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Dr. Perelman contacted the College Board and was surprised to learn that on the new SAT essay, students are not penalized for incorrect facts. The official guide for scorers explains: "Writers may make errors in facts or information that do not affect the quality of their essays. For example, a writer may state ‘The American Revolution began in 1842’ or ’ “Anna Karenina,” a play by the French author Joseph Conrad, was a very upbeat literary work.’ " (Actually, that’s 1775; a novel by the Russian Leo Tolstoy; and poor Anna hurls herself under a train.) No matter. “You are scoring the writing, and not the correctness of facts.”
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<p>I still wouldn’t take the risk if I can help it, though. It is possible that the graders will follow conventional grading rubric and ignore CB’s instructions about ignoring factual errors.
<p>See this [How</a> I Gamed the SAT - latimes.com ](<a href=“http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/suncommentary/la-op-sat3apr03,1,7708386.story?coll=la-headlines-suncomment&ctrack=1&cset=true]How ”>How I Gamed the SAT )</p>
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