An at-home college-readiness test for students with learning disabilities
The college admissions process is hard enough for students who don't struggle with a learning disability but all the more difficult for students who do. Here is a test that parents can give to their children who have learning disabilities to see if they are ready to go to college. It was written by Rachel Masson, director of admissions atLandmark College, a Putney, Vt., institution that offers integrated approaches for learning disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Colleges that don't require SAT or ACT: New survey
A new survey of accredited colleges and students shows that more than 800 admit all or many students without requiring SAT or ACT scores.
The survey was done by the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, known as FairTest, which has kept tabs on the number of test-optional schools for years. FairTest Public Education Director Bob Schaeffer said that in the past few years 80 schools have joined the list, which includes schools that rank high on the U.S. News & World Report rankings.
Schools that have dropped SAT/ACT requirements say they do it because they don't think a high-stakes test
Finnish Lessons' author wins $100,000 education prize
Finland's Pasi Sahlberg, an international leader in education reform, has won a $100,000 education prize from the University of Louisville for his worldwide best-selling book that explains how Finnish schools were reformed to become among the best in the world.
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