Among standardized tests, few exams hold the same weight as the SAT. The role of the SAT in the college admissions landscape is only rivaled by the ACT, a popular competitor. Even in an era when more ...

Most SAT prep courses promise higher scores. Very few explain why you’re getting questions wrong, and that’s where students lose points. That matters. In 2025, only 7% of test takers scored above 1400 ...

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 ...

Though a growing number of U.S. based universities are moving away from requiring applicants to submit their SAT or ACT scores, many will agree that having a high test score (and GPA) not only ...

Cross-posted from the College Bound blog. The College Board has launched its new practice tool for the redesigned SAT, which will debut in March 2016. The free online test prep, developed in ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The ACT and SAT exams are tests that high school students might get a bit nervous about. The new school year began for many the week of August 14— and the first ACT and SAT exams ...

John Egan is a veteran personal finance writer whose work has been published by outlets such as Bankrate, Experian, Newsweek Vault and Investopedia. Caren Weiner is the lead editor for consumer ...

High school students applying to college will take the new SAT exam beginning in 2016. The changes to the test are significant. Here’s what you need to know. The organization behind the SAT ...

David Coleman, the president of College Board, thinks companies that offer SAT prep services are “predators who prey on the anxieties of parents and children and provide no real educational benefit.” ...

The College Board released new data Monday showing that students who used its free online practice course through Khan Academy for as little as six to eight hours gained 90 points on average between ...

In May of this year, the University of California Board of Regents, which makes decisions for a system that educates 280,000 students across 10 campuses, announced it would end the use of the SAT and ...