{"id":1703,"date":"2017-12-14T10:19:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T15:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=1703"},"modified":"2017-12-14T10:19:25","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T15:19:25","slug":"testing-companies-to-offer-more-free-score-reports-to-low-income-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/12\/14\/testing-companies-to-offer-more-free-score-reports-to-low-income-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing Companies to Offer More Free Score Reports to Low-Income Students"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New policies unveiled this week by ACT and The College Board will reduce the fees low-income students encounter in the college admission process.<\/p>\n

Starting in September, students who use a fee waiver to register for the ACT will be able to send up to 20 free score reports to the institutions of their choosing. Previously, ACT test-takers were allotted only five free reports, with each additional transmission costing $13.<\/p>\n

Under the new College Board policy \u2014 which goes into effect next spring \u2014 low-income students who take the SAT will be able to send unlimited score reports to colleges. Previously, low-income SAT test-takers were allotted up to eight free score reports, with additional transmissions costing $12 each.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBy lifting the limit (on free score reports), both ACT and the College Board said that they hoped low-income students might be encouraged to apply to more colleges than they have in the past,\u201d according to Inside Higher Ed<\/a><\/em>. \u201cApplying to more colleges can be particularly important for low-income students so they can compare aid packages.\u201d<\/p>\n

The move comes at a time when a growing number of colleges have begun allowing students to self-report scores<\/a> as part of an effort to make the college application process more affordable.<\/p>\n

In that context, perhaps the decision by ACT and SAT to increase the number of free score reports was \u201cinevitable,\u201d Eric Hoover, a reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education<\/a><\/em>, noted in a recent article.<\/p>\n

He concluded: \u201cStill, among admissions officials and college counselors, the immediate response to Wednesday\u2019s twin announcements could be summed up in a word rarely associated with standardized tests: Cool!\u201d<\/p>\n

Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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