Ted Spencer is the director of undergraduate admissions at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and a trustee of the College Board. The University of Michigan welcomes the changes to the SAT, ...

The SAT is changing. Again. For the second time in just over a decade, the College Board, which administers the exam, is planning to redesign the exam. The details of the redesign aren’t public yet, ...

When deciding whether to register for the ACT or SAT, high school students should choose the test that plays to their strengths. Understanding the differences between the ACT English section and the ...

Three months after the debut of the SAT writing test, some colleges are expressing concerns about its validity, and many have decided not to require the scores, at least for the time being. So far, ...

The National Council of Teachers of English said in a report issued this month that the new writing component of the SAT is not an effective way to measure students’ writing ability or potential.

Princeton and Stanford last week became the latest schools to drop the SAT essay requirement. The College Board made the section optional in 2016. Skeptics will applaud this essay’s demise as a return ...

The Sept. 1 editorial “A question of ambition” called for replacing a committee, the SAT Test Development Committee, that has not yet met with the “think tank” at the admissions office at the ...

For two years, college applicants have had to complete a writing section on the SAT, but Brown and other universities are still reserving judgement on how much the section actually tells them, and it ...