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About
the NEW SAT!
- Graduating in 2006?
2003-04 sophomores, you will be the first class to take the new SAT
for college admissions. Here's your testing timeline:
- Fall 2004: Take the new PSAT/NMSQT®
- Spring 2005: Take the new
SAT
- What Will Change?
- Writing
- (new section) Multiple-choice
questions (grammar and usage)
- Student-written essay
- Critical Reading
- (currently called Verbal)
Analogies eliminated
- Short reading passages
added to existing long reading passages
- Math
- Math content expanded
to include topics from third-year college preparatory math
- Quantitative comparisons
eliminated
- Why Is the SAT Changing?
The SAT assesses student reasoning based on knowledge and skills developed
by the student in school coursework. The new SAT will improve the
alignment of the test with current curriculum and institutional practices
in high school and college. By including a third measure of skills
-- writing, the new SAT will help colleges make better admissions
and placement decisions. In that way, the new SAT will reinforce the
importance of writing throughout a student's education.
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