Local college officials say the new test is more rigorous than its predecessors and that students take more time to complete the exam. But they are hopeful that the TSI will better identify students ...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A Doniphan, Missouri, high school principal made his first appearance in court Tuesday morning on a charge he forged a former student's college placement test. Accompanied by his ...

After researching how students are placed in remediation classes, I began to wonder how someone who already has a college degree would do on such a test. So I decided to take the Accuplacer. (Take ...

Corrected: The original version of this story misspelled the name of Gretchen Schmidt, a program director in Boston for Jobs For the Future. College-placement tests can make or break a student’s ...

One three-hour exam decides the fate of many Massachusetts college students. It isn’t the much-feared SAT exam, but it’s proving to be nearly as controversial. Called the Accuplacer, the test is taken ...

Faced with thousands of incoming students who needed remedial classes, the California State University system launched an effort in 2001 to provide high school juniors with an early signal of whether ...

The U.S. community college course-placement system is a mess. That includes the many well-regarded two-year colleges in the Washington area. You want to stop reading now, don't you? My page-view ...

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - High school juniors taking the Smarter Balanced assessment this spring or next may be spared from taking a two- to three- hour college placement test if they score high enough on ...

Do tests or high-school grades better determine whether a student is ready for college-level math and reading? For public universities and community colleges, increasingly the answer is both—or no ...

EdSource · How a charter school serving adults became embroiled in scandal and sparked calls for reform Not long ago I was at a meeting of community college and high school faculty, talking about ...

Quadratic functions are something Round Lake High School seniors have learned before, but in preparation for college math placement tests, Craig Schrader’s applied math class has been going through ...

A Missouri high school principal is charged with forgery for allegedly taking a college placement test for a former student.The Poplar Bluff Daily American Republic reported that 53-year-old Doniphan ...