College Board
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Only 26% of California’s high school class of 2025 took the SAT, according to the College Board.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Institutional grants accounted for nearly half of all grant aid for undergraduate and graduate students last year, according to data from the College Board.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
After many colleges made standardized tests optional, the College Board last year dumbed down the SAT in an effort to encourage more students to take it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
About half of students who earn a bachelor’s degree from a public or private nonprofit four-year college use debt to finance it, borrowing roughly $30,000 on average, according to the College Board.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2025
In defending these new standards, David Coleman, president of the College Board and one of the architects of the Common Core, seemed to equate reading and writing that is not purely fact-based with self-indulgence.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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