Calendaring test dates can involve navigating a tricky set of logistical challenges. Getting it right is an important strategic component of good test preparation and guidance. As the inaugural “Summer…
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Whether you’re just getting started or you need a quick last-minute run-down, check out these grab-and-go guides to the most important elements of the SAT essay. Essay structure Beginning Middle…
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As you head toward the SAT or ACT, you’re probably being inundated with information about essays, test sections, and question types. There’s plenty of great advice out there, but...
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Compass research has shown that revisions to Advanced Placement tests often reduce the number of students earning the top scores needed for college credit. We look at the effect of…
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The addition of the August SAT in 2017 and the July ACT in 2018 (not available in California or New York) provide added options to students for summer testing, but…
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College Board administers twenty Subject Tests in the general areas of mathematics, science, English, history, and languages, but we’ve identified the five most popular tests with Compass students: Math Level 2,…
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What does PSAT stand for? The PSAT is an acronym that stands for the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test. In addition to helping prepare students for the SAT, the PSAT acts…
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College Board's avoidance of subgroup performance differences. In the report “How the New SAT has Disadvantaged Female Testers,” I look at the impact the new SAT has had on…
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An opportunity missed. College Board has used lofty language to describe its goals for the new SAT—equity, fairness, college and career readiness. It announced the test redesign in 2014 as…
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Computers are taking over testing. Such is the fear of those who worry that greater automation will lead to a shift in educational values from individuality to conformity. It's also…
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