The SAT is changing. Again. For the second time in just over a decade, the College Board, which administers the exam, is planning to redesign the exam. The details of the redesign aren’t public yet, ...

Both the ACT and SAT essays will be changing within the next 14 months. The ACT will implement its new essay format with the Sept. 12, 2015 test date, and the SAT will likely premier its new optional ...

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, ...

Dr. Les Perelman, director of undergraduate writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, tells Linda Wertheimer why he thinks the new SAT essay misses the mark. For one thing, he says, too ...

The SAT’s essay-writing component, which was introduced in 2005, has been accused of many sins. Critics have said that the new test rewards students for having good handwriting, for filling a page ...

Colleges are quickly dropping their SAT and ACT essay requirements for applicants, with education experts saying the compositions “have never been of much use” and the institutions suggesting that ...