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HBCUs

Georgia Department of Community Health and the Black AIDS Institute Bring “Greater Than AIDS” HBCU Testing Tour to Georgia

The Georgia Department of Health and the Black AIDS Institute have partnered to present the Georgia>AIDS HBCU Testing Tour.

April 11, 2011

Faculty & Staff

ETS Report Recommends Strategies to Reduce Racial Gaps in Praxis Exam Performance

Putting in place an early preparation program for student teachers is one of several recommendations made in a new report that prescribes ways to help prospective teachers from diverse groups pass teacher license exams.

March 23, 2011

STEM

Exploring the ‘Race to Nowhere’ in American Education

The new documentary “Race to Nowhere” highlights conditions affecting the country’s youth, including anorexia, anxiety, depression and drug abuse, which stem from high-stakes testing and the pressure to succeed.

February 2, 2011

Sports

North Carolina A&T Fires Official Over Sickle Cell Death

North Carolina A&T State University fired an athletics official and suspended a second after learning coaches were urged against testing potential athletes for the sickle cell trait two days before one died during a tryout.

January 19, 2011

Students

Educational Testing Service Provides a Facelift for the GRE

Updated exam, along with the new Personal Potential Index assessment, is expected to help close the achievement gap for minority graduate school applicants.

December 23, 2010

Latinx

Early College Planning Essential for Latino Student Success, Experts Say

To ensure better college access and success for Latino students from low-income backgrounds, institutions should help them put together college plans as early as the eighth grade, according to experts at two Washington-area education events.

December 9, 2010

African-American

University Medical Schools Test Cell Phones for Health Care Tasks

Howard University Hospital diabetes patients in Washington, D.C. are among those getting help from medical doctors who are testing Internet-connected cell phones that provide daily medical instructions.

July 13, 2010

Home

Testing this article

This is the test article abstract.

December 29, 2009

Students

ETS Says New Assessment Tool Should Boost Minority Enrollment in Graduate Schools

A new product launched by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in July will help increase graduate school minority enrollment, according to officials with the Princeton, N.J.-based nonprofit testing and educational research organization.

August 31, 2009

Home

Researchers: Economy Sends Workers in Search of GED Credential

A new report on GED testing in 2008 is one of the latest indicators that the demand for high school education, and subsequently, higher education, has increased in a tough economy.

July 15, 2009

Home

Despite Ruling, Testing Debate Far From Settled

The U.S. Supreme Court renewed debate Monday over the fairness of high-stakes testing with its ruling that White firefighters in New Haven, Conn., who scored high enough to win promotion on an exam Black firefighters didn’t, were unfairly denied promotions as a result of their race.

June 29, 2009

Home

Study: LSAT Alternative Reveals No Racial Gap in Achievement

Over the past decade, University of California-Berkeley law professor Marjorie Shultz and Vice Provost Sheldon Zedeck have been searching for a better way to predict a student’s potential aptitude for law.

April 29, 2009