Goodbye, SAT words; hello, Tier Two words

  The Christian Science Monitor  by Ruth Walker.   This winter marks a big change in the SAT, the college entrance exam formerly known as the Scholastic Aptitude Test but now well known enough to inspire terror with just its initials. The New SAT has been administered this month for the first time. Let it […]

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New, Reading-Heavy SAT Has Students Worried

(New York Times) By Anemona Hartocollis. BOSTON —  For thousands of college hopefuls, the stressful college admissions season is about to become even more fraught. The College Board, which makes the SAT, is rolling out a new test — its biggest redesign in a decade, and one of the most substantial ever. Chief among the changes, […]

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