IOWA CITY, Iowa — With just two months to go before the much-heralded new SAT is given, a team of English professors and psychometricians is poring over sample essays to determine what kind of ...

Do you really need to know what you’re talking about when you answer the essay question on the SAT? Apparently not. Experts say, and the makers of the test pretty much acknowledge, that style ...

Along with the essay, the revamped SAT will feature more advanced math problems, ... adding that paint-by-numbers books and practice time for instrumental music were also good examples of the concept.

Largely, the study found that those who relied solely on ChatGPT to write their essays had lower levels of brain activity and ...

In a major overhaul of the SAT college entrance exam, students starting in 2016 will no longer be required to write an essay, will not be penalized for wrong answers and will not be able to freely ...

Everyone with high-school age kids talks about the SAT, the test required for entry to many U.S. colleges. Some mourn the departure of the analogies, an event that puts kids good at pure logic at ...

Regarding James S. Murphy’s “Don’t Overhaul the SAT Essay, Dump It” (op-ed, Oct. 15): The single skill vital to success in nearly every college major is the ability to compose a clearly ...