What is the new SAT?
The SAT has existed since 1926 (though it did not reach its current stature as a high-stakes, make-or-break college admissions test until the last three decades). Over its long life, the test has slowly grown and changed. For instance, in 1994 the SAT ceased to ask questions about Antonyms, and in 1995 the SAT scoring was “re-centered,” ensuring that more students would get better scores on the test. But in 2005 the SAT test is undergoing the most extensive change in its history: the Math content covered by the exam has been slightly expanded; the analogies have been dropped the Verbal section has been renamed Critical Reading; and an entire new Writing section has been added to the test. These changes are the reason why the SAT is at the moment being called the “new SAT.
The SAT has existed since 1926 (though it did not reach its current stature as a high-stakes, make-or-break college admissions test until the last three decades). Over its long life, the test has slowly grown and changed. For instance, in 1994 the SAT ceased to ask questions about Antonyms, and in 1995 the SAT scoring was “re-centered,” ensuring that more students would get better scores on the test. But in 2005 the SAT test is undergoing the most extensive change in its history: the Math content covered by the exam has been slightly expanded; the analogies have been dropped the Verbal section has been renamed Critical Reading; and an entire new Writing section has been added to the test.
