[Ohiogift] New SAT emphasis on reading

[Terry Adams]

Everyone:

A news report just out says the College Board has revised its SAT, and
there will be greater focus on reading skills, believe it or not. Below is
the introductory blurb from a story yesterday on the topic from The New
York Times:

"The College Board, which makes the SAT, is rolling out a new test — its
biggest redesign in a decade, and one of the most substantial ever. Chief
among the changes, experts say: longer and harder reading passages and more
words in math problems. The shift is leading some educators and college
admissions officers to fear that the revised test will penalize students
who have not been exposed to a lot of reading, or who speak a different
language at home — like immigrants and the poor."

The entire article is here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/09/us/sat-test-changes.html

In many ways, this bodes well for reading-intensive coursework in gifted
(and other) programs.

Terry-Yvette Adams
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