A growing number of colleges are stepping away from the standardized exams traditionally required of admissions applicants. More than 800 colleges and...

-- Average national scores on two of the three sections of the SAT college entrance exam edged down for the high school class of 2012, which was the ...

Standardized testing is no foreigner to education -- both in the United States and abroad. But while the high-stakes tests are being criticized for th...

WASHINGTON -- A new digital tool to test academic and behavioral skills will target students starting in kindergarten. ACT, the organization that dev...

Just as students around the country buckle down for final exams at school, their counterparts in China are sitting for a test of their own. But unlike...

For the first time, the SAT will be offered during the summer when students are not distracted by schoolwork and have more time to devote to SAT prep....

Beginning next year, all high school juniors in Louisiana will be required to take the ACT -- for free. A new effort by the Louisiana Department of...

This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. The national push to increase the number of Americans with college degrees is enriching at...

MINEOLA, N.Y. — The millions of students who take the SAT or ACT each year will have to submit photos of themselves when they sign up for the co...