While the essay portion of the SAT is optional, all students must complete the Writing and Language section. This part of the test tends to cause anxiety for students who struggle with reading ...

When deciding whether to register for the ACT or SAT, high school students should choose the test that plays to their strengths. Understanding the differences between the ACT English section and the ...

MELVILLE, N.Y. — A new report on the SAT’s controversial writing test finds that it provides colleges with little additional help in predicting how well applicants will do during their first year on ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

The first independent, academic study of the redesigned SAT college entrance exam finds that the new writing portion is a much better predictor of academic success than the verbal and math portions of ...

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 ...