Alaska changes HS diploma requirements; no more SAT, ACT

A law that made taking a college aptitude test such as the SAT or ACT mandatory for getting a high school diploma expired yesterday. This signaled an end to 12 years of requiring students to take some form of test, in addition to passing a standard high school curriculum, to get a diploma.
Students wait to receive their diplomas at Sullivan Arena (Photo by Anne Hillman, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)For Alaska students attending high school between 2004 and 2014, the High School Graduati