it will provide free breakfast to thousands of ACT test-takers at 11 test centers in Florida and two in Texas on April 13, kick launching the next step in the organization’s long-term plan to certify that hunger does not affect students taking the test. This action will affect about 1,000 […]

April 11, 2019

News Roundup

ACT to Provide Free Breakfast to Students at 5 Virginia Testing Centers

ACT will provide a free breakfast on Saturday to students taking its assessment at any of its five testing centers in Virginia, according to officials at the Iowa-based organization. Breakfast will be provided at testing facilities in Eastville, Harrisonburg, Martinsville, Springfield and Tazewell.  The meals are part of a new initiative by ACT and Virginia’s Child and […]

October 24, 2018

News Roundup

SAT, ACT now Optional for Colby College Applicants

Colby College applicants are no longer required to submit SAT or ACT test scores as part of the application process, Colby College officials announced on Monday. The change will begin with the incoming Class of 2023. This change was made to create more availability for disadvantaged students, emphasize the applicants’ overall accomplishments and reduce college […]

September 25, 2018

Home

Experts: Time for Plan to Aid Underserved Students

A report released last month by American College Testing showed that only nine percent of underserved students were strongly ready for college as demonstrated by 2017 test scores.

October 10, 2017

Students

ACT Will Release Scores from Wrong Tests in Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio — More than 1,000 high school students in Ohio whose ACT college-entrance exams were invalidated by the tests’ provider will receive their scores after all. ACT said Friday the tests will be scored and released and “deeply regrets” any inconvenience caused by the situation. The state Department of Education had urged ACT to […]

June 4, 2017

STEM

Underserved Students Not as Likely to be Ready for STEM Careers

A newly released ACT report suggests that underserved students are far less likely to be prepared for careers in STEM, despite an often equal interest in the disciplines.

June 30, 2015

STEM

Efforts to Close Gender, Race Gaps in STEM Not Working

Despite all the time, money and effort devoted to closing racial and gender gaps in STEM fields in recent years, those gaps remain entrenched and have in some instances grown wider, according to the latest version of an interactive STEM Index released Monday.

June 30, 2015