Here’s What You Need to Know About Online Testing for the ACT and SAT
Lots of confusion surrounds the progress of online testing. Here are the answers to some questions about the computerized versions of the exam.
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Lots of confusion surrounds the progress of online testing. Here are the answers to some questions about the computerized versions of the exam.
By LIZ MOORE
For the college entrance exams, the online transition proceeds, but it’s complicated.
By LIZ MOORE
Project-centered approaches to education could eventually make traditional methods as outdated as chalk and blackboards.
By JOHN HANC
Numerous programs are available for students who are unable to graduate from traditional schools, but only some offer sufficient resources to help them get their diplomas.
By ALINA TUGEND
American teenagers describe the impact of the bomb and gun threats that terrorize their schools, excite panic, then fizzle.
By KELLY VIRELLA and JOSEPHINE SEDGWICK
Legislation and lawsuits that reject scientific consensus on issues like evolution and climate change are changing the way science is taught in some schools.
By CLYDE HABERMAN
A handful of prestigious law schools, for the first time this admissions cycle, are allowing applicants to submit GRE scores instead of LSAT scores. This issue's Pop Quiz: sample questions from both.
By JANE KARR
Graduate programs in STEM have the highest percentage of international students of any broad academic field. Why don’t the locals bother?
By NICK WINGFIELD
Christina Hoff Sommers, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, long argued that the Obama model didn’t work. Here’s her take on what the changes mean.
Interview by STEPHANIE SAUL