News and Articles
Stay up to date with the latest news and articles about College Board programs and their impact on your schools and districts.
SAT Suite
SAT Suite
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The Misguided War on the SAT
As colleges continue to weigh the benefits of offering test-optional policies, research shows that there’s still value in students taking the SAT.
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Digital SAT: Connecting More Students to More Opportunities
With tools like Career Insights Snapshot and the BigFuture School mobile app, the benefits of the digital SAT and how it connects more students to more opportunities continues to grow.
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Helping Students Show What They Know and Be Seen
All students, no matter their background, should have access to opportunities that improve their academic skills and put them on the path to success in college and career. Read how the SAT Suite helps achieve this.
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Why the SAT Remains Important in a Test-Optional World
In an increasingly test-optional landscape, it’s important for students to take the SAT. This is especially true for underrepresented students as the SAT helps remove barriers to higher education.
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What Schools Should Know About the Digital SAT Suite of Assessments
Find answers to important questions you and your peers may be asking about the digital SAT Suite of Assessments.
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Igniting the Conversation on Career Possibilities
With new features like Career Insights, the College Board can help students start the conversation around planning for future career opportunities once they review their PSAT/NMSQT or PSAT 8/9 score report.
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Making the Case for Standardized Tests
Melissa Kearney, University of Maryland Professor of Economics, says that standardized tests are better predicators of college preparedness than high school grades or recommendations.
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The New York Times: How the SAT Changed My Life
"For many of us, standardized tests provided our one shot to prove our potential, despite the obstacles in our lives or the untidy pasts we had."— Emi Nietfeld
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The Wall Street Journal: The SAT’s Comeback Is Good News for Minority Students
Standardized admissions tests have proved especially good at predicting performance of black college applicants.
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The Atlantic: The Worst Way to Do College Admissions
Making standardized-test scores optional has harmed the disadvantaged applicants it was intended to help.
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Education Week: The SAT Is Making a Comeback. Here’s a Look at the Numbers and What They Tell Us
The number of students taking the SAT college admissions test at least once is growing back to pre-pandemic figures—even as some colleges and universities made the test optional at the onset of the pandemic.
AP Program
AP Program
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Closing Advanced Equity Gaps for All Students
This report takes a hard look at the data and gaps that persist for Black, Latinx, and Indigenous student enrollment in AP courses. It also highlights strategies states and districts are employing to close equity gaps and increase participation and performance.
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College Board's Expanding Commitment to Rural Students
Learn about measures College Board has taken to increase access for rural communities to Advanced Placement and the SAT Suite.
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Advanced Placement and Career and Technical Education: Working Together
"College ready" and "career ready" have often been viewed separately when they actually should be viewed together, enabling students access to Advanced Placement and Career and Technical Education courses. This prepares students for both college and career. Click to download a resource to help school leaders consider guiding questions in this endeavor.
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How Many AP Classes Are Enough?
Research shows that the largest predicted boost in college grades and on-time degree completion comes from moving a student from 0 to 1 and from 1 to 2 AP® courses.
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Resources for Expanding College Readiness Opportunities
Both students and educators benefit from increased access to AP courses. Hear from an AP alum and AP teacher explaining the success of AP courses and how expanding access to AP creates more opportunities.
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Clearing the Most Significant Barrier to College Degree Completion
One of the biggest obstacles to college completion is inadequate math preparation. The good news is that students who take precalculus are more likely to clear this hurdle. With AP Precalculus, students will have the opportunity to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for their hard work.
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Instructional Benefits May Be the #1 Reason to Implement AP Precalculus
While offering AP Calculus can help solve the problem of students not earning college credit for a college-level math course, teachers also benefit from this course, which includes resources that support every stage of instruction.
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Rethinking Your English Sequence with AP Seminar
With the growing adoption of AP Seminar, offering this course benefits students by meeting state English Language Arts standards. See how schools are taking a variety of approaches to implement AP Seminar.
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Here’s Why More Students Have Passed AP Exams in Recent Years
Some Advanced Placement teachers might have noticed that a higher percentage of their students received passing scores on the program’s year-end exams in the last few years.
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Why Most AP Exams Are Going Digital This May
Twenty-eight Advanced Placement exams will go digital as early as May 2025 in response to an increased number of cheating attempts this past May, the nonprofit announced on Wednesday.
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What Students Have to Say About AP African American Studies
Students at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., initially signed up for an African American literature and film class this year.
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Here’s How AP African American Studies Helps Teachers ‘Gets Students to Think’
Ahenewa El-Amin has taught African American literature and AP English Literature and Composition for years at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky.