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Don’t Call Them Test Companies: How the College Board and ACT Have Shifted Focus

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These days the leaders of the College Board, which runs the SAT, have been making a surprising argument—that colleges and parents should stop taking the scores of its signature test so seriously. In this new era, the College Board is testing a controversial new metric that has been labeled as an “ adversity score.”

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In Elementary School, Many Teachers Have a Shaky Grasp of Math. Can Preparation Programs Change That?

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Peskes organization found that most elementary teacher prep programs dont give potential teachers enough time to develop math content knowledge. Programs that cant add that time should require math content tests, the report says. But even for teachers who get credentials, its complicated. Not everyone believes that is enough.