Sentences with phrase «take admissions tests»

Students fill out applications and take admissions tests starting in pre-K, as programs begin as early as kindergarten.

A survey covering 2005 through 2013 found 71.6 percent of rising eighth graders were students of color, but only 52 percent of those students took an admissions test for specialized high schools.

Although thousands of black and Hispanic kids take the admissions test each year, only a handful score high enough to get in.

Attending public preschool is linked to an increase in students taking the admissions test for gifted and talented programs, reducing the disparity in test taking between disadvantaged students and their peers, finds a study of New York City students by NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.

While Black and Latino preschoolers took the admissions test at substantially lower rates than their White and Asian counterparts, the gap was significantly less for those enrolled in public pre-K programs.

They were all waiting to take the admissions test for New York's three vaunted «exam schools.»

First, hardly any private schools asked applicants to take an admissions test.

When the eighth grade students who scored well on the state test took the admissions test for the specialized high schools like Stuyvesant and Bronx Science, not one of them passed the test.

It is telling that, of the hundreds of students who have graduated from Success Academy elementary - and middle - school charter programs in New York City, none gained admission in 2014 or 2015 to the city's highly competitive specialized public high schools, and only six (out of 54 who took the admissions test) were admitted in 2016.

The report also recommends that colleges work to relieve the pressure associated with standardized testing, such as by «discouraging students from taking an admissions test more than twice.»

To me, accessibility is not just about which test is cheaper or whether the majority of people who wish to take the test can afford it, but is about inclusiveness and whether everyone who wishes to take an admissions test will be treated in a manner that leads to an equality of outcome.

Students must take an admissions test and prerequisites before entrance to the clinical program.

Not exact matches

To become a lawyer, you need to complete a bachelor's degree, take the LSAT (Law School Admission Test), go to law school, and finally, pass your province's Bar exam and spend a year articling (training under the supervision of a lawyer).

Individuals applying to NJIT's online MBA program who do not already hold an advanced degree (master's or doctorate in any field) are required to take the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT).

All applicants are required to take the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) or the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE).

But there is one area where we need more tests, not fewer — or rather, more choices of which test to take: college admissions.

While some colleges no longer require SAT or ACT scores for admission, most college - bound students will need to take at least one of these tests.

It is critically imperative that we expand the programs that prepare our youth to take the Specialized High School Admission Test.

The Buffalo School Board has decided to review its admissions policies at two of the district's most sought - after schools — City Honors and Olmsted 156 — after some parents complained that the present formula penalizes students who opted out of taking state tests.

It's a long - controversial process which blew up this year because of students who didn't want to take state tests but still wanted criteria admission.

Beyond bridging the gap, demographic and socioeconomic factors influenced the likelihood of students taking the gifted and talented admissions test.

A simple blood test administered upon admission is all it takes.»

But as he thought about taking the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) test, he began to lean more toward a PhTest (MCAT) test, he began to lean more toward a Phtest, he began to lean more toward a Ph.D..

They also hope that university admissions officers consider taking into account what applicants «know» (for example, what they learned in their high school elective classes), in addition to their grades and standardized test scores.

If you are a graduate taking a look at studying Medication, Dentistry, Optometry, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, drug store or veterinarian nary science in British, Irish or Australian universities then you ought to be prepared to take the Graduate Medical School Admission Test (GAMSAT).

A majority of U.S. high school graduates who took the ACT are entering college poorly prepared to tackle key subjects such as math and science, concludes a report by the sponsor of the nation's second most widely used college - admissions test.

Who is most likely to be willing to abandon control over their admissions, accept tiny voucher amounts as payment in full for serving the lowest achieving students, and be willing to take the state achievement tests?

Even if government accountability is not the norm for government programs, some people may still favor requiring choice schools to take the state test and comply with other components of the high - regulation approach to school choice, such as mandating that schools accept voucher amounts as payment in full, prohibiting schools from applying their own admissions requirements, and focusing programs on low - income students in low - performing schools.

Schools select eligible students they wish to admit, based on the school's established admissions criteria, and participating students are required to take state tests in English language arts and math.

In 1999, after taking the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), the standardized exam required of applicants to business schools, Mark Breimhorst sued the test's maker, the powerful Educational Testing Service (ETest (GMAT), the standardized exam required of applicants to business schools, Mark Breimhorst sued the test's maker, the powerful Educational Testing Service (Etest's maker, the powerful Educational Testing Service (ETS).

Without flagging, an admissions officer has no way of knowing whether the SAT scores of two candidates can be compared with one another, since there is no way of knowing whether the two candidates took the test under the same conditions.

The flagging of SAT scores protected the test's usefulness as a common standard of measurement by informing readers, such as college - admissions officers, when the test had been taken under unusual conditions, such as receiving time and a half to finish the standard three - hour exam.

Even as the numbers and diversity of students taking college admissions tests are rising, average scores on the tests are increasing.

Keep in mind that a test - score - based admissions process is speedy and efficient, whereas the holistic kind takes quite a lot of effort.

Beginning in October 2003, some students will take the test in three hours, others in four and a half hours, and college admissions officers will no longer know the difference.

The guidelines were released in June, shortly before The Wall Street Journal published a front - page article detailing charges by students, parents, and teachers that numerous students at Taylor Allderdice High School had offered money for homework, stolen tests, or used open dictionaries in taking college - admission tests, among other allegations.

Officials from purveyors of the nation's two most widely used admissions tests linked lagging scores in different sections of the exams to high school students» failure to take enough of the core classes needed to prepare them for higher education.

Later he studied abroad in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he taught English to returning students taking the Brazilian college admission test.

Who is most likely to be willing to abandon control over their admissions, accept tiny voucher amounts as payment in full for serving the lowest achieving students, and is willing to take the state achievement tests?

Earlier this month, the DOE was patting itself on the back and calling its test prep initiative a success — even though it enrolled 200 fewer students than initially intended, and not a single one of those students has yet to take the Specialized High - School Admissions Test (SHSAT), much less score highly enough to be offered a seat at one of the city's top performing schotest prep initiative a success — even though it enrolled 200 fewer students than initially intended, and not a single one of those students has yet to take the Specialized High - School Admissions Test (SHSAT), much less score highly enough to be offered a seat at one of the city's top performing schoTest (SHSAT), much less score highly enough to be offered a seat at one of the city's top performing schools.

Amendments to the voucher bill - requiring that private schools have nondiscriminatory admissions and hiring policies; that voucher recipients take the Colorado Student Assessment Program test; and that some funding remain with school districts to cover fixed costs - also helped to earn the Children's Campaign's support.

If candidates have taken the test more than twice, the admissions committee looks at the two most recent test dates.

Moreover, ACT Inc., which began measuring college readiness as the American College Testing Program in the 1950s, reports that among the college aspirants who took its admission exams last year, only 21 percent of the graduating seniors attained scores high enough in all four subjects — English, reading, math, and science — to indicate that they wouldn't need to take a no - credit remedial course when they entered college.

What makes the Finnish school system so amazing is that Finnish students never take a standardized test until their last year of high school, when they take a matriculation examination for college admission.

The test - taking techniques and strategies taught in our SAT tutoring and ACT tutoring programs enable students to earn higher test scores and gain admissions to competitive colleges and universities.

Students who score at Level 1 or 2 are considered not to be on track to take college - level courses and would be required to take English or math placement tests if they gain admission to a CSU campus.

Students who score at Level 4 will be exempt from having to take English or math placement tests after they gain admission to a California State University campus.

For those of you high school students who have decided to take the ACT as your college admissions test, and for those of you required to take it as a high school exit exam, you'd better prepare yourself for the ACT Reading portion of the exam.

Their admissions tests took place when they were in high school and were often accompanied by test prep.

Participation rates for college admission tests also continue to increase, with more than 242,000 California students taking the SAT and more than 122,000 taking the ACT in 2015.