School is back in session, and for some high school seniors, that means preparing to apply for college. Taking standardized tests like the ACT or SAT isn't as integral a part of the application ...

Princess Anne High School junior Victoria Lord said she never considered skipping the SAT. The Virginia Beach student will take the test although she knows not all colleges she might apply to require ...

Students will soon take the test only on a computer. In this March 6, 2014, file photo, a tutor goes over SAT test preparation with an 11th grader in Pembroke Pines, Fla. Joe Raedle/Getty Images, FILE ...

Over nearly a century, millions of American high school students have sharpened pencils and cracked open pamphlets to take the SAT. But this spring, they can leave the pencils at home. Starting next ...

College-bound students were surprised to find Scholastic Aptitude Test sites closed Saturday in 10 California cities. The students were registered to take the tests that day, but the decision to close ...

A rite of passage for many high school students is undergoing a major change with the news that the SAT will soon go digital and get shorter. The announcement comes as more colleges and universities, ...

The SAT, a college admissions exam that for nearly a century was completed using paper and pencil, is now officially all-digital. This week, students in the U.S. will begin taking the new SAT on their ...

The number of students taking the SAT has declined in recent years, but educators and college officials say that's not necessarily a bad thing. The test, which in the past has been called "Scholastic ...

The number of students taking the SAT college admissions test at least once is growing back to pre-pandemic figures—even as some colleges and universities made the test optional at the onset of the ...

The SAT exam will move from paper and pencil to a digital format, administrators announced Tuesday, saying the shift will boost its relevancy as more colleges make standardized tests optional for ...

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