If you’re from the eastern US, you likely took the SAT in high school to apply to college. While the SAT is still more popular than the ACT in the Washington DC metro area, we don’t expect that to hold true for long. In fact, in 2012 there were more students nationally who took the … Read more
In April 2014 the ACT will begin offering its new student readiness assessment system, ACT Aspire. The ACT website states that Aspire will be the “first computer-based, longitudinal assessment system,” providing feedback on a given student all the way from elementary school through college. The test will replace the ACT Explore and PLAN tests, which … Read more
As promised, here’s part two of my advice for what parents need to know about the SAT and ACT. For more advice, see my previous post. “My son is taking the SAT in March because that seemed to be the time that everyone else is taking it.” Planning a test date arbitrarily is a very … Read more
I realized that I sometimes take for granted the amount that I’ve learned about the SAT, ACT, and test prep over the last few years. Thinking back to when I was in high school getting ready to take the SAT, it’s clear that I knew then 10% of what I know now. And my parents … Read more
For the first time in its over fifty year history, the ACT has become the most popular college entrance exam in the country, beating out the SAT. Though the difference in the number of test takers was minor (about 2,000 students), the trend over the years is unmistakable. In 2006, 1,206,455 students took the ACT … Read more