Corrected: The original version of this story misspelled the name of Gretchen Schmidt, a program director in Boston for Jobs For the Future. College-placement tests can make or break a student’s ...

Miami University Regionals prides itself on “meeting you where you are.” If math, writing, or critical reading have been an obstacle for you in the past, we have special courses and supports available ...

Faced with thousands of incoming students who needed remedial classes, the California State University system launched an effort in 2001 to provide high school juniors with an early signal of whether ...

Placement into your courses in college can be scary. You might be wondering, “How do advisors decide which courses I belong in?” You might also be thinking, "I already have college credit from dual ...

McLennan Community College students enter the Michaelis Academic Center on campus. The state has instituted a Texas Success Initiative placement exam to determine whether incoming college students are ...

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - High school juniors taking the Smarter Balanced assessment this spring or next may be spared from taking a two- to three- hour college placement test if they score high enough on ...

A surge in Advanced Placement test scores after a change in how the College Board evaluates the exams has sparked accusations of grade inflation. The College Board revealed this month that it started ...

Quadratic functions are something Round Lake High School seniors have learned before, but in preparation for college math placement tests, Craig Schrader’s applied math class has been going through ...

Put down the pencils and grab your laptop: The SAT, one of the nation’s most commonly used college-entrance exams, is going digital. The College Board, the organization that administers the SAT, PSAT ...