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 ...

WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Essay optional. No penalties for wrong answers. The SAT college entrance exam is undergoing sweeping revisions. Changes to the annual test were announced at an event in ...

With the SAT undergoing a series of fundamental changes this year, many test-day techniques that were previously effective will need to be re-evaluated — though not necessarily reinvented completely.

Student says longer essays score better. Nov. 5, 2010 — -- Millions of high school students across the country will take the SATs tomorrow. Ever since 2005, the SAT has included an essay section ...

The College Board’s decision to make the essay portion of its influential SAT exam optional is setting off a national debate among colleges and universities about whether to require applicants to take ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The College Board announced Tuesday that it ...

Students to find out how they did on the SAT's first reality TV essay question. March 31, 2011— -- Brianna Letourneau was surprised when she first opened her SAT earlier this month. Letourneau, a ...

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, ...