the new SAT and i’m old
The New York Times > Education > On Education: SAT Essay Test Rewards Length and Ignores Errors
lot of MIT centric news this morning. but let’s start in order of my observations. (and this is not a “X things i think i think” list, though it is a list. and i need to start making thoses lists again.)
1. having the SAT change from 1600 to 2400 makes me feel really old. it’s worse than for those people who’s score “changed” when they rescaled the scoring a few years back. and the change in grade for the SAT makes me feel older than the change in format/grade of the GRE. when the change the LSAT (which you know will eventually happen) i think i’ll feel like 80.
2. based on everything i’ve read about it, the writing section of the SAT is the easiest to coach and the section apparently a lot of people are relying on to boost their scores.
3. apparently, according to this article, what you write isn’t as important as how much you write.
4. and with all the statitisical analysis tools i’m sure are available to him, i’m glad the MIT guy cracked this in his hotel room, with EXCEL… hahaha
