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Tag: ETS
Students
College Promise Programs Launch Innovative Solutions to Achieve Economic Mobility
As the nation turns toward recovery, College Promise—a non-profit aimed at eliminating college cost barriers—is implementing new models and training to promote economic mobility and post-college career success. Several of these programs were featured in the College Promise hosted webinar “Financial Sustainability for College Promise Programs: Navigating Through and Beyond COVID-19” that took place on Thursday.
July 29, 2021
News Roundup
Expert Assesses Biden’s Education Agenda During First 100 Days
Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, who led President Biden’s education transition team earlier this year, said that the Biden administration has already made dramatic reforms to public education during the first 100 days in office. Darling-Hammond, who is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at the Stanford Graduate School of Education and President and CEO […]
May 6, 2021
Students
ETS to Host Virtual Conference on Student-Focused Teaching Methods
ETS will be hosting a free virtual conference to discuss student-focused teaching methods Apr. 20-21. The conference is titled “A Different Kind of Thinking: Shifting Approaches to Assessment and Teaching and Learning for the Benefit of All Students.” “The time is now to leverage growing knowledge about students and to embark on a new conversation […]
April 7, 2021
Opinion
Tests Should Elevate Communities. Not Lower Expectations
Yes, average test scores vary by geography, income and race. Yes, economically disadvantaged communities and some race/ethnicity minority groups consistently achieve lower scores on average than wealthy communities and majority groups. A vital question for education systems, individual experts in education, and national, state and local communities is how do we use the data and information to affect change?
November 29, 2020
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Panel Explores Equitable Access and Inclusion During a Pandemic
Diverse: Issues In Higher Education and the Educational Testing Service (ETS) recently collaborated on a live panel titled, “Ensuring Equitable Access and Inclusion During a Pandemic,” which covered strategies that support and prioritize diversity and inclusion efforts in recruitment, admissions and retention amid remote instruction.
October 22, 2020
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Institute For Student Achievement Keeps Closing Achievement Gaps in K-12 Schools
The Institute for Student Achievement (ISA) is a nonprofit that partners with underperforming K-12 schools to close achievement gaps. Over the last three decades, what started as an after-school program blossomed into an organization for school design and reform lauded for its impact.
September 25, 2020
International
ETS Creates New Investment Unit to Grow Business
Educational Testing Service (ETS), a nonprofit educational assessment and measurement organization, announced the formation of ETS Strategic Capital, a new unit focused on growing the business “through strategic equity investments, growth partnerships, and mergers and acquisitions,” according to an ETS press release. ETS Strategic Capital “is actively seeking transactions to establish a global portfolio of […]
September 17, 2020
News Roundup
College Promise, ETS Report Identifies the Needs of Five Student Populations
The College Promise and Educational Testing Service (ETS) have published the results of a multi-year study intended to identify and understand the “supports and services” essential to student success in five different student populations: traditional students (high school to college – predominantly first generation); new and returning adult students; DREAMers; student veterans; and justice-impacted students. “This report […]
September 4, 2020
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ETS Creates New Institute to Research More Equitable Standardized Tests
The Educational Testing Service (ETS), which administers the SAT for The College Board, on Tuesday announced the launch of a new institute that will conduct research on creating and maintaining more equitable testing programs.
January 21, 2020
Latinx
AAHHE Conference Highlights Latinx Scholarship
Showcasing both the ingenuity and struggles of Latinx scholars in the academy, this year’s American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) conference focused on the future.
March 3, 2019
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Tribal College Presidents Share a Common Bond
In early August, more than three dozen Tribal College and University (TCU) presidents arrived at the woodland headquarters of Educational Testing Service for a first-of-its-kind presidential convening in Princeton, New Jersey.
November 15, 2017
Students
ETS Survey Aimed at Diversifying Teaching Field
ETS also has partnered with three Tribal Colleges to go even deeper than the survey, conducting phone interviews and site visits to further explore the challenges that schools face in admitting and retaining minority, specifically Native American, teacher candidates.
September 25, 2017
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