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Report: An SAT-Only Admissions Process Would Make Colleges Less Diverse

by Pearl Stewart | June 24, 2019 If America’s top 200 colleges admitted applicants based on their SAT scores alone, more than Read more

Ignoring Race and Privilege: How The College Board’s SAT Adversity Score Missed the Mark

by Ivory A. Toldson and Donna Y. Ford | June 11, 2019
Adverse experiences and social privilege are both life circumstances that can alter a test-take [...] Read more

Report: Is Guaranteed Admissions Effective in Developing Diverse Class?

by Monica Levitan | December 10, 2018
In a recent study published by the American Educational Research Association, researchers evalu [...] Read more

SAT, ACT now Optional for Colby College Applicants

by Monica Levitan | September 25, 2018
Colby College applicants are no longer required to submit SAT or ACT test scores as part of the [...] Read more

Geographical Bias in Testing: Is Cultural Bias a Problem of the Past or Are We Simply Not Looking in the Right Space?

by Manuel S. González Canché | September 17, 2018
Despite the recent emergence of test optional and/or test flexible programs, wherein students d [...] Read more

Standardized Tests Now Optional at Indiana School

by LaMont Jones | July 30, 2018
Students who want to go to college but don’t perform well on standardized tests – or just h [...] Read more

ACT or No ACT? Ask University of Chicago

by Associated Press | June 26, 2018
Chances are, if you have children in high school, or had children in high school, or work in a [...] Read more

SAT, ACT Not Mandatory for University of Chicago Applicants

by Associated Press | June 14, 2018
CHICAGO — Scores from the SAT or ACT will be optional for students applying to the University [...] Read more

Report Card: States Fail High-Achieving Low-Income Students

by Tiffany Pennamon | March 21, 2018
States have made little progress in supporting high-achieving, low-income students, according t [...] Read more

In College Test Prep Industry, Cheaper Options Available

by Maria Danilova, Associated Press | May 8, 2017
WASHINGTON — Is there a price that a worried parent wouldn’t pay to help a child do well on [...] Read more

College Board to Boost SAT Security Globally

by Joe Mandak, Associated Press | February 22, 2017
PITTSBURGH — The firm that oversees registrations for the SAT college entrance exam is boosti [...] Read more

Admissions Movement Leaving ACT/SAT Behind

by Pearl Stewart | October 11, 2016
Hundreds of four-year, liberal arts schools have decreased reliance upon ACT/SAT test scores in [...] Read more

No Average Scores Being Released This Year for New SAT Exam

by Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press | September 27, 2016
WASHINGTON ― No score results yet, but students didn’t seem to be scared off by the new ver [...] Read more

JAYATI GHOSH

| May 4, 2016
JAYATI GHOSH has been appointed dean of the School of Business Administration and a professor o [...] Read more

Mayor Walsh Launches Free Community College Program in Boston

by Jamal Eric Watson | May 1, 2016
Boston’s Mayor Marty Walsh has launched a new program that will provide two years of communit [...] Read more

Diversity in Graduate Education: Looking at — and Beyond — Admissions

Does Testing Serve a Purpose in Holistic Application Review?

Supporting Noncognitive Factors: Connecting Students with Resources, from Theory to Practice