ACT Newsroom & Blog
Community Colleges: Promising Pathways for Challenging Times
April 29, 2021
Category:
COVID-19 |
Educator Resources |
This college application season has been like no other. News coverage of the Ivies’ shockingly low admissions rates spread like wildfire. W...
Using Research to Boost the Fee Waiver Program and Buck the No-Show Trend
April 27, 2021
Category:
ACT Test |
COVID-19 |
Educator Resources |
Equity |
Policy |
Research |
Do you know how many students from your school use fee waivers to take the ACT test each year? Across the country, more than one in five r...
ACT Awarded Research-Based Design Product Certification
April 26, 2021
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Educator Resources |
Press Release |
Research |
Product Certification Provides Transparency to Edtech Marketplace IOWA CITY, Iowa – Mosaic™ by ACT® Adaptive Academic Learning has earned th...
The Best Professional Development in Service
April 23, 2021
Category:
ACT Test |
Educator Resources |
Equity |
In part two of our three-part series on ACT content and fairness reviewers, Heather Prevosti—a high school English teacher for the New York ...
Lending Our Land to Educational Pursuits
April 22, 2021
Category:
Research |
ACT Shares Sustainability Efforts and Environmental Research Collaborations this Earth Day Iowa City has been home to ACT since its origins ...
Congratulations to April National ACT Test-Takers: A Recap and What’s Next
April 21, 2021
Category:
ACT Test |
Educator Resources |
Congratulations to the students who tested this weekend as part of ACT’s April national test date! Here’s what you can plan for next, now th...
A Statement from ACT on the Verdict in the Murder of George Floyd
April 21, 2021
Category:
Equity |
ACT is heartened by the just verdict issued in the murder of George Floyd. While nothing can truly heal the pain of the loss for George’s fa...
How The Hunt Institute is Amplifying Women of Color in Equity Work
April 15, 2021
Category:
Educator Resources |
Equity |
Policy |
In my previous blog for ACT , I discussed the aim, value and impact of The Hunt Institute’s flagship program, the Hunt-Kean Leadership Fello...
What Predicts Growth for Gifted Students?
April 09, 2021
Category:
ACT Test |
Educator Resources |
Equity |
A few years back, Jonathan Wai and I embarked on a study to examine predictors of academic growth among academically advanced (gifted) yout...
How ACT and The Hunt Institute are Working Together to Advance Equity in Education
April 07, 2021
Category:
Educator Resources |
Equity |
Guest Blog |
ACT and The Hunt Institute are mission-aligned on closing gaps in education equity, opportunity, and achievement. Stay tuned for opportuniti...
ACT Superscoring is Now Available
April 02, 2021
Category:
ACT Test |
COVID-19 |
Press Release |
IOWA CITY, Iowa—Superscoring, a much-anticipated ACT test option to increase students’ opportunities for college admissions and scholarships...