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Drop your pencils. UC system ordered to eliminate SAT, ACT immediately.

by Jasmine Garsd
Sep 2, 2020
The court order could start to dent the test prep business if more colleges drop the exams.
SAT test prep books at a bookstore in New York. The test-prep industry might not survive the COVID-19 pandemic.
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University of California tests the fate of the SAT and ACT

by Janet Nguyen
May 22, 2020
The UC system, one of the SAT's largest source of customers, is phasing out the exams. How will that change the business of standardized tests?
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College admissions officers will receive an "adversity score" as part of SAT

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May 17, 2019
SAT results will now include an adversity score based on 15 socio-economic indicators about the student's neighborhood and school.
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5 ways the SAT has tried to reinvent itself

by Janet Nguyen
May 16, 2019
The College Board is introducing an adversity score on the SAT.
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Standardized tests like the SAT and ACT won’t prepare you for the real world, one venture capitalist says

by David Brancaccio and Janet Nguyen
May 9, 2018
Ted Dintersmith argues that these tests are more about rote memorization.
Instructor Blanca Claudio (C) teaches a history lesson in Spanish in a Dual Language Academy class at Franklin High School in Los Angeles, California, on May 25, 2017. 
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Students finally get to put the new SAT to the test

by Amy Scott
Mar 3, 2016
The revamped test will be administered Saturday for the first time.
Many students are currently studying for a new version of the SAT, which debuts Saturday.
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Why the SAT is getting another makeover

by Adriene Hill
Jan 19, 2016
This March, students will sit for a new SAT.
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This is what the new SAT will look like

by Amy Scott
Apr 16, 2014
How is the test prep industry is preparing for the changes to the SAT?
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Quiz: How well do you know your SAT vocabulary?

by Amy Scott
Mar 5, 2014
A new test was announced today with big changes to the verbal section.
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Mid-day Update

PODCAST: Another ACA delay

by David Brancaccio
Mar 5, 2014
The makers of the SAT have a new college admissions test. And Americans are drinking less and less orange juice.
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