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ACT – formerly American College Testing Program or American College Test. Advanced Placement (AP). CLT – Classic Learning Test. THEA – Texas Higher Education Assessment. GED – HSE or High School Diploma Equivalent; GED, HiSET or TASC brand of tests, depending on the State. PERT – Replaced Accuplacer as the standard college placement ...
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP); State achievement tests are standardized tests.These may be required in American public schools for the schools to receive federal funding, according to the US Public Law 107-110 originally passed as Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and currently authorized as Every Student Succeeds Act in 2015.
Dartmouth College announced this month that it will require standardized test scores (SAT or ACT) of all applicants. The Ivy League institution is joining a growing number of prestigious schools ...
SAT Subject Tests; Secondary School Admission Test; Series 6 exam; Series 7 exam; Series 14 exam; South Dakota State Test of Educational Progress; Southern Regional Testing Agency; SPEAK (test) Specialized High Schools Admissions Test; Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing; Standards of Learning; Stanford Achievement Test Series
Advocates for mandated standardized tests say that test-optional policies, however well intended, actually make it harder for schools to identify promising students from underrepresented backgrounds.
Learner looked at news reports and press releases to track the efforts of colleges across the U.S. to reinstate standardized testing for admissions.
The Praxis I, or Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST), consisted of three exams: reading, writing, and mathematics. On September 1, 2014, ETS transitioned to the Praxis "CASE" or "Core Academic Skills for Educators" which also consists of reading, writing, and mathematics exams.
The first standardized college entrance exams in the U.S. appeared with the College Entrance Examination Board in 1900, formed from 12 colleges, including Harvard University and Columbia University.