What You Need to Know About the Revised Scholastic Aptitude Test Columbia SC

What You Need to Know About the Revised Scholastic Aptitude Test

Created in the 1920s, the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) has been around for as long as most of us can remember and continues to be a significant benchmark used by America’s best colleges and universities to select each year’s incoming freshman class. The test’s familiar format has spawned a variety of test preparation resources—from text and online references to tutorials and classroom courses. In 2005, however, the SAT received a dramatic makeover that changed its content, format, and scoring, requiring significant alterations in the way students prepare for the exam.

Here, we’ll review a few critical elements of the new format, each essential to maximizing your test results on the SAT.

Why change a good thing?
The SAT has never been a static, unchangeable test. It has evolved to meet the educational standards of the best colleges and universities and to reflect the material emphasized by the majority of American high schools. The most recent revision prior to 2005 occurred in 1994, when antonym questions were removed, longer reading passages added, open-ended math questions added, and calculations permitted. The current changes were implemented to reflect the importance of clear and succinct writing—not only as a skill to be used in college courses, but as one necessary for success in a wide range of careers.

Author: Alan Frost

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