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testing

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/10/24/
451456267/obama-wants-students-to-stop-taking-unnecessary-tests

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/05/04/
is-testing-students-the-answer-to-americas-education-woes

http://static.politico.com/75/b0/06b7c0bd4113b48d4da773d9af14/
education-department-assessment-fact-sheet.pdf

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/05/04/
is-testing-students-the-answer-to-americas-education-woes

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/07/
opinion/in-defense-of-annual-school-testing.html

annual school testing

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/07/
opinion/in-defense-of-annual-school-testing.html

standardized testing

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/21/
education/teachers-unions-reasserting-themselves-
with-push-against-standardized-testing.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/
education/atlanta-cheating-scandal-reignites-testing-debate.html

test scores

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/28/
opinion/how-common-core-can-help-in-the-battle-of-skills-vs-knowledge.html

SAT

The SAT is a standardized test

widely used for college admissions

in the United States.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAT

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/19/
958329475/sat-discontinues-subject-tests-and-optional-essay

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/01/
825304555/colleges-go-test-optional-after-sat-act-are-called-off

College Board’s revised SAT / new SAT 2015-2016

college entrance exam

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/02/07/us/
new-sat-quiz.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/01/22/
463635963/a-history-of-the-sat-in-four-questions

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/
education/edlife/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-sat.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/
opinion/the-big-problem-with-the-new-sat.html

SAT Reasoning Test

(formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test) SAT

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/
sat-college-admission-test

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/12/
opinion/end-the-sat-discuss-cite-evidence.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/06/
education/major-changes-in-sat-announced-by-college-board.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/
magazine/the-story-behind-the-sat-overhaul.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/07/
opinion/save-us-from-the-sat.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/
opinion/elite-colleges-are-as-foreign-as-mars.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/
education/claremont-mckenna-college-says-it-exaggerated-sat-figures.html

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/12/04/
why-should-sats-matter/

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/
opinion/how-to-stop-the-drop-in-verbal-scores.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/
education/15sat.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/
opinion/18salins.html

http://www.fwps.org/cur/assess/sat/

http://www.studentmarket.com/studentmarket/aboutsat.html

http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2006-08-29-
sat-questions_x.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/15/
education/15SAT.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/
opinion/18salins.html

on the SAT

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/
education/edlife/lifting-the-veil-on-the-holistic-process-
at-the-university-of-california-berkeley.html

College Board > SAT test for college admission > Writing / Written assessment

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/03/10/
can-writing-on-a-college-entrance-exam-be-properly-assessed

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/03/10/
can-writing-on-a-college-entrance-exam-be-properly-assessed/
writing-is-lost-in-computerized-algorithms

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/03/10/
can-writing-on-a-college-entrance-exam-be-properly-assessed/
we-dont-assess-students-writing-because-it-takes-time

take the SAT

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/
education/edlife/when-to-take-the-sat.html

assess

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/03/10/
can-writing-on-a-college-entrance-exam-be-properly-assessed/
we-dont-assess-students-writing-because-it-takes-time

SAT II

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/
opinion/elite-colleges-are-as-foreign-as-mars.html

ACT

The ACT

originally an abbreviation of American College Testing

is a standardized test used

for college admissions in the United States.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACT_(test)

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/12/
1128376442/act-test-scores-pandemic

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/01/
825304555/colleges-go-test-optional-after-sat-act-are-called-off

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/
opinion/elite-colleges-are-as-foreign-as-mars.html

Asvab

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/
opinion/elite-colleges-are-as-foreign-as-mars.html

Advanced Placement AP

AP exams.

Created by

the nonprofit College Board in the 1950s,

AP is to other high school courses

what Whole Foods is to other supermarkets:

a mark of the aspirational,

a promise of higher standards and,

occasionally, a more expensive alternative.

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/05/01/
525073237/four-things-we-dont-know-about-ap-tests

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/11/
852907213/ap-tests-begin-online-and-at-home-but-not-for-everyone

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/05/01/
525073237/four-things-we-dont-know-about-ap-tests

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