The proposed addition of an essay to the SAT college entrance test would be modeled on the essay question in the SAT II writing test for which students get 20 minutes. The College Board provided this ...

Those of us who took the SAT remember what we got on that test, even if we took it long ago. On the other hand, few of us recall our high-school GPA, and the permanent record that was supposed to ...

Changes announced Wednesday to the SAT college entrance exam don’t necessarily mean all test takers will avoid writing essays. The College Board announced that takers will no longer be required to ...

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 ...

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 — or ...

Universities across the country and Texas remain unsure how to use the SAT's handwritten essay, which debuted three months ago as a part of a revamped test. Several institutions, including the ...

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 argued essay, ...

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 ...