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1. As students prepare for China's college-entrance exam, a scandal brews

Subjects
Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations, Public universities and colleges -- Investigations, False personation -- Investigations, College entrance achievement tests -- Management, Company legal issue, Company business management, Business, Economics, Business, international
Abstract

CHEN CHUNXIU was applying to join an adult-education programme when she discovered, to her surprise, that she already had a degree. The 36-year-old kindergarten teacher from Shandong province had left [...]

Published
2020

2. Preparing students for college entrance exams

Author

Lane, Kathleen Lynne, Kalberg, Jemma Robertson, Mofield, Emily, Wehby, Joseph H., and Parks, Robin J.

Subjects
Academic achievement -- Management, College entrance achievement tests -- Management, Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations, Universities and colleges -- Management, Company business management
Published
2009

4. GMAT: Paying for Points; Test-prep services can be a big help as applicants prepare for the B-school admissions exam. Here, a rundown of some well-known players

Author

Meglio, Francesca Di

Subjects
Business schools -- Management, College admissions -- Methods, College entrance achievement tests -- Management, College entrance achievement tests -- Economic aspects, Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations, Universities and colleges -- Management, Universities and colleges -- Economic aspects, Company business management
Published
2007

5. Big Red Bus Gives New Meaning to 'Rolling Admissions'

Author

Mangan, Katherine

Subjects
Alcorn State University -- Services -- Management, Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations, College entrance achievement tests -- Management, Company business management
Published
2007

6. South Korea Takes College Entrance Exams Seriously

Author

Brender, Alan

Subjects
Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations, College entrance achievement tests -- Management, South Korea -- Education policy, Company business management
Published
2003

7. Learning to play the game to get into college

Author

Winerip, Michael

Subjects
Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations, Preparedness -- Educational aspects -- Social aspects, College entrance achievement tests -- Management, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

BOSTON -- There is rarely a minute when Nathaly Lopera, a high school senior, isn't working to improve herself. Since second grade, she has taken advantage of a voluntary integration [...]

Published
2011

8. Fighting words

Subjects
Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations, Discrimination in education -- Speeches, lectures and essays, College entrance achievement tests -- Management, College admissions -- Standards, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Hunter College -- Standards
Abstract

Hunter College High School in New York City is caught up in a debate over whether its admissions test favors whites and Asians over blacks and Hispanics. ''Parents, faculty members [...]

Published
2010

9. Getting an early crack at high school

Author

Hughes, C.J.

Subjects
Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations, College entrance achievement tests -- Management, Education, Secondary -- Management -- Tests, problems and exercises, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Hunter College -- Tests, problems and exercises
Abstract

On Friday morning, wind lashed snow down a frigid East 69th Street in Manhattan, where some of the only light in the near-dawn darkness came from a metal food cart. [...]

Published
2010

10. Taking on the new SAT: sharpen your Number 2 pencils and prepare to tackle the updated version of the college admission exam

Author

Christopher, Maura

Subjects
Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations, College students -- Education, College entrance achievement tests -- Management, Careers and occupations, Education, Company business management, Management
Abstract

The Scholastic Assessment Test? No sweat. It's just a test, right? You sit down and whip out the old Number 2. Before you know it, you've filled in a snappy [...]

Published
2005

11. 'Hack the SAT' author cuts through test's secrets

Author

Kaplan, Rebecca

Subjects
Authors, American -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Standardized tests -- Management, Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations, Book publishing -- Officials and employees, College entrance achievement tests -- Management, Company business management, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Rebecca Kaplan Students who plan to take the SAT may want to start preparing for Oct. 4, the first fall test date and the last one before early-decision college [...]

Published
2008

12. World Briefing Asia: South Korea: 900 Sat Scores Canceled

Author

Arenson, Karen W.

Subjects
Company business management, Educational Testing Service -- Management, Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations, Educational services industry -- Management, College entrance achievement tests -- Management
Abstract

The scores of all 900 students who took the SAT exam in South Korea in January will be canceled, the Educational Testing Service announced in South Korea on Friday. Tom […]

Published
2007

13. Company's Errors on SAT Scores Raise New Qualms About Testing

Author

Arenson, Karen W. and Henriques, Diana B.

Subjects
Company business management, Company systems management, Pearson Education Inc. Pearson Educational Measurement -- Quality management -- Information management -- Management, College Board -- Information management -- Quality management -- Management, Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations, Educational services industry -- Quality management -- Information management, College entrance achievement tests -- Management
Abstract

The scoring errors disclosed this week on thousands of the College Board's SAT tests were made by a company that is one of the largest players in the exploding standardized […]

Published
2006

14. Test-takers, you can pencil in some snack time

Author

Marklein, Mary Beth

Subjects
College Board -- Management, College entrance achievement tests -- Management, Standardized tests -- Management, Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations, Universities and colleges -- Management, Administrative procedure, Company business management
Published
2006

15. SAT: One test, three sittings?

Author

Marklein, Mary Beth

Subjects
College Board -- Planning, College Board -- Research, College entrance achievement tests -- Management, Standardized tests -- Management, Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations, Universities and colleges -- Management, Company business planning, Company business management
Published
2006

16. An Evolving Relationship, Kept Together for the Sake of the Students

Author

Lewin, Tamar

Subjects
Company business management, Contract agreement, Educational Testing Service -- Contracts, College Board -- Contracts -- Management, Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations, Educational services industry -- Contracts, College entrance achievement tests -- Management
Abstract

For more than half a century, the Educational Testing Service and the College Board -- the nonprofit organization that creates the SAT and the one that owns it -- were […]

Published
2004

17. A case of stay or pay: it's not just lost 'tuition fees' - there are hidden costs involved in the fall-out of the A-level fiasco

Author

Crook, Hillary

Subjects
College entrance achievement tests -- Management, Universities and colleges -- Finance, College attendance -- Economic aspects, College students -- Finance, Universities and colleges -- United Kingdom, Company business management, Company financing, Education
Abstract

The mix-up that led to the regrading of A-Level college entrance examinations will cost colleges more than lost tuition from students who did not initially qualify because of lower test scores. Universities will also lose housing funds and other fees. Students may lose money they paid in tuition to their second-choice university if they switch to their first choice.

Published
2002

18. SAT, ACT to stop flagging disabled students' test scores. (noteworthy news)

Subjects
ACT Inc. -- Management, Grading and marking (Students) -- Management, Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations, Disabled students -- Testing, College entrance achievement tests -- Management, Education, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, Company business management, Management, Testing
Abstract

NEW YORK SAT and ACT officials announced last month that they will no longer mark the scores of disabled students who are given extra time to take the college entrance [...]

Published
2002

19. Vienna med school seeks equity for females

Subjects
Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations, Educational equalization -- Methods, Medical colleges -- Management, College entrance achievement tests -- Management, Company business management, Business, Business, international, News, opinion and commentary, Political science
Abstract

At the Vienna Medical University in Europe, administrators are trying to level the playing field for women applicants by using gender weighting of the school's entrance exam scores. The school [...]

Published
2012

22. Time is on your side: SATs and ACTs and applications--oh my! Here's how to get it all done and still save time for fun

Subjects
Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations, College entrance achievement tests -- Management, High school seniors -- Planning, College admissions -- Management, Careers and occupations, Education, Company business planning, Company business management, Management, Planning
Abstract

Ask any high school student what their biggest hallenge is, and chances are it'll have something to do with time management. Finding enough hours in the day to stay on [...]

Published
2007

23. Why abolishing the college admission exam is a very bad idea

Subjects
South Korea -- Education policy, South Korea -- Educational aspects, College entrance achievement tests -- Management, Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations, Universities and colleges -- Management, Company business management, Business, Business, international
Abstract

Education liberalization in terms of founding and operating a school is the only way to upgrade Korea's educational system. The removal of KSAT (Korean Scholastic Aptitude T est ) by the Education Ministry is a setback for Korea.

Published
2004

24. Are SAT scores 'worse than meaningless'? (Testing)

Subjects
Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations, College entrance achievement tests -- Management, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Ranking states according to their SAT averages is 'worse than meaningless,' warn Greg Marchant and Sharon Paulson, education experts at Ball State University, Muncie, Ind. 'The state SAT rankings are [...]

Published
2001

25. Timetable for parents and students seeking college scholarship assistance

Subjects
High school students -- Management, College entrance achievement tests -- Management
Abstract

Here's a typical timetable for parents and students seeking college scholarship assistance, from Nellie Mae, a national loan service: JUNIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL _September: Make a 'top 10 list' […]

Published
1994

26. On College-entrance exam day, all of South Korea is put to the test; noisy flights can't land; offices open late to avoid traffic; mothers pray a lot

Author

Park, SongHa

Subjects
South Korea -- Education policy, Airlines -- Control, College entrance achievement tests -- Management, College entrance achievement tests -- Social aspects, Education and state -- Analysis, Education, Higher -- Planning, Stock markets -- Control, Students -- Testing, Students -- Behavior, Higher education and state -- Analysis, Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations, Universities and colleges -- Management, Universities and colleges -- Social aspects, Stock market, Company business management, Company business planning, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2008

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