Smithsonian Magazine

100 Years Ago, Students Across the U.S. Took the First SAT. Today, Relatively Few Colleges Require the Test. Where Is It Headed?

The standardized exam has evolved over the past century, all in the name of testing for college readiness. Now, it has become ...
IEEE

Margin Propagation Based XOR-SAT Solvers for Decoding of LDPC Codes

Abstract: Decoding of Low-Density Parity Check (LDPC) codes can be viewed as a special case of XOR-SAT problems, for which low-computational complexity bit-flipping algorithms have been proposed in ...
Los Angeles Times

UC to consider reinstating SAT, ACT tests after faculty say students are deficient in math

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred Six years after dropping SAT and ACT ...
The Atlantic

Actually, the SAT Was Necessary After All

Zvezdelina Stankova has taught mathematics at UC Berkeley for nearly three decades. But in 2023, while teaching introductory calculus for the first time since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic ...
app.com

When do June SAT scores come out?

Taking the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) and waiting weeks for your scores can be a stressful process. Especially for high school seniors preparing to apply to the college of their choice by early ...
Carsguide.com.au

BYD is about to solve the great EV charging dilemma. Why the Chinese brand’s radical new Flash Charge technology is a game changer

It’s the equivalent of Toyota opening its own service station franchise, but BYD Australia has admitted it could open its own public electric vehicle charging network. “We’re working through that, but ...
Wall Street Journal

Five Things to Know About Colleges Reinstating the SAT

Colleges are rethinking test-optional admissions. After a pandemic-era push to stop requiring standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT, some schools are bringing them back. Others are under pressure ...
KPBS

UC faculty push for return of SAT/ACT math testing for STEM majors

Faculty members at the University of California are calling on the UC system to bring back standardized tests in its admissions process. KPBS education reporter Katie Anastas says it comes as more and ...
Inside Higher Ed

Hundreds of Math Professors Ask UC to Bring Back SAT/ACT Requirements

More than 800 professors in the University of California system, including seven of nine math department chairs, are calling on system leaders to reinstate SAT/ACT testing requirements for applicants ...
Wall Street Journal

The Academy Rethinks the SAT

Journal Editorial Report: How top marks became the norm at elite colleges. Photo: Sophie Park/Bloomberg News/Faith Ninivaggi/Reuters Six years ago, in the 2020 year of progressive pandemic madness, ...
EdSource

UC professors cite students’ ‘severe’ math deficits in call for return of SAT requirement

More than 600 University of California faculty members, led by mathematicians at UC Berkeley, are calling on the system to reinstate standardized testing as part of its admission process, the Los ...