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63-607: AP Capstone , officially known as the Advanced Placement Capstone Diploma Program , is a 2-year program developed by the College Board that consists of two courses: the AP Seminar and AP Research. Students who successfully complete the program and obtain scores of 3 or higher on at least four other AP exams receive either an AP Capstone Diploma or an AP Seminar and Research Certificate. The predecessor to

126-748: A Project Lead the Way partnership. In March 2020, College Board announced the cancellation of several test dates during the spring of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On January 25, 2022, College Board announced that the SAT will be delivered digitally in an attempt to change the format of test itself. Vice President of the College Readiness Assessment at College Board, Priscilla Rodriguez, states "The digital SAT will be easier to take, easier to give and more relevant". Some new features of this digital version of

189-501: A $ 22 fee for each test. Other services can be added to the basic costs, including late registration, score verification services, and various answering available services. SAT score reports cost $ 12 per college for 1–2-week electronic delivery or 2–4-week paper or disk delivery. The College Board allows high school administrators to authorize fee waivers for some services to students from low-income families, generally those meeting National School Lunch Act criteria. In addition, because of

252-583: A 2 to a 3 are the middle two rows, which assess the methodology and conclusion. The rubric can be seen here . More specifically, a replicable methodology and a new understanding are required to pass. College Board The College Board , styled as CollegeBoard , is an American not-for-profit organization that was formed in December 1899 as the College Entrance Examination Board ( CEEB ) to expand access to higher education . While

315-515: A 50% chance of obtaining a B or higher or about a 75% chance of obtaining a C or higher in corresponding credit-bearing first-year college courses. These college courses include English composition, college algebra, introductory social science courses, and biology. In addition to its use in college admissions, multiple states and thousands of individual school districts use the ACT to assess the performance of schools, requiring all high school students to take

378-956: A clear challenge to the test then known as the Scholastic Aptitude Test (now called the SAT ). Lindquist and Ted McCarrel, the University of Iowa registrar, led a team that developed and then delivered the first-ever ACT test to 75,406 students on November 7, 1959. ACT endorses the Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education and the Code of Professional Responsibilities in Educational Measurement. ACT has policy platforms providing recommendations in three areas: K-12 education, post-secondary education, and workforce development. ACT also publicly publishes its Privacy Policy, which describes protections for

441-460: A national perspective. Traditionally delivered in a paper format, the ACT was the first national college admissions test to be offered in a digital format in 2014. Every three to five years ACT conducts its ACT National Curriculum Survey, which collects data about what students should know and be able to do to be ready for college-level coursework in English, math, reading, and science. The results of

504-471: A pilot program in 2018 and officially rolling out to all schools in 2019, the College Board required students to sign up for AP tests during the fall before early-round college decisions are out. While the College Board stated that this was to ensure students commit to learning the material at the beginning of the year, the move drew criticism from students, stating that because they do not know whether or not

567-405: A plan of examination suitable as a test for admission to college: Botany, Chemistry, English, French, German, Greek, History, Latin, Mathematics, Physics, Zoology". According to the board's plan of organization, the exam fee was $ 5, around $ 155 in 2020. The College Board maintains a numbered registry of countries, college majors, colleges, scholarship programs, test centers, and high schools. In

630-411: A preference for the ACT or SAT and accept both. Some colleges accept the ACT in place of the SAT subject tests, and some accept the optional ACT writing section in place of an SAT Subject Test. Most colleges use ACT scores as only one factor in their admission process, as a supplement to the secondary school record and to help admission officers put local data—such as coursework, grades, and class rank—in

693-457: A proctor for the test. If so, a local library may be willing to serve as a proctor as there are not many other options for individuals in this case. Most schools will only test their own admissions candidates. SpringBoard is a pre-Advanced Placement program created by the College Board to prepare students who intend to take AP courses or college-level courses in their scholastic careers. Based on Wiggins and McTighe's "Understanding by Design" model,

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756-598: A score of 23.5 rounds up to 24). ACT score reports also include a STEM score, an English/Language Arts score, data on text complexity, and a Progress Toward Career Readiness measure. The average composite score earned by 2019 high school graduates taking the ACT was 20.7. Virtually all four-year colleges and universities in the United States accept the ACT, but institutions place different emphases on standardized tests, relative to other factors including class rank, GPA, and extracurricular activities. Most colleges do not indicate

819-403: A year-long research-based investigation on a personally-chosen subject. The assessment culminates with a 5,000-word academic thesis paper , as well as a public presentation . Students must obtain a final score of 3 or higher to be able to receive AP certification. As of the 2017–18 school year, AP Research papers are graded using a holistic rubric. The two central elements that move a paper from

882-511: Is a fee-based standardized test for college admissions in the United States, first administered in 1926. The College Board decides how the SAT is constructed, administered, and used in the United States. Educational Testing Service (ETS) develops, administers, publishes, and scores the SAT. The SAT covers writing, reading, and mathematics. SAT scores range from 400 to 1600, with each of the two sections— Evidence-based Reading and Writing and Mathematics —worth up to 800 points. Most students take

945-466: Is acting unethically by selling test preparation materials, directly lobbying legislators and government officials, and refusing to acknowledge test-taker rights. The SAT Reasoning Test with essay cost $ 64.50 ($ 93.50 if late) as of 2019 , the AP exams cost US$ 97 ($ 137 if late) as of 2023 , and taking AP exams is often a requirement for students taking AP classes. The SAT Subject Tests cost a baseline of $ 26 with

1008-453: Is an extensive program that offers high school students the chance to participate in what the College Board describes as college-level classes, reportedly broadening students' intellectual horizons and preparing them for college work. It also plays a large part in the college admissions process, showing students' intellectual capacity and genuine interest in learning. The program allows many students to gain college credit for high performance on

1071-683: Is headquartered in New York City . David Coleman has been the CEO of the College Board since October 2012. He replaced Gaston Caperton , former Governor of West Virginia , who had held this position since 1999. The current president of the College Board is Jeremy Singer. In addition to managing assessments for which it charges fees, the College Board provides resources, tools, and services to students, parents, colleges, and universities in college planning, recruitment and admissions, financial aid, and retention. The College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB)

1134-470: Is integrated into the curriculum content and subject materials. SpringBoard also provides other Web 2.0 resources aimed at making the program more community-oriented. On June 23, 2020, The College Board and NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises launched a joint public campaign Truinfadores in order to help guide primarily Spanish-speaking families through their child's college planning process. This campaign will offer funding to scholarships that are included in

1197-553: Is optional. The College Board has received substantial backlash for these practices. On August 25, 2018, the SAT given in America was a recycled October 2017 international SAT given in China. The leaked PDF file was on the internet before the August 25, 2018 exam. In 2004, Hanban and the College Board developed the " AP Chinese Language and Culture Course and Exam" program. In October 2020,

1260-629: The CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE , a financial aid application service that many institutions use in determining family contribution and financial assistance packages. Students also must pay a $ 25 fee to apply and another $ 16 for each additional school to which they submit the profile. Criticism of the Board and its exams goes back to at least 1922, with a Harvard Alumni Bulletin article from prep school teacher Morgan Barnes. Barnes took ten different examinations " in cognito qua candidate", requested

1323-542: The New York Civil Liberties Union revealed that one of the College Board's customers was JAMRS , a military recruitment program run by the United States Department of Defense . The College Board and ACT have been sued over the use of this information. In addition, there is criticism that students are not sufficiently made aware that their data is being sold, or that disclosure of certain data

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1386-546: The SAT , and many students must take SAT exams for admission to competitive colleges. Some colleges also require students to submit a College Board CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE when applying for financial aid. As there are no broadly accepted alternatives to College Board products such as AP , SAT Subject Tests, and CSS/Financial Aid, the company is often criticized as exploiting its monopoly on these products. FairTest , an organization that advocates against over-dependence on standardized tests in school admissions, maintains that

1449-446: The $ 40 fee. Traditionally, AP exams are given in a school setting and last two to four hours. However, in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the College Board created an alternate form of AP testing for that year. Students were to take exams at home in a shortened 45-minute, open-book format. During the exams, there were reports of disruptions in the process, such as students being unable to submit their answers, general confusion about

1512-586: The 11th or 12th grade; who are either a United States citizen or testing in the US, US territories, or Puerto Rico; and meet one or more indicators of economic need listed on the ACT Fee Waiver form. During the 2018–2019 academic year, 487,749 students were awarded fee waivers to test at no cost. Each year ACT publishes its Condition of College and Career Readiness report, which reports on the progress of US high school graduates relative to college readiness. In addition to

1575-740: The 1600-point scale, and the essay became optional. The testing process was changed to give students three hours to take the exam plus 50 additional minutes to complete the essay. In the same announcement, the College Board also said they would be partnering with Khan Academy to make available, from spring 2015, free test preparation materials for the redesigned SAT. This included a preparation application to help students practice and identify areas of improvement. Practice problems and videos demonstrating step-by-step solutions were also made available. The SAT Subject Tests were standardized tests intended to measure student performance in specific areas, such as mathematics, science, and history. On January 19, 2021,

1638-648: The ACT, regardless of whether they are college bound. The states that tested virtually all (95% or more) students in their 2019 graduating classes were Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, Wisconsin and Wyoming. The ACT (no writing) test costs $ 55.00 for the 2020–2021 testing year. The ACT with writing costs $ 70.00. Additional fees are charged for services including late registrations, test date changes, test center changes, and standby testing. Fee waivers are available to students currently enrolled in high school in

1701-845: The AP exams, which cost $ 97 each, much in the same manner as the CLEP . Granting credit, however, is at the discretion of the college. Two thousand nine hundred colleges grant credit or advanced standing . Critics of the Advanced Placement Program charge that courses and exams emphasize the breadth of content coverage instead of depth. In May 2020, glitches prevented some students from submitting their AP exams, forcing those students to re-take them in June. The College Level Examination Program (CLEP) provides students of any age, including high schoolers, college students, homeschooled students, adults, senior citizens, children, and exceptional toddlers, with

1764-754: The College Board Opportunity Scholarship program that encourages students to apply for a chance to earn $ 40,000 towards their college tuition. These scholarships are open to any student, regardless of their citizenship status and are strictly reserved for students whose household income is less than $ 60,000. BigFuture is a free online resource that helps students plan for college, pay for college, and explore careers. BigFuture's National Recognition Program awards honors to underrepresented students, including African American students, Hispanic students, Indigenous students, and students who live in rural areas or small towns. The College Board also offers

1827-615: The College Board announced its intention to terminate financial ties with Hanban , in place since 2006, following a letter from U.S. senators critical of the relationship due to its affiliation with the Chinese government . This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Gilman, D. C. ; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. {{ cite encyclopedia }} : Missing or empty |title= ( help ) ACT (nonprofit organization) For

1890-489: The College Board discontinued Subject Tests. This was effective immediately in the United States. The following summer, the tests were to be phased out for international students. CollegeBoard also announced the discontinuation of the optional essay section of the SAT after June 2021. On May 13, 2015, the College Board announced the release of a new credential initiative to get students more interested in careers focused in STEM with

1953-426: The College Board is not an association of colleges, it runs a membership association of institutions , including over 6,000 schools, colleges, universities, and other educational organizations. The College Board develops and administers standardized tests and curricula used by K–12 and post-secondary education institutions to promote college-readiness and as part of the college admissions process. The College Board

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2016-515: The College Board's executives – in 2009, the College Board paid out a $ 1.3 million/year package for CEO Caperton, more than the head of the American Red Cross or Harvard University. It paid 19 executives more than $ 300,000 each per year. In 2005, MIT Writing Director Les Perelman plotted essay length versus essay score on the new SAT from released essays and found a high correlation between them. After studying 23 graded essays, he found that

2079-772: The ITED tests to help develop the Armed Forces Tests of General Educational Development, better known as the GED. In 1958 at a conference sponsored by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), Lindquist presented The Nature of the Problem of Improving Scholarship and College Entrance Examinations . Lindquist argued entrance examinations should evaluate students' readiness to perform college-level work, and should, therefore, be tests of achievement and not of innate intelligence or aptitude,

2142-658: The National Career Readiness Certificate. Founded in Iowa City, Iowa, in 1959, the organization has more than 1,000 employees. Its Interim CEO is Janet Godwin, who assumed leadership of ACT in 2020. Previous CEOs include Marten Roorda (2015–2020), Jon Whitmore (2010–2015), Richard L. Ferguson, (1988–2010), and Oluf Davidsen (1974–1988). The ACT was co-founded by University of Iowa professor Everett Franklin Lindquist in 1959. Lindquist earned his Ph.D. from

2205-540: The SAT include: a 2 hours testing period instead of the 3 hours period that has been used for the current SAT, more relevant topics that cover material that is given in college courses, and calculators will be allowed the entirety of the Math portion of the exam. Digital versions of the exam gives College Board the opportunity to address inequities that are associated with student accessibility to technology by providing students who don't have computers on testing days. This new change

2268-574: The SAT often underestimates the aptitude of African-American students and others. FairTest maintains a list of more than 1000 SAT-optional colleges on its website. The consumer rights organization Americans for Educational Testing Reform (AETR) has criticized the College Board for violating its non-profit status through excessive profits and exorbitant executive compensation ; nineteen of its executives make more than $ 300,000 per year, with CEO Gaston Caperton earning $ 1.3 million in 2009 (including deferred compensation). AETR also claims that College Board

2331-470: The SAT score to decide acceptance and scholarships. The late reporting of errors upset many high-profile colleges. The dean of admissions at Pomona College commented, "Everybody appears to be telling half-truths, and that erodes confidence in the College Board...It looks like they hired the people who used to do the books for Enron ". As of September 2021 , the College Board charges $ 0.50 per name for access to student information. An investigation by

2394-743: The SpringBoard program attempts to map knowledge into scholastic skill sets in preparation for Advanced Placement testing and college success. Units of instruction are titrated to students within and across all school grades, providing a vertically articulated curriculum framework that scaffolds learning skills and subject test knowledge. Implicit in the course curriculum, the program embeds pre-AP and AP teaching and learning strategies across grade school levels and classwork. The curriculum applies to grades 6 through 12. Teachers are provided with formative assessments, professional training, and various teaching tools to track student progress. The instructional framework

2457-407: The U.S. high school graduating class of 2019, 52 percent of graduates had taken the ACT test; the more than 1.78 million students included virtually all high school graduates in 17 states. In addition to the ACT test, ACT programs include ACT Academy, ACT Aspire, ACT CollegeReady, ACT Online Prep, Mawi Learning, ScootPad, PreACT and PreACT 8/9, ACT Tessera, ACT WorkKeys, ACT Work Ready Communities, and

2520-441: The United States, this registry is borrowed by other institutions as a means of unambiguous identification; thus, a student might give his or her guidance department a college's name and address and its CEEB code to ensure that his or her transcript is sent correctly. There exists a similar set of ACT codes for colleges and scholarships, centers, and high schools; however, these codes are less widely used outside ACT, Inc. The SAT

2583-544: The University of Iowa in 1927, and then immediately joined its College of Education faculty. In 1929, Lindquist constructed the tests used for the Iowa Academic Meet, a contest to identify Iowa's top high school scholars. In 1935, Lindquist and his colleagues developed the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS). In 1942, he introduced the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED) for students in grades 9–12. Lindquist also used

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2646-402: The college they end up attending will grant credit for the test, the new, early registration deadline forces students to pay for tests that they will receive no benefit from. The College Board also charges $ 40 if a student does not sit for a test that they signed up for, meaning that many students who signed up for tests that would not grant them any credit still have to sit for those tests or pay

2709-414: The competitive nature of the test, many students take preparatory courses or have SAT tutoring, which can increase costs. The College Board's College Scholarship Service Profile (CSS), a college financial aid application meant to help students pay for college, also requires a fee. In 2017, the College Board had a $ 140 million surplus. Budget surpluses persist despite market-leading compensation packages for

2772-630: The cost may vary based on state, district, or school. The test also functions as a qualifying test for the National Merit Scholarship Corporation 's scholarship programs. There are also other forms of the PSAT, including the PSAT 10 and the PSAT 8/9. However, it is important to note that the PSAT 10 and the PSAT 8/9 do not qualify a student for the National Merit Scholarship. The College Board's Advanced Placement Program

2835-539: The current AP Capstone program, the AP/Cambridge Capstone Program, was initially offered in 17 high schools worldwide. With the launch of the full AP Capstone by the College Board in fall 2014, the program has expanded to now being offered in 1100 schools. Over 100 colleges and universities support the AP Capstone program. AP Seminar is the foundation course taken in 10th or 11th grade. It provides students

2898-531: The first section, students are given an article selected by the College Board. Students must evaluate the central claim, line of reasoning, and the evidence of the article. In the second section, students are given four stimulus materials and are expected to create an argumentative essay. Students are allotted two hours for the final exam. After successful completion of AP Seminar, students may participate in AP Research. In AP Research students design, plan and conduct

2961-426: The graded booklets of his exams, and attempted to confront some readers who scored them. Among Barnes's grievances were general incompetence in grading, excessive focus on exam preparation in classrooms, and overreliance on exam scores in the college admissions process. Since the late 1970s, the College Board has been subject to criticism from students, educators, and consumer rights activists. The College Board owns

3024-484: The longer the essay was, the higher its score. Perelman found that he could accurately determine the score of an essay without even reading the essay. In his study, he discovered that several of these essays were full of factual inaccuracies. The College Board does not claim to grade for factual accuracy. Perelman, along with the National Council of Teachers of English , also criticized the 25-minute writing section of

3087-675: The national report, ACT releases focused reports with organizations such as Excelencia in Education , the United Negro College Fund, the National Indian Education Association, and the Asian and Pacific Islander Scholarship Fund to report on academic achievement within those demographic groups. ACT has articulated policy recommendations in the form of policy platforms in three areas: K–12 education, post-secondary education, and workforce development. In addition to

3150-481: The nature of their curriculum and yet indispensable due to the importance of AP classes in the college admissions process. The College Board can effectively control every aspect of AP classes directly or indirectly. The $ 97 fee, which is noted critically above, results only in a score report with the test name and grade. No details are given on how this scoring was reached nor are individuals given access to this information from College Board. Additionally, starting with

3213-446: The opportunity to demonstrate college-level achievement through a program of exams in undergraduate college courses. Two thousand nine hundred colleges grant credit for passing CLEP exams. The College Board's Accuplacer test is a computer-based placement test that assesses reading, writing , and math skills. The Accuplacer test includes reading comprehension, sentence skills, arithmetic, elementary algebra, college-level mathematics, and

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3276-454: The opportunity to develop critical thinking skills and prepare for university. Students explore real-world issues such as innovation , sustainability and technology. The assessment culminates in 2 through-course tasks and a final written exam. The through-course tasks are the following The final written exam is taken during the two weeks of AP testing in May. The exam consists of two sections. In

3339-506: The privacy of its customers' personal information. The ACT test became the leading college readiness assessment in 2012, surpassing the SAT in the number of students taking the exam. For the US high school graduating class of 2019, 52 percent of all graduates took the ACT. The total number of 2019 high school graduates taking the ACT exceeded 1.78 million. The ACT measures high school students' general educational development and academic readiness to complete first-year college-level work. For

3402-536: The survey are used to inform the ACT College and Career Readiness Standards. The standards are empirically derived descriptions of the essential skills and knowledge students need to become ready for college and career. ACT also publishes the ACT College Readiness Benchmarks. The benchmarks are scores on the ACT subject-area tests that represent the level of achievement required for students to have

3465-478: The test during their junior or senior year of high school. In the marketplace, the SAT competes with the ACT , another standardized college admissions test. Currently, the basic test is $ 60. Also, various fees can accumulate—registering later results in a $ 30 fee and changing a test date, center, or test type results in a $ 25 fee. The waitlist testing fee is $ 53, and each score report costs $ 12. Additionally, students sitting

3528-403: The test for damaging standards of writing taught in the classroom. They say that writing teachers training their students for the SAT will not instill revision, depth, and accuracy but will instead guide them to produce long, formulaic , and wordy pieces. "You're getting teachers to train students to be bad writers", concluded Perelman. Some teachers have criticized AP classes as restrictive in

3591-429: The test in regions outside the United States pay an additional 'Non-U.S. Regional Fee' of between $ 43 and $ 53. As a result, student testing fees may run up to $ 200 or more for a single test. However, fee waivers and reductions are available for some low-income students. On March 5, 2014, the College Board announced that a redesigned version of the SAT would be administered for the first time in 2016. The exam reverted to

3654-485: The test process, and more. In March 2006, it was discovered that the College Board had incorrectly scored several thousand tests taken in October 2005. Although the Board was aware of the error as early as December, it waited months to respond, and in late March, schools still did not have the correct details. Within days of the first announcement, the Board corrected the number of affected students upward. Many colleges use

3717-484: The test through its braille, large print, and audio tests. The biggest benefit of the Accuplacer and Accuplacer Companion tests is their ability to be scored immediately through an online scoring system and taken in remote locations. While there are normally no fees for taking the test, some institutions may charge a fee to retake the test. Note that if a testing institution is not local, an examinee may be required to arrange

3780-403: The tested students from the high school graduating class of 2019, 37 percent met ACT's College Readiness Benchmarks in at least three of the four subject areas the ACT tests—English, math, reading, and science. Scores are reported on a 1–36 scale, with a composite score that represents the average scores from each of the four subject area tests. All ACT scores are reported as whole numbers (e.g.,

3843-417: The writing test, Writeplacer. The Accuplacer test is used primarily by more than 1,000 high schools and colleges to determine a student's needed placement. Often community colleges have specific guidelines for students requiring the Accuplacer test. The Accuplacer Companion paper-and-pencil tests allow students with disabilities (specifically students with an Individualized Education Program or 504 Plan) to take

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3906-399: Was brought forth by College Board following disruptions in testing that were COVID related. The 2021 SAT Suite of Assessment Program results showed that 1.5 million high school students took compared to the 2.2 million students in 2020 who participated taking this test. The PSAT/NMSQT is a fee-based standardized test that provides firsthand practice for the SAT for a cost of $ 18. However,

3969-405: Was founded at Columbia University on December 22, 1899, by representatives of 12 universities and three high school preparatory academies. These were: The organization's intent was to "adopt and publish a statement of the ground which should be covered and of the aims which should be sought by secondary school teaching in each of the following subjects (and in such others as may be desirable), and

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