The jury is still out on the difficulty and value of the SAT’s new required timed essay, but it’s generating plenty of student angst. Testing guru and author Adam Robinson offers these tips for ...

The proposed addition of an essay to the SAT college entrance test would be modeled on the essay question in the SAT II writing test for which students get 20 minutes. The College Board provided this ...

As many students are aware, a comprehensive redesign of the SAT was introduced in March 2016. As part of this revision, the essay section is now optional. The essay focus has also changed and become ...

With just two months to go before the much-heralded new SAT is given, a team of English professors and psychometricians is poring over sample essays to determine what kind of writing should be ...

The most highly touted portion of the revised SAT -- the essay -- will not appear on the new PSAT because grading the writing sample would be too costly and time-consuming, according to officials at ...

The SAT’s essay-writing component, which was introduced in 2005, has been accused of many sins. Critics have said that the new test rewards students for having good handwriting, for filling a page ...