Education Week: The New SAT

The New SAT

Education Week looks at the revamped SAT, set to debut in March 2005, and its effects on schools and students.

Spellings Hits Road, Stresses Charter Plan

January 30, 2007 The Bush administration's plan for NCLB renewal includes expanding the role of charter schools and revamping high school instruction.

Test-Takers Also to Face More Rigorous SAT Math Section

February 1, 2005 Students taking the revamped SAT this spring will face a broader test of their abilities in advanced mathematics, a level of rigor that reflects the higher standards many states are making a part of their high school graduation requirements.

SAT’s Next Chapter About to Be Written

February 1, 2005 Starting in March, the SAT, taken annually by more than 1.4 million college-bound students, will undergo its most significant change since 1994. Changes include revised math and critical reading sections, and a new writing portion.

ACT Admissions Test, Like Rival, Adds Essay, But Makes It Optional

February 1, 2005 Like any pair of longtime competitors, the sponsors of the nation’s two major college-entrance exams, the SAT and ACT, regularly scrutinize each other’s work, and adjust their own accordingly.

Educators Hope SAT’s New Essay Will Bolster Writing in Schools

February 1, 2005 Twenty-five minutes may not seem like much time to ponder a provocative passage about human nature and to draft an essay outlining one’s views on a related philosophical question. But high school students taking part in the ritual of the nation’s most- used college-entrance exam will have to do just that, beginning in March.

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