Enduring three hours of the SAT is a coming-of-age tradition about as pleasant as being stuck in a car without air conditioning on a cross-country family trip. It’s about to get worse. Besides having ...

Changes announced Wednesday to the SAT college entrance exam don’t necessarily mean all test takers will avoid writing essays. The College Board announced that takers will no longer be required to ...

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The SAT college admission test will no longer require a timed essay, will dwell less on fancy vocabulary and will return to the familiar 1600-point scoring scale in a major overhaul intended to open ...

Students will also have the option of taking the test on a computer and won't be penalized for wrong answers. WASHINGTON — Essay optional. No penalties for wrong answers. The SAT college entrance exam ...

The College Board on Tuesday announced that it is killing the SAT Subject Tests and the SAT essay. Most experts said the College Board had little choice but to make the changes. The board also ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Essay optional. No penalties for wrong answers. The SAT college entrance exam is undergoing sweeping revisions. Changes in the annual test that millions of students take will also do ...

We may be about to test that hypothesis. Last week the Harvard University admissions office announced that applicants will no longer be required to submit the essay portion from the SAT or ACT.

A professional organization representing 60,000 teachers of English criticized the new essay portion of the SAT as a poor predictor of how well students will perform in college and expressed concern ...