(Inside Higher Ed) By Scott Jaschik–In 2008, the College Board started letting those who took the SAT multiple times decide for themselves which scores to report to colleges. Prior to that, people had to submit all the scores, so if a student undertook extensive test coaching and sat for the test multiple times, an admissions […]
Read More »(The College Board)–The new SAT Essay is a lot like writing assignments you’ll see in college. It asks you to read a passage and analyze how the author constructs a persuasive argument. You’ll have 50 minutes to complete your response. Quick Facts The SAT Essay is optional, but many colleges require or recommend it. If […]
Read More »(Edweek) By Catherine Gewertz–Lots of attention has been heaped on the fact that more and more students are taking the SAT or ACT. But little notice has been given to an opposite trend: the quiet slipping-away of the SAT Subject Tests. Once known as the SAT II, and, before that, the SAT Achievement Tests, these […]
Read More »(Boston Globe) By James S. Murphy– I HOLD A PhD in English from the University of California, Berkeley. I’ve taught students to write at Emory, Berkeley, and Harvard and picked up three teaching awards along the way. I have published more than two dozen pieces in national publications, including The Atlantic and Vanity Fair. In May, […]
Read More »(Education Week) By Walt Gardner– Although the new SAT makes the essay optional, almost two-thirds of test takers in the spring went for it (“How a teacher bombed the SATs,” The Boston Globe, Jul. 14). The essays were rated by two scorers on the basis of reading, writing, and analysis. The scores were added up for […]
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