![Some students choose to take the ACT on top of the required SAT, as it is a differently structured test and can play to certain strengths the SAT does not.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Screen-Shot-2023-03-20-at-2.35.45-PM.png)
Standardized testing culture jumpstarts an early start in preparations
Mia Kirkorsky ’24, Business Manager
• March 20, 2023
![Staples High School has significantly higher standardized test scores compared to the rest of the country. Because of these high test scores, Staples High School is very competitive and high-achieving in academics.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Screen-Shot-2021-11-24-at-12.21.43-PM-900x725.png)
Standardized testing competition must be eliminated
Audrey Kercher ’23, Breaking News Manager
• November 24, 2021
![Enzo Valadares ’21 is one of the many students at staples highschool who struggles with focusing while wearing a mask. Not only was the ACT challenging, but he finds school to be more difficult. Sitting through four 80-minute classes a day with few to no mask breaks is tough for him.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/UJ9zMpHR6cdYOQUYcuV1CMpIafyslxrBzj6XJNyM6Nvkljaw05Ro2K6-WVR_fIqw7sY8IIrdK1r_ieXhtWEi9v0MLro0C-L07bvoCRxNsrSQuAaedWyELZCgtzgrhCTaIl_DPl8X-900x675.jpg)
Standardized testing in masks places students at disadvantage
Charlotte smith ’21, Staff Writer
• October 26, 2020
![Although standardized testing has been postponed due to these unprecedented circumstances, students still feel the impending stress of working to achieve a higher score. Students utilize textbooks to practice their skills.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_1443-675x900.jpg)
Colleges become test-optional, relieving students of excess stress
Rebecca Kanfer '21, Paper Sports Editor
• April 20, 2020
![An American College Testing (ACT) test preparation book. Starting in 2020, students will have the ability to retake any of the four individual sections.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-6.41.18-PM-1-900x503.png)
ACT individual section retakes allow students to improve test scores
Tierney Kugel '22, Paper Arts Editor
• October 23, 2019
![ACT changed their testing policy so that students can retake individual sections of the standardized exam beginning in 2020.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-12-at-3.41.13-PM.png)
ACT test change allows students to retake individual exam sections
Emily Stone '20, Business Director
• October 12, 2019
![Dozens of people arrested in alleged college admissions scam](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Screen-Shot-2019-03-13-at-6.32.00-PM.png)
Dozens of people arrested in alleged college admissions scam
March 13, 2019
![Test scores should not define future](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cYCCDUOHiugcxQwucV6muamhLS18XoSzGtVvDAQiUvZJwVuJOpDaWryvXsoxdaok7OFYPRYSBtQ2zfGelX5U8WQJbkhizJf8dXeFMBgslslL4Wj7C75suhh5mrkY9w8fMPO3fD7Z-695x900.jpg)
Test scores should not define future
Mia Daignault '20, Staff Writer
• November 27, 2018
![Stop shoving tests down our throats](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/TzIxx7cXKI0S4HpXHlRcgUKOugJx7D5WSsR2me7Ov7uPhK9z-2qqv_oj6sW4TcNUQx0Ix7jNxzyribX9zABMSUh3lk9-3GAvTYAJZFNfcjJBRGT4GokrungYGjijdXB4q-900x314.png)
Stop shoving tests down our throats
September 18, 2018
![Juniors left clueless about standardized testing](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Screen-Shot-2016-11-11-at-1.41.11-PM.png)
Juniors left clueless about standardized testing
November 11, 2016
![Preconceived notions manifest a stigma against junior year](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Screen-Shot-2016-06-10-at-12.23.37-PM.png)
Preconceived notions manifest a stigma against junior year
Emma Greenberg, Opinions editor
• June 10, 2016
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