SAT
How Many Points is Your Name Worth on the SAT?
Submitted by Karl HagenThe question comes from the flip remark that, because the minimum score on the SAT is 600 (200 each for the Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing components), you get 600 points for just for filling in your name. In point of fact, this claim is untrue on several levels.
First, if you merely fill in your name on an SAT score sheet and submit it with no questions filled in, College Board interprets the lack of answers as a request to cancel your scores, so you will get no results at all.
Delayed for Administrative Review
Submitted by Karl HagenA (mostly) sensible list of grammar errors
Submitted by Karl HagenGoodbye to Sentence Completions
Submitted by Karl HagenChanging the number of answer choices
Submitted by Karl HagenAnother forthcoming change to the SAT is the number of answer choices per question: there will be four rather than five options for all questions. This is another way in which the new SAT will more closely resemble the ACT, which already uses four-choice questions for all the tests except Mathematics.
On Formula Scoring
Submitted by Karl HagenThere are a few changes to the new SAT that I know people will be talking a lot about but which actually matter less than you might think they would to the test taker, although they matter quite a bit to the people making the test. Of these, one has received much press attention since the initial announcement: no more deduction for wrong answers.
First Reaction to the New SAT Test Specification
Submitted by Karl HagenThe SAT and SES
Submitted by Karl HagenThe New York Times article on the changes has a lot of interesting stuff. But one comment about the relationship between the SAT and socioeconomic status (SES) caught my attention:
SAT Essay Word Clouds
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