PINEVILLE (LCNews) –Louisiana College now accepts the Classic Learning Test as an alternative to the ACT and SAT for certain students. And LC is slated as a test site for the April 17 Classic Learning Test (CLT).
Louisiana’s TOPS program still requires the ACT or SAT, however.
“Louisiana College is very pleased to announce our acceptance of the CLT as an option to other college entrance exams,” said Rick Brewer, president of LC. “We are particularly pleased to see many prestigious institutions from across the United States such as Hillsdale College, The King’s College, and Houston Baptist University among the dozens now accepting the Classic Learning Test.”
Many of these institutions offer academic scholarships for students who test well on the CLT, and Louisiana College will be no exception, Brewer said.
The CLT is “accessible to students from any educational background that elevates the good, the true, and the beautiful,” states CLTexam.com. “The ancient Greek philosophers stressed the same basic ideas about education that homeschool parents and classical school educators affirm today. How students learn to think, what they read, and how they live are all intricately connected. Many homeschooled students who have taken the exam have earned high scores.”
A website article of the notable “First Things” cites the CLT as resembling “other standardized tests, except that it breaks the area of verbal reasoning (which other tests treat as one) down into four sub-areas: Philosophy/Religion, Natural Science, Literature, and Historical/Founding Documents. Those areas reflect the contents of a classical Christian curriculum.
Whereas the SAT and ACT adopt a value-neutral approach, often because of ‘bias’ fears, the CLT selects passages deeply and frankly value-heavy, ones that ask students to grapple with strong and often difficult moral implications.”
“As a liberal arts college built upon a Christian worldview, we are encouraged by the CLT because it accentuates our curricular emphases,” Brewer said. “As such it helps underscore our vision of preparing graduates and transforming lives.”
Pertinent points regarding the test include:
– students provide their own computer, laptop, or tablet with software/hardware for the test;
– students may not use iPhones, iPods, or other electronic devices other than a computer, laptop, or tablet;
– a practice test at CLTexam.com helps determine an electronic device’s compatibility for the test;
– test sites are not responsible for providing a test-taking device, but must provide Internet access;
– the test duration is approximately 150 minutes; and,
– test proctors reserve the right to dismiss a student from the test for using an unacceptable testing device.
Extensive information regarding the CLT may be accessed at www.cltexam.com.
