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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While the essay portion of the SAT is optional, all students must complete the Writing and Language section. This part of the test ...

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The prospect of churning out a coherent essay in the midst of the pressure-filled SAT has been making high-school students around the country quake. But now that the first results of the new SAT ...

Three months after the debut of the SAT writing test, some colleges are expressing concerns about its validity, and many have decided not to require the scores, at least for the time being. So far, ...

A 2400 may be the new perfect SAT score, but high school students applying to Georgetown still only need to worry about 1600 of them. Charles Deacon, dean of undergraduate admissions, said the new, ...

I must respectfully disagree with the criticism leveled by the National Council of Teachers of English toward the new SAT writing requirement (“English Teachers Blast SAT Writing Test,” The Chronicle, ...

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 ...

Big changes afoot for the SAT! The College Board is now dropping the writing portion from the exam, bringing the highest total score back to 1600 where it belongs. And that’s not all! According to the ...