<p>I haven't seen any posts here on CC about this, but it seems that the College Board is considering yet another overhaul of the SAT. I am providing a link to an article quoting a relatively incoherent David Coleman, champion of the Common Core State Standards and president of the College Board. </p>
<p>Regarding the writing portion of the SAT, Coleman says: "I have a problem with the SAT writing. So if you look at the way the SAT assessment is designed, when you write an essay even if its an opinion piece, theres no source information given to you. So in other words, you write like what your opinion is on a subject, but theres no fact on the table. So a friend of mine tutors in Hong Kong, and she was asked by her Hong Kong students, where do you get the examples for the essay? She said, you know, its the American way, you make them up," Coleman said. "Now Im all for creativity and innovation, but I dont think thats quite the creativity we want to inspire in a generation of youth. That is, if writing is to be ready for the demands of career and college, it must be precise, it must be accurate, it must draw upon evidence. Now I think that is warranted by tons of information we see from surveys of college professors, from evidence we have from other sources, so I think there is good reason to think about a design of SAT where rather than kids just writing an essay, theres source material that theyre analyzing."</p>
<p>Read more: College</a> Board announces plans to redesign the SAT | Inside Higher Ed
Inside Higher Ed</p>