Test Prep & Assessments

Fully digital and section-adaptive since 2024 — Reading & Writing plus Math, scored 400–1600. Format, cost, dates, and prep.

The 2025 “Enhanced ACT” — shorter, more time per question, and Science now optional. Scored 1–36.

The digital practice SAT that also qualifies juniors for National Merit scholarships.

The classical-education SAT/ACT alternative — 300+ colleges and Florida's public universities.

Advanced Placement — college-level exams scored 1–5 that can earn credit and placement. 38+ subjects.

34 exams that earn college credit — skip intro courses and save tuition. ~$95 each (free for many military).

The IB programmes and the 45-point Diploma — respected by universities worldwide.

The Cambridge Pathway — IGCSE, A-Levels, and the AICE Diploma (a Florida Bright Futures path).

The shortened (under-2-hour) graduate-admissions test — accepted by grad programs, most MBAs, and many law schools.

The Focus Edition — the 2h15m business-school test with the new Data Insights section, scored 205–805.

The law-school test — the 2024 overhaul removed Logic Games. Scored 120–180, no math.

The medical-school test — four sections including CARS, scored 472–528, about 7.5 hours.

The health-professions admission tests — dental, optometry, and physician assistant.

The entrance exams for nursing programs — which one your school uses, and how to prepare.

The nursing licensure exam — the Next Generation format, computer-adaptive and pass/fail.

The teacher-certification tests — Core, subject assessments, and PLT, with state-set passing scores.

The medical licensure sequence for MD and DO students — Step/Level 1 is now pass/fail.

The exams to practice law — the new NextGen UBE and the MPRE ethics exam.

The accounting licensure exam — CPA Evolution's core-plus-discipline format, 75 to pass.

Pharmacy, vet, dental, PA, engineering, architecture & more — licensure by profession.

Industry-recognized credentials — ASE, ServSafe, NCCER, CompTIA — plus trade & cosmetology licensure.

The written exams for pilots, mechanics, and dispatchers on the way to FAA certificates.

High-school equivalency testing — what each covers, scoring, cost, who can take it, and how to earn your state credential.

The three main English-proficiency tests compared — formats, scoring, cost, and how to choose.

The entrance tests for private and independent schools — levels by grade, scoring, and prep.

The military aptitude test — enlistment eligibility (AFQT) and job placement, plus school career exploration.

The Catholic high-school entrance exams — which one your region uses, and how scores drive admission & scholarships.

The reasoning tests districts use to identify students for gifted programs — what they measure and how scores work.

The exam that alone decides admission to NYC's eight elite specialized high schools.

The computer-adaptive growth test — what the RIT score means and why it tracks progress, not pass/fail.

The adaptive reading & math diagnostic that also drives personalized online lessons.

Short adaptive reading, math & early-literacy screeners, often paired with Accelerated Reader.

Brief early-reading checks (DIBELS, Acadience, mCLASS) that catch reading difficulties early.

The nationally-normed tests homeschoolers use — which states require them, and how to test at home.

The annual English-proficiency tests for multilingual learners — WIDA ACCESS, ELPAC, TELPAS and the 1–6 levels.

Accuplacer, ALEKS, and ACT WorkKeys — where you place in college courses, and the NCRC job credential.

STAMP, AAPPL, and the Seal of Biliteracy — how students certify proficiency in another language.