Last week, the ACT Exam announced a change to how they would offer accommodations to students with learning, attention, and other disabilit...

The College Board has announced important changes to they way they determine testing accommodations for students with disabilities, effectiv...

Today we present the last post of our four-part series on changes to the SAT, which we began last week with an examination of how the revis...

Today we present the third part of our four-part series on changes to the SAT, which we  began last week  with an examination of how the re...

We are continuing with our four-part series on changes to the SAT, which we began last week with an examination of how the revised test ref...

Today we begin a four-part series on changes to the SAT. We start with an examination of how the revised test reflects the controversial Co...

“Because I’m not a Luddite.” This was Les Perelman’s response when asked, in a Boston Globe interview, why he joined a web-based writing ...

Standardized exams -- SAT, ACT, GRE, MCAT, LSAT, and others -- are  "gateways to educational and employment opportunities" and the...

Most folks are familiar with Khan Academy as the innovative and free online learning tool that teaches mathematical concepts to students of...

Our pile of newspapers and magazines -- paper and digital -- is growing all the time, and we sometimes get the feeling that education news i...

In the wake of reports of criticism about the SAT exam (which dropped the name "Scholastic Aptitude Test" years ago in the face...

A new study  from the National Association of College Admission Counseling may spell good news for high school students who dread the onsl...

As we have written before, students who have graduated high school are no longer covered by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ...

Casey Konstantin If you follow trends in education, chances are you've heard about the importance of practice tests. To sum it up: E...

We've  written before about the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, usually referred to as Fairtest . Fairtest's website inc...

An article in today's New York Times looks at the different approaches to beginning college preparation taken by traditional, nonprofit...

In a  recent blog , we wrote about a report from the  Government Accountability Office that looked at how testing companies were complying ...

A review of the role of federal agencies in enforcing compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by private testing agencies...

We've been getting a new wave of questions about the  relative merits of the SAT versus ACT exams and about what to do when a student h...

When your child can’t bear to even look at another flashcard as s/he prepares for the SAT, it’s time to seek alternative measures. Quack! Me...