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1、SATTheSATReasoningTest(formerlyScholasticAptitudeTestandScholasticAssessmentTest)isastandardizedtestforcollegeadmissionsintheUnitedStates.TheSATisowned,published,anddevelopedbytheCollegeBoard,anon-profitorganizationintheUnitedStates.Itwasformerlydeveloped,publish
2、ed,andscoredbytheEducationalTestingService.TheCollegeBoardclaimsthetestcanassessastudent'sreadinessforcollege,combiningtestresultsfromthree800-pointsections(math,criticalreading,andwriting).SATassesseshowwellthetesttakersanalyzeandsolveproblems—skillstheylearnedi
3、nschoolthattheywillneedincollege.TheSATistypicallytakenbyhighschoolsophomores,juniorsandseniors.SATconsistsofthreemajorsections:CriticalReading,Mathematics,andWriting.ACTTheACT(AmericanCollegeTesting)isastandardizedtestforhighschoolachievementandcollegeadmissions
4、intheUnitedStates.Allfour-yearcollegesanduniversitiesintheU.S.accepttheACT.ACTassessmentmeasureshighschoolstudents'generaleducationaldevelopmentandtheircapabilitytocompletecollege-levelworkwiththemultiplechoicetestscoveringfourskillareas:English,mathematics,readi
5、ng,andscience.TheACTismorewidelyusedintheMidwesternandSouthernUnitedStates.GuidanceCounselorAschoolcounselorisacounselorandaneducatorwhoworksinelementary,middle,andhighschoolstoprovideacademic,career,collegeaccess,andpersonal/socialcompetenciestoeveryK-12student.
6、Moststatesrequireacollegedegreeplusontotwoyearsofspecialstudyinguidancecounseling.Personalcharacteristicsarejustasimportantaseducationalrequirementswhenitcomestobeingaguidancecounselor.Aguidancecounselor’sjobcanrangefromleadingaclassroomdiscussiontoadministeringp
7、lacementtests.ETSEducationalTestingService(orETS),foundedin1947,istheworld'slargestprivatenonprofiteducationaltestingandassessmentorganization.ItispresentlyheadquarterednearPrinceton,NewJersey,intheUnitedStates.CollegeBoardTheCollegeBoardisanot-for-profitmembersh
8、ipassociationintheUnitedStatesthatwasformedin1900astheCollegeEntranceExaminationBoard(CEEB).Itiscomposedofmorethan5,700schools,colleges,universitiesandotheredu
