ANNAPOLIS, Md. — An upstart college entrance exam — designed to be an alternative to the ACT and SAT and featuring works from ancient Western civilization — is gaining support from the Trump ...

A new college entrance exam focused on ancient Western civilization is gaining ground across the United States, with backing from the Trump administration and Republican-led states as a challenger to ...

The Classic Learning Test, an alternative to standardized tests like the SAT and ACT, has scored recent legislative victories in Texas and Oklahoma, with another win expected in Louisiana. These ...

In a college-entrance-exam landscape long dominated by the SAT and the ACT, a relative newcomer has started to gain traction—especially in red states. The Classic Learning Test, first unveiled a ...

A draft report to the Iowa Board of Regents recommends excluding from state universities’ admissions formula a standardized test used mostly by home-schooled or private school students. The report ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. (CHALKBEAT INDIANA) — A test that relies on classic Western texts and bans calculators for math ...

Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday endorsed a $12 million contract to administer the Classic Learning Test in the state's high schools. The contract between the Arkansas Department of Education and the ...

Policy change would reverse board's rejection of CLT from two years ago ...

Indiana legislators voted to put Plato and Augustine on a college entrance exam — while also voting to eliminate the degree programs in which students study Plato and Augustine. A new standardized ...

The Classic Learning Test, founded in 2015, has recently picked up a string of high-profile endorsements, The Washington Post reported. The Pentagon has authorized the exam for use in U.S. military ...

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