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How suburban districts are handling changing ACT | |
January 05, 2014 The ACT has been the benchmark for measuring college readiness since 1959. It's still an important factor, but things have changed: the test is tougher, it's graded harder, and suburban students are more diverse. "It has no resemblance to actual student performance," said Steve Cordogan of District 214. Administrators are looking for new ways to measure college readiness and new programs to ensure it. We examined approaches in four school districts. Here's what we found. Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140105/news/701059923/ |