An article from CNN discusses some of the approaching changes of the SAT. This spring, according to David Coleman, the College Board President and CEO, the test will require students to justify their answers. Among the content of the exam, the test perfect score will be adjusted from 2400 to 1600, with an optional essay. Additionally, a study tool used widely by students for a variety of core subjects, Khan Academy, will partner for the first time with the College Board to prepare students for this big exam. In the pasts the test used to be “disconnected from the work of high school classrooms,” said Coleman. With this significant alteration, the SAT will hopefully be more relevant for students. The overall time will be about three hours,
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One example of this is an op-ed piece from The New York Times by Richard C. Atkinson and Saul Geiser. The article begins by briefing the audience the basics of the exam, which will begin in spring of 2016 and focus on the content students learn from school subjects. The authors discuss the shift from a trickery focused exam to one that students are familiar with from the classroom. However the changes being made have yet to resolve some serious problems still present with the test. According to the authors, a prominent emphasis will be on speed, which overpowers subject knowledge; the essay is also optional, even though it is the most needed skill for collegiate success. An issue that still remains huge is that the exam is considered a “norm-referenced” exam, where the authors support a “criterion-referenced” test which measures how much students know, and not where they rank in comparison to others. Atkinson and Geiser agree that the American education system would improve if the tests students are accompanied to- criterion-referenced- continue through college. There are, however, a few factors holding the nation back from this change many are hoping
One example of this is an op-ed piece from The New York Times by Richard C. Atkinson and Saul Geiser. The article begins by briefing the audience the basics of the exam, which will begin in spring of 2016 and focus on the content students learn from school subjects. The authors discuss the shift from a trickery focused exam to one that students are familiar with from the classroom. However the changes being made have yet to resolve some serious problems still present with the test. According to the authors, a prominent emphasis will be on speed, which overpowers subject knowledge; the essay is also optional, even though it is the most needed skill for collegiate success. An issue that still remains huge is that the exam is considered a “norm-referenced” exam, where the authors support a “criterion-referenced” test which measures how much students know, and not where they rank in comparison to others. Atkinson and Geiser agree that the American education system would improve if the tests students are accompanied to- criterion-referenced- continue through college. There are, however, a few factors holding the nation back from this change many are hoping