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Rutgers prof: Math students got A's in high school, but can't add fractions
Graduation standards are weak. The state graduation exam is gone. SAT and ACT tests are optional. New Jersey's flagship university is adding low-level math classes.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 172 min read
Tests may be 'optional,' but not if you want to get in to an elite college
Yale is not “being honest about the reality of our admissions process” because the university is “denying 98 percent of the students who...
Joanne Jacobs
Jul 6, 20241 min read
Dartmouth will require SAT/ACT scores to help low-income students
Dartmouth will require applicants to submit standardized test scores such as the SAT or ACT, ending a long "pandemic pause," reports...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 6, 20242 min read
Without test scores, college admissions is 'chaotic' -- and still unfair
Without SAT or ACT scores, deciding who to admit is "chaotic, admissions officers told Kelly Slay, a Vanderbilt researcher. It's hard to...
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 23, 20221 min read
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