The ACT and SAT: No Longer Just College Admission Tests. Policy Brief

Autor/inn/en	Hite, Jenny; Lord, Joan
Institution	Southern Regional Education Board
Titel	The ACT and SAT: No Longer Just College Admission Tests. Policy Brief
Quelle	(2014), (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	College Admission; College Entrance Examinations; Enrollment Rate; Enrollment Influences; Educational Policy; Accountability; State Policy; Evaluation Utilization; Career Readiness; College Readiness; Benchmarking; Regional Characteristics; Scores; Achievement Gap; Access to Education; Minority Group Students; High School Graduates; Racial Differences; Student Participation; Statistical Analysis; Educational Assessment; Educational Indicators; Educational Legislation; Federal Legislation; Alabama; Arkansas; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maryland; Mississippi; North Carolina; Oklahoma; South Carolina; Tennessee; Texas; Virginia; West Virginia; ACT Assessment; SAT (College Admission Test) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Aufnahmeprüfung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Verantwortung; Regionaler Faktor; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Rassenunterschied; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Statistische Analyse; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Bundesrecht; Assessment; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest
Abstract	This brief report offers analysis of ACT and SAT results from 2008 to 2013 in the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) region. The brief focuses on the increase in test participation rates and points to policies that SREB states initiated that affected these rates. Five SREB states currently require 100 percent student participation on the ACT. Others include ACT results as part of their school accountability system. This report will explore these changes in SREB state policies and the effects they have on participation and scores in these states. In addition, it will inform policy-makers on how other SREB states use college admission testing. The following are appended: (1) Attainment of College and Career Readiness On the ACT College Readiness Benchmarks, 2013; and (2) Achievement Gaps on the ACT and SAT by Race and Ethnicity, 2008 to 2013. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Southern Regional Education Board. 592 10th Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30318-5790. Tel: 404-875-9211; Fax: 404-872-1477; e-mail: publications@sreb.org; Web site: http://www.sreb.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01