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A selection committee is recommending the Colorado Department of Education use the new computer-based SAT as Colorado’s college entrance exam beginning in 2024. The recommendation will become official after a

The school's pandemic-era hold on standardized testing will be the new norm for applicants.

The decision follows a “highly effective” three-year pilot program, the school said Thursday in a release.

University of Wisconsin System President Jay Rothman says he will ask regents to approve a 5% tuition increase for the next academic year. Rothman told the state Assemblys universities committee

The successful performance of ChatGPT on the U.S. Medical Licensing Exam demonstrates shortcomings in how medical students are trained and evaluated, says Leo Anthony Celi, a principal research scientist at MIT’s Institute for Medical Engineering and Science and a practicing physician.

Incoming students highlight personal journeys in applications due to test-optional policy.

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

An increasing number of colleges aren’t interested in seeing applicants’ standardized test results.

In the wake of COVID-19, people now overwhelmingly believe that the education system’s broader purpose needs to be rethought. This begins with a shift away from standardized testing, college prep, and a one-size-fits-all model and toward personalized curricula, practical skills, and subject mastery.

Despite every effort to standardize school testing, the set guidelines will always, in one way or another, leave some people at a disadvantage. Yet, the efforts to make standardized exams as fair as possible should not go unnoticed.