The National Council of Teachers of English said in a report issued this month that the new writing component of the SAT is not an effective way to measure students’ writing ability or potential.

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, ...

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 ...

Earlier this month, several hundred thousand prospective college students filed into schools across the United States and more than 170 other countries to take the SAT - $51 registration fees paid, No ...

Educational Testing Service will continue to handle other portions of the exam The College Board has announced that Pearson NCS, a for-profit education company, will grade the new essay portion of the ...

As someone interested in fairness, rigor and integrity in standardized testing, I am surprised by Dean of Admission Charles Deacon’s arguments against the new SAT Writing test. His three major claims ...