The College Board's Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is about to undergo a significant revision which will be introduced in 2016.The most significant of these changes are:
- a perfect score moved from 2400 back to 1600 (as it was before 2005 when it was changed to 2400).
- test takers will no longer be penalized for incorrect answers.
- the test will include three sections: evidenced based reading, writing and math.
- the essay is now optional.
- a perfect score moved from 2400 back to 1600 (as it was before 2005 when it was changed to 2400).
- test takers will no longer be penalized for incorrect answers.
- the test will include three sections: evidenced based reading, writing and math.
- the essay is now optional.
These changes are coming about as the SAT has lost ground to the ACT in popularity with college admission boards. Also, studies are consistently showing college performance is more consistently correlated with high school GPA rather then standardized tests. These factors have the College Boards members concerned about the relevance of their SAT.
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