College Board
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The College Board is a not-for-profit examination board in the United States that was formed in the 1920s by James Connan (a former president of Harvard University) as the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB). Its membership includes over 4,500 institutions of higher learning. It is known principally for managing standardized tests such as the SAT, PSAT, CLEP and the subject-specific SAT Subject Tests and Advanced Placement tests. The SAT, the most well known of these, is a test widely used for admission to universities in the United States, which over 3 million prospective college students take yearly. Many of the tests are administered by the Educational Testing Service, which is the world's largest private educational measurement organization; ETS also administers other tests like the GRE and TOEFL, independent of the College Board. The College Board's headquarters are in New York City, but the organization maintains 13 other offices across the country and in Puerto Rico. Among the functions of these satellite offices are the development and execution of professional development programs for teachers and school counselors, as well as research into and product development in the area of financial aid.
See also
External links
- [College Board website]
- [About the College Board]
- [The College Board's tests]
- [History of the College Board]
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