(MoneyWatch) It's SAT and ACT testing season, which means millions of teenagers are now stressing about these high-stakes college entrance exams. One thing parents don't have to fret about is whether ...

Every year, thousands of college-bound high school students take one of two standardized performance tests: The American College Test or the Scholastic Assessment Test. Although most colleges and ...

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SAT 2024: The digital SAT comprises two sections: Reading and Writing, and Math. SAT stands for the Scholastic Assessment Test. It is a standardised entrance exam used by many colleges and ...

In high-stakes test preparation, one size does not fit all. For students whose first language is not English, tips like “use your inner grammar ear” and explanations like “you don’t say X, you say Y” ...

The SAT is undergoing major changes for 2016. And, as of today, students — for free — can tap into new online study prep tools from Khan Academy, the online education nonprofit. The partnership ...

Many U.S. high schools require students to take one year or more of a foreign language. While this may seem like an inconvenience to some, knowledge of a foreign language is actually beneficial. In ...

The SAT is a standardised, computer-based exam designed for high school students applying to undergraduate programs in the US ...

Students from wealthier families, on average, perform better on the SAT than those from low-income families. And that reality has led some colleges to question the fairness of relying on the test in ...

The controversy over the SAT possibly having a racial bias against African-American students has been reignited in the wake of a new study published in the Harvard Educational Review. The article by ...