The Christian Science Monitor – Stacy Teicher Khadaroo
“Thousands of students are heading to testing centers Saturday morning – guinea pigs for a major overhaul of the SAT, a standardized college entrance exam used around the country. The new version is meant to level the playing field for students who can’t afford fancy test-prep classes, align more closely with the skills that colleges want students to practice, and lessen the stress around the test. Among the students who took the test during school Wednesday in participating districts, 80 percent of 800 surveyed by the College Board said they preferred it to the old version and that it better reflected what they’ve been learning in school.”(more)