On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of high-school students took the SAT. The first section in the more than three-hour test is writing, in which students pen an essay on a pseudo-profound question ...

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, ...

The SAT's optional essay section provides test-takers with 50 minutes to compose a response to a given passage. At first glance, 50 minutes may seem like ample time to complete this task, but the SAT ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Essay optional. No penalties for wrong answers. The SAT college entrance exam is undergoing sweeping revisions. Changes in the annual test that millions of students take will also ...

When the College Board announced its plan three years ago to add an extemporaneous essay to the traditional SAT format of multiple-choice questions, many observers were elated. Supporters celebrated ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Essay optional. No penalties for wrong answers. The SAT college entrance exam is undergoing sweeping revisions. Changes in the annual test that millions of students take will also do ...