Page 14 - Classic Learning Test News Today

A daily digest of news from Monday, February 20th, 2023.

The College Boards standardized tests are the latest target of Gov. Ron DeSantis campaign against the organization.

Banishing AP courses and the SAT from Florida could impact the state’s high school students in significant ways.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Republican leaders explore alternatives to the College Board’s AP classes and tests, top state officials have been meeting with the founder

The Classic Learning Test, founded in 2015, is used primarily by private schools and home-schooling families.

The overwhelming majority of colleges and universities in the United States are still not requiring students to submit SAT or ACT scores, continuing a trend that was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

While overall college enrollment is down, applications for faith-based and classical educations are surging.

Literature on the NWEA website suggests that Catholic dioceses and schools might want to take a closer look at their map-testing assessments.

Numerous studies have shown that homeschooled students continue to academically outperform their private, charter, and public school counterparts. Now, a new study about homeschoolers taking the Classic Learning Test, a standardized college entrance exam, reveals they are scoring higher than their peers in other educational settings. 

With the rapid growth of charter and home-schooling, the traditional SAT and ACT college entrance exams no longer adequately measure the learning and potential of many applicants. A third admissions test—the Classic Learning Test—is a better choice for many of these students, but to date only one public university (Virginia’s Christopher Newport University) accepts it. That failure should be corrected before the 2023 admissions season.