Tom Horne wants to bring back Arizona high school exit exam. This time, the ACT
Horne acknowledged the ACT doesn't measure how well students have learned state standards but said it's better than no test at all.
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Horne acknowledged the ACT doesn't measure how well students have learned state standards but said it's better than no test at all.
Passing the MCAS in exchange for your diploma has been a longtime standard in Massachusetts, but will it soon be a thing of the past?
It’s been almost four years since the state’s public universities stopped requiring students to submit test scores for admission.
Yale University announced Thursday that it will resume requiring prospective students to the Ivy League institution to submit standardized test scores when applying for admission.
The standardized test, badly battered in recent years as universities moved to more holistic admissions models during the COVID pandemic and in the wake of Supreme Court rulings upending race-conscious admissions, isn’t down for the count quite yet — and that’s a good thing for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. This month, Dartmouth became the first Ivy League school to resume ...