Questions on the SAT Writing and Language test fall into two categories: Expression of Ideas and Standard English Conventions. For many high school students, the organization of written material may ...

New edition builds on the widely used prior version—now expanded to 530+ questions, added diagnostics, difficulty ...

The Sept. 1 editorial “A question of ambition” called for replacing a committee, the SAT Test Development Committee, that has not yet met with the “think tank” at the admissions office at the ...

Princeton and Stanford last week became the latest schools to drop the SAT essay requirement. The College Board made the section optional in 2016. Skeptics will applaud this essay’s demise as a return ...

For two years, college applicants have had to complete a writing section on the SAT, but Brown and other universities are still reserving judgement on how much the section actually tells them, and it ...

Generations of students have walked out of the SAT college entrance exam in frustration, shaking their heads at the vocabulary words they never used before – and probably would never use again. That’s ...

The essay portion of the SAT and ACT has never been a requirement at most colleges and universities, and has been in place only at a few dozen colleges in recent years. But millions of students ...

The first scores from a newly revamped SAT I were released this week, and they have proved to be a test in themselves as students, parents and high school counselors struggle to understand what the ...