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People in China are worried that students are cheating their way into US schools
There's a distinct worry in the higher education industry that "Chinese students might think cheating is their only choice" to get into American schools, Inside Higher Ed's Elizabeth Redden reports...
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The Princeton Review's pricing method has a terrible impact on Asians, study...
Asian families living in the US are almost twice as likely to be charged higher prices by college test prep service The Princeton Review, according to a new study from ProPublica.The Princeton Review...
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There might be a surprisingly self-serving reason top-notch colleges are...
When George Washington University announced last month that it was adopting a “test-optional” admissions policy, it repeated a standard line made by colleges that allow prospective students to opt out...
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Colleges stir up controversy by ditching a major admissions requirement
Conversations about SAT and ACT scores are ubiquitous for high-school students applying to college.Increasingly, however, colleges and universities have begun to eschew mandatory standardized-test...
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The 50 smartest colleges in America
We recently ranked the 50 best colleges in America based on how well they prepare students for success after graduation. Next, we wanted to find out which schools enroll the smartest students.Jonathan...
View ArticleThe 11 smartest boarding schools in America
We ranked the top boarding schools in America by taking a look at the top average SAT scores. Here are the top 11.Click here to see the top 24.Produced by Devan Joseph. Special thanks to Melissa...
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Bill Gates names the 6 best things that happened in 2015
Every year, Bill Gates puts out his annual list of the year's best news on his blog GatesNotes.It's a nice feel good message, especially since 2015 also ushered in so many negative things, like the...
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These 5 education stories will dominate headlines in 2016
As 2015 comes to a close, it's becoming clear that certain education stories will heat up over the next year. From a revamped SAT exam to a Supreme Court case that may change college admissions, these...
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I walked away from a job that paid $1,000 an hour, and I don't regret it
SAT tutor Anthony-James Green wrote an essay for Vox about why his $1,000-per-hour students did better without him, leading him to make a career change. Below, he explains to Business Insider what it...
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College applications fail to measure one key characteristic in students
The Turning the Tide report released last week by the Harvard Graduate School of Education has colleges and universities across the country taking a hard look at what many believe is a deeply flawed...
View ArticleThe SAT is getting a massive overhaul — and they’re ditching one of the most...
The SAT is getting a huge overhaul. Starting in March, it'll have just two sections instead of three, and those sections are going to be totally different. We talked to Stacy Caldwell, vice president...
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Here's how to master questions on the new version of the SAT
Business Insider asked Gary Gruber, a theoretical physicist and educator, to show us what the new SAT questions would look like. Then we had him show us how to nail them.(That quiz is here.)Here,...
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This perfect SAT scorer got rejected by the Ivy Leagues, but got on 'Shark...
With a perfect SAT score, Shaan Patel thought he'd be able to get into one of his dream schools in the Ivy League.Unfortunately, that didn't happen, but Patel's fine with it.Instead, he's been able to...
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A perfect SAT couldn't get this guy into the Ivy League but it helped him...
Shaan Patel had his fair share of rejection when he was applying to college.Even armed with a perfect SAT score, he was rejected from every Ivy League school to which he applied — Harvard, Princeton,...
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The SAT is changing on Saturday for the first time in a decade — here's why...
On Saturday, March 5, the SAT is changing its format for the first time in over a decade.In 2005, the College Board, the company that owns and publishes the SAT, began scoring the SAT out of 2400.The...
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American high school students took SATs with questions that were online...
(Reuters) - At least five times in the past three years, U.S. high school students were administered SAT tests that included questions and answers widely available online more than a year before they...
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4 ways to outsmart any multiple-choice test
Ideally, multiple-choice exams would be random, without patterns of right or wrong answers. However, all tests are written by humans, and human nature makes it impossible for any test to be truly...
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This is the psychological effect standardized testing has on children
Some parents are so angry with the testing regime facing their children that they have come together in an attempt to boycott primary school exams.Preparation by teachers for these standardized...
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These are the differences between the SAT and ACT to help you decide which...
As the summer winds down and students prepare for the fall semester, the issue of college admissions will undoubtedly begin to weigh heavily on the minds of high-school seniors.One of the biggest...
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Here are the differences between the SAT and the ACT
As the summer winds down and students prepare for the fall semester, the issue of college admissions will undoubtedly begin to weigh heavily on the minds of high-school seniors.One of the biggest...
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