| The SAT may be the most important test a
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| | keep pace with the ever more
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| student will ever take. When it comes to
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| | sophisticated high school curriculums,
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| determining college admissions and
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| | but many students are likely to be
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| awarding scholarships, no single exam is
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| | unprepared for such advanced work. The
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| more important. It has recently undergone
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| | multiple choice section and the student
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| some major changes, and every
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| | response questions of the old version
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| college-bound student must pay close
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| | have not been removed. The Writing
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| attention to the new format.
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| | section will cover grammar usage as well
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| Partly because of criticism that the old
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| | as essay writing skills. Students are
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| SAT failed as a indicator of college
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| | allowed 25 minutes for the essay. This
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| success, the College Board (the makers of
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| | may be one of the more worrisome changes
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| the test) have recast the assessment
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| | for students. Anyone hoping to bluff
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| instead as a measure of achievement and
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| | their way through this part of the test
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| college preparation. Its new name, the
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| | will be disappointed. Two graders will
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| SAT Reasoning Test, reflects its new
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| | read each essay, and judge it on how well
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| emphasis on critical thinking skills
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| | the students thesis is developed and
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| needed for college. The changes go far
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| | supported. Certainly, the addition of the
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| beyond the name. Overall, students are
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| | essay makes the SAT a better measure of
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| likely to find the new version more
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| | the skills needed for college level work,
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| challenging than the old.
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| | but this is a skill that many students
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| The new SAT is 3 hours and 45 minutes
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| | just do not pick up from the standard
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| long and is divided into three parts:
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| | English class.
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| Critical Reading, Math, and Writing. Each
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| | Clearly, the changes to the SAT make
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| section contains important revisions from
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| | additional preparation, beyond regular
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| the old version. In the Reading section,
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| | course work, a necessity. The simple test
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| the much hated analogy questions have
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| | taking techniques taught in so many
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| been removed. Instead, students will
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| | tradition prep courses will no longer be
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| answer critical thinking questions on a
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| | adequate. Smart students will seek out
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| series of passages, ranging in length
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| | prep courses that also offer tutoring on
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| from sentences to long passages. The Math
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| | weak subjects, stress the fundamentals of
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| section now includes Algebra II level
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| | writing good essays, and provide
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| problems, in addition to geometry and
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| | opportunities to take practice tests
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| many other high school level problems.
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| | multiple times.
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| The College Board says that this is to
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