http://www.education-blog.net Education Blog specializes in articles on high school special education, engineering universities, k 12 high schools, exam books, creative graduation ideas and much more. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:56:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/study-tips-exam-prep/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=study-tips-exam-prep http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/study-tips-exam-prep/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:34:08 +0000 Ani Babayan http://www.education-blog.net/?p=21171 Originally Written by Education-Blog.net Exam time at university can be a highly stressful time. The large portion of your overall final mark is likely to be from the result of the exam. Study in Australia, like a lot of other places, does tend to focus a lot on the final exam result. Australian universities also [...]]]> http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/study-tips-exam-prep/feed/ 0 http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/standardized-tests-good-bad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=standardized-tests-good-bad http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/standardized-tests-good-bad/#comments Sat, 12 Mar 2011 11:16:42 +0000 Angela http://www.education-blog.net/?p=16251 Originally Written by Education-Blog.net While preparing for the GRE (Graduate Record Examination), I became curious as to how much standardized exams truly measure a student’s ability to think analytically. It’s gotten to the point that standardized tests (MCQ’s, SAT’s, MCAT’s, LSAT’s, CAT’s ITBS’s, GRE’S, GMAT’s) are changing the way schools teach their core curriculum (i.e. [...]]]> http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/standardized-tests-good-bad/feed/ 0 http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/write-motivation-letter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=write-motivation-letter http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/write-motivation-letter/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:54:00 +0000 Anahit http://www.education-blog.net/?p=1804 Originally Written by Education-Blog.net One of the most important, though difficult points when applying to educational funds for scholarships is the writing of the motivation letter. The motivation letter represents the cluster of your ideas and ideology, your aims and reasons for applying for the particular scholarship. Every educational fund states its own special demands [...]]]> http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/write-motivation-letter/feed/ 0 http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/preparing-ielts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=preparing-ielts http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/preparing-ielts/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:03:44 +0000 They http://www.education-blog.net/?p=1621 Originally Written by Education-Blog.net International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is an international standardized test aiming to measure fluency in the English language. A considerable number of American, Australian, British, Canadian, Irish, New Zealand and South African academic institutions as well as professional organizations accept IELTS. IELTS is available in two versions: the academic version [...]]]> http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/preparing-ielts/feed/ 0 http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/toefl-exam-books/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=toefl-exam-books http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/toefl-exam-books/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:56:00 +0000 They http://www.education-blog.net/?p=1549 Originally Written by Education-Blog.net The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is usually taken to enter a college or university. The test is available in two formats, namely paper-based test (PBT) and next generation computer-based test (iBT). The latter is not yet available at every test center. The iBT test includes four sections, [...]]]> http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/toefl-exam-books/feed/ 0 http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/practice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=practice http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/practice/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:54:03 +0000 They http://www.education-blog.net/?p=1348 Originally Written by Education-Blog.net Have you decided to take a GMAT? Then the exam books are the ones you are going to buy next. If you have an intention of applying to MBA program you’ll by all means need to have GMAT score. The GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) is a standardized test which measures [...]]]> http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/practice/feed/ 0 http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/toefl-test/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=toefl-test http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/toefl-test/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:14:06 +0000 They http://www.education-blog.net/?p=1157 Originally Written by Education-Blog.net The Test of English as a Foreign Language ( TOEFL) is now considered to be one of the most required exams around the world. Many universities consider TOEFL as a guarantee for admission. But even if you’re not applying to any university or plan to do so in the future, you [...]]]> http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/toefl-test/feed/ 1 http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/small-la-unified-campus-shows-great-achievements/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=small-la-unified-campus-shows-great-achievements http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/small-la-unified-campus-shows-great-achievements/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 09:26:14 +0000 Frost http://www.education-blog.net/?p=69 Originally Written by Education-Blog.net The Los Angeles Unified School District has produced some of the biggest academic gains in the district this year. The school scored a 638 on the most recent state Academic Performance Index, which measures schools and districts on student test scores in math, English and other subjects, while the State’s target [...]]]> http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/small-la-unified-campus-shows-great-achievements/feed/ 0 http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/ap-test-results-go-down/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ap-test-results-go-down http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/ap-test-results-go-down/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:43:44 +0000 Frost http://www.education-blog.net/?p=11 Originally Written by Education-Blog.net Advanced Placement Test (AP) results are going down every year despite the fact that more and more students take the tests after finishing High School. Education Week reports that according to the data released by the New York City-based nonprofit organization, about 15 percent of High School graduates are getting a [...]]]> http://www.education-blog.net/admission-exams/ap-test-results-go-down/feed/ 0