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Science News May 8, 2004 Ivars Peterson |
Extra Time, Math, and the SAT Study finds extra time had a statistically significant impact on math scores, but there were no significant trends revealed in the verbal portion of the SAT. |
Registered Rep. December 19, 2011 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
8 Facts You Didn't Know About the ACT and SAT In honor of test-taking season, here are some valuable statistics to know about the two tests. |
AskMen.com Brantley Oakey |
5 Myths About Credit Scores We all understand the basic underlying principle, but few of us actually know the details involved in calculating a credit score. Worse yet, many of us hurt our credit scores because of a lack of understanding. |
BusinessWeek May 5, 2011 Daniel Golden |
China's Test Prep Juggernaut Test preparation company New Oriental Education is helping a rising generation of Chinese students to ace U.S. college entrance exams |
Teacher Magazine May 2000 Christopher Shea |
It's Come To This For-profit companies are selling the idea that schools should be test prep centers. And educators are buying in. |
BusinessWeek February 3, 2011 Daniel Golden |
The SAT Is to America as ____ Is to China The College Board wants permission to offer the SAT in China, opening up a huge market for the $600 million business. |
T.H.E. Journal July 27, 2010 Vanessa Hua |
It's All in the Preparation Three different technical tools for college entrance exam preparation. |
Fast Company September 2008 |
Why D.C. Schools Get a Failing Grade Washington spends $16,698 per student, the second highest in the country after Boston, yet it is one of the worst school districts in America. |
Salon.com February 22, 2001 Amy Benfer |
After the SAT As the University of California considers dropping the test, admissions directors of two colleges talk about what happened after they made it optional... |
The Motley Fool August 22, 2006 Rich Smith |
Extra Credit Investing Your investing face-book for the for-profit educating class of '06: You've met the chicken. Now meet the egg... Brains or bucks?... Educate... etc. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2009 |
Student Attitudes: Online Learning Students participating in a survey reveal their opinions about online learning courses. |
The Motley Fool February 14, 2007 Mary Dalrymple |
Know Your Score Find out what lenders really think of you. Your credit score is the result of a statistical computation meant to tell lenders whether it's likely that you'll default on a loan. |
The Motley Fool April 29, 2005 Dayana Yochim |
Why's My FICO Score Wacky? Wonder why your credit scores are so wildly different? It's because the scoring systems are wildly different. |
Managed Care June 2005 |
Health Insurers Gain Ground In Poll of Public Perception Managed care companies still have a net negative score of 13 points, but this is an improvement from the negative 23 points last year. |
The Motley Fool March 22, 2004 Dayana Yochim |
America Scores! March Madness extends to credit scoring. How does your state rank? |
The Motley Fool March 5, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
You Can Get Some Satisfaction Some companies are getting better at pleasing consumers. |
T.H.E. Journal December 2000 |
College Entrance Exam Reviews Online The Princeton Review has launched test preparation for the SAT and the GMAT via the Internet. A free, one-hour SAT and GMAT introductory course is available at www.princetonreview.com... |
The Motley Fool December 14, 2011 Brian Stoffel |
Shame of a Nation A New York Times article ironically shows how far we still have to go. |
Science News June 10, 2006 Ivars Peterson |
Dropping Lowest Scores Determining which scores to drop when computing a final grade that is to a student's greatest advantage can be tricky. Here are some examples. |
The Motley Fool December 24, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Will Credit Score Changes Hurt You? If you thought you understood how your credit score works, think again. The rules are changing. |
The Motley Fool October 5, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Are You Wearing a "Kick Me" Sign? Unbeknownst to you, your credit score may be mucking up your life. Don't let your credit score, which is to some degree rather arbitrary and possibly to a great degree incorrect, get in your way. |
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2009 |
Drill Down Administrators report on the obstacles they encounter in the effort to provide students with take-home technologies. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2009 Donald Jay Korn |
Know the Score Despite their importance, most consumers know very little about the inner workings of credit scores. |
Wired February 25, 2008 Steve Knopper |
Algebra, Geometry, Functions: At 38, Taking the SAT Is Tough Today's SAT is the same endurance test it was 20 years ago: pencils and filled-in bubbles, bored proctors and stuffy study halls, anxiety and panic. |
Entrepreneur November 2009 Jason Daley |
Is There a Tutor in the House? Club Z! is earning high marks by sending credentialed teachers into the home. |
The Motley Fool June 20, 2006 Dayana Yochim |
Fake Credit Scores for Sale You might be surprised how label-conscious your lender really is. No matter what the scoring scale, all of these systems are designed to achieve one goal -- to see how risky it is to do business with you based on your past behavior. |
T.H.E. Journal February 4, 2010 Bridget McCrea |
Early Intervention with Technology When reading issues began surfacing within its elementary student population in the mid-1990s, Liberty Public Schools developed an internal tutoring program to help boost those students' scores on statewide reading tests. |
BusinessWeek November 28, 2005 Toddi Gutner |
Anatomy Of A Credit Score More companies are looking at credit ratings - so managing them is crucial. |
The Motley Fool November 21, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Get the FACTs, Jack With its numerous provisions designed to give you access to your credit information, FACT gives you a powerful arsenal that allows you to be proactive in managing your credit, far beyond just checking your monthly credit card statements for items you didn't buy. |
Bank Technology News October 2007 John Adams |
Mortgage: Running Up The Credit Score With mortgages to low-credit score borrowers becoming scarce, one move is for consumers looking for loans to increase their credit scores. That's where Carteret Mortgage hopes its use of a program called Deal Maker Score comes in. |
T.H.E. Journal December 2000 |
Integrate SAT Prep into the Classroom Kaplan has launched an SAT preparation course that can be integrated by high school teachers into existing curricula. The course aims to develop a student's understanding of the concepts tested on the SAT and a familiarization with the test's format... |
T.H.E. Journal June 2009 |
Drill Down A new digital curriculum model allows teachers to choose their own instructional materials. The Speak Up 2008 survey gave students the power to handpick content for a new kind of online textbook. |
T.H.E. Journal November 2, 2009 David Nagel |
Are Schools Preparing Students for 21st Century Learning? While more than half of America's school principal's say they are doing a good job preparing students for the 21st century, only a third of parents of middle school and high school students agree. |
The Motley Fool December 6, 2005 Dayana Yochim |
FICO Babble The money shrink is in to help you make sense of your credit score. Together we're going to tackle your deepest FICO fears head-on. |
The Motley Fool February 14, 2007 Mary Dalrymple |
How Bad Credit Can Cost You Being careless with your credit scores could drain your piggy bank. Your credit score determines not only whether you can get a loan or a line of credit, but it also determines the interest rates that a bank or lender charges. |
Reason November 2000 Jerry Jesness |
Texas' Big Test As George W. Bush touts his "Texas miracle" education record and other states move to mimic his state's approach, a closer look at test scores in Texas reveals a more enigmatic picture... |
Registered Rep. September 17, 2012 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College Rankings Are Not Accurate People don't appreciate that U.S. News doesn't even attempt to measure the type of learning going on at the nation's colleges and universities. |
T.H.E. Journal August 27, 2009 Bridget McCrea |
Breaking Through Reading Barriers After using a tech-based reading program with struggling readers and special education students, fourth-grade inclusion teacher Ashlee Ritzko witnessed a new phenomenon: Students that were reluctant or resistant readers were suddenly excited about reading the novels. |
CRM October 1, 2007 Lior Arussy |
Imperfect Scores Is a new industry standard keeping executives from focusing on the relationships that matter? |
Financial Advisor July 2006 Gail Liberman |
Credit Score Surprises Credit scores can jump up and bite your financial advisory clients in ways you'd think were almost impossible. More data collected from more sources is used in unexpected ways. |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2012 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Seven Ways to Borrow for College Look for borrower protection, consider credit unions and apply for multiple loans. |
The Motley Fool February 9, 2005 Dayana Yochim |
Debt Becomes You When did debt become a badge of honor? Ever since those with more of it could brag about having higher credit scores. |
The Motley Fool June 23, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
Your Credit Score May Be Costing You Big Bucks Check out the actual range of your losses due to credit discrepancies -- it might frighten you. |
Financial Advisor July 2011 Gail Liberman |
Who Deserves Credit? The real estate bust has resulted in advisors helping clients with credit score surprises. |
InternetNews April 26, 2011 |
Google Puts $6 Million Into Open Source Summer Google pushes forward on its Summer of Code effort, helping over a thousand students and 175 open source projects. |
The Motley Fool November 29, 2010 |
About Thurgood Marshall Academy Learn more about this year's Foolanthropy recipient. |
AskMen.com December 21, 2003 Gary Bennett |
How To Improve Your Credit Rating When your credit risk comes down to one cold hard figure, it's hard to deny. With this in mind, several steps should be taken in order to better your credit risk. |
Registered Rep. November 21, 2011 Liz O'Shaughnessy |
Negotiating through the Maze of College Costs One of the biggest mistakes that families with college-bound teenagers make is looking in the wrong places for college cash. |
T.H.E. Journal March 17, 2010 David Nagel |
Snapshot: Students Want Online Learning High school students seem to be overwhelmingly in favor of online instruction as a component of their educations. |
Bank Systems & Technology February 25, 2008 Maria Bruno-Britz |
FICO Score Back In Lenders' Risk Management Arsenal Fair Isaac will introduce its latest version, FICO 08, which is designed to be more sensitive in scoring individuals. |