Topic: Higher Education Admissions Testing

SAT cheating scandal: Are stakes getting too high for college admission?

Six high school students in Great Neck, N.Y., are facing misdemeanor charges for allegedly paying $1,500 to $2,500 to Samuel Eshaghoff to take the SAT for them. Is the pressure to succeed too great?

ACT scores: Can they predict your success?

ACT scores are good at predicting how well students will do in college. They'd be even better if colleges stopped using the ACT scores for reading and science and focus on math and English scores alone, a study finds.

It's exam season in China. Relax?

Teachers at some schools in China this year are taking what appears to be a more Western approach to calm their students, instead of piling on the stress as they usually do.

Qualities that could solve America's budget crisis

Among the qualities: 'attunement' and equipoise. America's budget crisis won't be solved through 'book smarts' alone.

How to pick a college? 10 tips for seniors from their peers

It’s college application season; have you narrowed your choices wisely? And if you’re ultimately accepted to several schools, how will you know “the one”? Here are pointers from students who’ve recently survived the process.

After botched exam, Brazil tries to redeem its version of the SAT

Nearly 10,000 students are retaking the exam today in Brazil as part of the country's marred efforts to enable more students to attend state-run universities.

Want higher SAT scores? Five ways to prep.

Options for boosting your SAT scores range from a free sample SAT test to $1,000 prep courses. Do they really help?

Harvard hoax: Adam Wheeler case points to rise of student fraud

Student Adam Wheeler is accused of masterminding a Harvard hoax, using fake documents to get into the university and secure financial aid. Student fraud is an growing problem, experts say.

Harvard student who is accused of falsifying records pleads not guilty

Adam Wheeler, a Harvard student from Delaware, pleads not guilty to larceny, identity fraud and other charges and ordered held on $5,000 bail Tuesday.

'Farouk1986': what Christmas bombing suspect wrote online

Online posts by 'Farouk1986,' thought to be the Christmas Day bombing suspect, suggest a student preoccupied by university admissions and English soccer clubs, but who was also apparently lonely and conflicted.

How to fight a recession with a bottle of shampoo

We’ve adopted a new frugality around our house, which includes turning paper clips into necklaces and doing away with the robotic vacuum.

Shelve the S.A.T?

It's up to colleges to stop the frenzy over the SAT and ACT.

Focus less on the S.A.T., study tells colleges

Exams tied to school curricula may be a viable alternative for admissions assessment, a year-long study says.

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Does new S.A.T. help with admissions decisions?

The College Board releases a positive report on the writing section, but many schools are doing their own studies.

Our college is nixing S.A.T. scores

Other measures are a better gauge of ability and help diversity.

Cash for school grades? It works.

Paying for performance can introduce students to courses they would never otherwise take.