WASHINGTON — Essay optional. No penalties for wrong answers. The SAT college entrance exam is undergoing sweeping revisions. Changes in the annual test that millions of students take will also do away ...

At least two of my pronouns were ambiguous, my paragraphs were too short and I used too many fancy words. While my persuasiveness was “very high,” my relevance was (ouch!) low. A bad session with my ...

When the College Board announced nine years ago that it was requiring test-takers to write a 25-minute essay on the SAT, the decision was hailed by some and denounced by others. As part of its latest ...

The SAT essay exam is increasingly rejected by college admissions officers, but the University of California continues to use it. Here, a sign asks for quiet during a college test preparation class in ...