The College Board recently announced that, starting next fall, it will be offering a 2-hour standardized assessment test to eighth graders. The test, which has been named ReadiStep, will consist of three multiple-choice sections: one in reading, one in math, and one in writing.
To learn more about ReadiStep, I recommend this nytimes.com article by Sarah Rimer.
Articles bashing the SAT are published every day. Most do not provide new insights or opinions. Every once in a while, however, someone steps up and defends the SAT. Such articles, in my opinion, are typically more insightful than the others. Whether or not you agree with them, they serve to further the public dialogue.
Click here for one written by a Columbia University student that I found very interesting.
