<p>The following email was sent to all College Board members:</p>
<p>In the months ahead, the College Board will begin an effort in collaboration with its membership to redesign the SAT® so that it better meets the needs of students, schools, and colleges at all levels. We will develop an assessment that mirrors the work that students will do in college so that they will practice the work they need to do to complete college. An improved SAT will strongly focus on the core knowledge and skills that evidence shows are most important to prepare students for the rigors of college and career. This is an ambitious endeavor, and one that will only succeed with the leadership of our Board of Trustees, the strong coordination of our councils and committees, and the full engagement of our membership.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any information to add or have any idea as to when the new format will be introduced?</p>
<p>Does it make the SAT vocab harder or easier than now? - because the vocab has some useless high standards which I think are not required to measure “college readiness”.</p>
<p>LOL. I hope you were joking 2200. He obviously didn’t mean an email to all the students who use College Board. The “members” are the workers at College Board, and yes it is true. I would say 1 year at the least, 2 at the most before the new test is introduced. </p>
<p>Mr. Coleman happens to be a strong advocate of the AP (go to YouTube and listen to any of his speeches) and a vociferous critic of the SAT essay. For any of you familiar with the AP Language exam, you are well aware that the 3 essays you have to write on the AP are much more difficult than the SAT essay. </p>
<p>Well, it seems that he wants students to write an analytical, source-based, factually-sound argumentative essay rather the preslotted, fabricated essays that we’re accustomed to seeing. He also wants the colleges to get rid of the personal narratives - he said something to the nature of “nobody gives a **** about your personal life in the real world”…</p>
<p>We shall see…lol</p>
<p>EDIT: The email was sent by David Coleman to all the College Board employees (members)</p>
<p>I find it weird that such info is “known” by us… hence y yes i did think he meant that they notified the students… I dunno… wouldn’t believe it till I see it… and I believe they have to concentrate on more than merely English… and a lil Math… I know CR tests your critical thing, but it is, again, in my opinion, more a test of your command of English than anything… not that I’m against that… but that’s not all you should know for Uni… It should be waaaay more than that… maybe use those 4 hours in sth more than English… and emphasize less on English because it isn’t the most important component… not by far</p>
<p>hopefully the changes won’t be made within the next year, because i’m already accustomed to the current format -__- lol i swear collegeboard is reexamining all their tests</p>
<p>Please don’t tell me this is true! Is it a rumor? I’m in 8th grade and I took the SAT in January and got 2100. I want a 2300 in 11th grade but…with the changes…sdlfkjnfasfdukhjc :(</p>
<p>My guess is that he intends to make it more of an achievement test like the ACT, because</p>
<p>a)his previous background is as co-writer of the Common Core State Standards, and</p>
<p>b)his statement in the attached link, that he wants to " Increase the value of the SAT to students by focusing on a core set of knowledge and skills that are essential to college and career success; reinforcing the practice of enriching and valuable schoolwork"</p>
<p>So lets say it gets a makeover this year or the next one, will students still be able to enter colleges with their “old” SAT scores? Please respond, getting anxious now…</p>
<p>no no… they will take the “old” ones for sure! I find it unbelievable that may not anyway.
And it’ll probably take more than this year to make the changes… Proabaly a year or 2… no worries… :D</p>
<p>Really guys, it’s NOT that hard. Seriously, no need to make entire stories up. Just remember some facts you’re learning in history class. Remember stories you read in English class. And when you’re bored out of your mind, find a page on wikipedia and read it</p>
