{"id":7860,"date":"2018-07-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/cw_post\/act-leader-in-measurement-shifts-focus-to-student-success\/"},"modified":"2020-02-27T14:47:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T19:47:32","slug":"act-leader-in-measurement-shifts-focus-to-student-success","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/act-leader-in-measurement-shifts-focus-to-student-success\/","title":{"rendered":"ACT, Leader in Measurement, Shifts Focus to Student Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at Getting Smart<\/a> on June 19, 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n

For nearly 60 years, the\u00a0ACT test<\/a>\u00a0has played an essential part in higher education admissions and scholarship decisions. For the last three years, the nonprofit developer of the ACT test has been expanding beyond traditional measurement to new and broader ways to promote education and workplace success.<\/p>\n

\u201cACT is migrating from a focus on learning measurement to learner success,\u201d said\u00a0Jim Larimore<\/a>\u00a0who leads\u00a0ACT\u2019s Center for Equity in Learning<\/a>\u00a0(@ACTEquity).<\/p>\n

Last year,\u00a0ACT<\/a>\u00a0invited educational institutions to explore, evaluate and align to the\u00a0ACT Holistic Framework,<\/a>\u00a0a research-based graduate profile that connects learning and assessment in order to personalize learning.<\/p>\n

It organizes knowledge and skills organized into four broad domains in learning progressions from K through career:<\/p>\n