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A local high school student became one of only handful of students in the country to earn a perfect score on his ACT test.

The five school districts in Marion County released their average ACT scores for the class of 2009.

GOOD NEWS FOR MY LINE OF WORK: Record Numbers Take LSAT. "The numbers are out, and they are huge.

Online training can now be done for the IELTS and TOEFL test with online training companies who can help you with all parts of the test especially the speaking parts.

DENVER - First lady Michelle Obama doesn't put much stock in standardized tests.

Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter has been ranked among the top 50 "best values" in higher education by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine.

Dr. Rhonda Matthews, the director of Edinboro University's Robert C, Weber Honors Program, said the "best-suited student [for the program] doesn't even know" that the honors program is right for them.

News that educators at four schools were accused of tampering with standardized tests made headlines across the state, but the board that licenses teachers gets about a dozen complaints of test irregularities every month.

An SAT/ACT Prep program, which pays for the software for high school students to prepare for the SAT/ACT tests, is available free for all Hawai'i high school students through a program sponsored by major-league baseball star Chipper Jones as well as other NFL stars and eKnowledge.

Topic: Standardized test scores of subgroups under No Child Left Behind legislation and how that impacts school districts.

The Triton Middle School Green Thumb Nursery has just opened a new business, Organic Offerings, which employs mini garden stands at both the middle and high schools' offices.

As a mother, I would do almost anything to give my children a leg up in life. This is true, I think, for most conscientious parents.

A recent reader queried me whether or not I thought there was a use for standardized tests.

Saturday, Nov. 7 marked the 50th anniversary of the ACT college admission and placement exam.

Can you imagine being taught how to read, write and do math at age 3 - by your 5-year-old brother? That may sound unusual and even amazing, but to Hannah Wildes, that was merely her starting point.

'HOW would you respond to a terrorist bomb attack on a supermarket?' police have asked people at a counterextremism conference in Burton.

Parents of high school seniors across the country have hired me as an admissions consultant.

State Department of Education leaders said they will apply for a portion of $4 billion in federal stimulus money for school reform available to states, and they think they have a shot at getting it.

Beginning next year, a lot of Louisiana high school classrooms could look like Wes Sebren's: equipped with welding gear, safety goggles and circular saws.