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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Illinois drops PARCC college readiness exam

July 13, 2016

Illinois high school students will no longer take the short-lived PARCC college readiness exam after parents, teachers and administrators said it distracted from regular class instruction, the State Board...

Kadir: Changes to the college admissions process needed

Kadir: Changes to the college admissions process needed

January 24, 2016

“Shoot.” I’m a spring semester junior in high school and I just opened a letter in the mail. I see that I got a 28 on my first ACT. I thought my life was a failure. Northwestern had always...

Illinois decided in December to offer the SAT instead of the ACT to high school juniors across the state. Evanston Township High School and other Illinois high schools will pay to offer the ACT to students before adjusting their curriculum to align to SAT prep for the coming year.

State opts for distribution of SAT over ACT to Illinois students

January 5, 2016

Illinois state officials decided last month to offer the SAT college entrance exam to high school juniors this spring instead of the ACT, leaving local schools to fund the ACT themselves. After 15 years...

Evanston Township High School's class of 2015 achieved a composite ACT score of 23.9, the highest in the school's history.

ETHS announces ACT scores at all-time high

September 17, 2015

Evanston Township High School announced Wednesday the highest ACT scores in the school's history. The class of 2015 had all-time high scores in each of the four components of the test: English, math,...

Evanston school superintendents criticize PARCC state testing, implementation

November 14, 2014

As Illinois schools begin preparations for a new assessment that students will take in the spring, staff at both Evanston school districts expressed concerns last week about the test’s implementation. The...

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