Writing, Audrianna Galvin says forthrightly, has never been her strong suit. So the teenager was more than a little anxious when makers of the SAT college entrance exam announced in 2002 that a ...

Two major stress points in the grueling rituals of college admission testing are vanishing this year: the optional essay-writing section of the SAT and the supplementary exams in various fields known ...

The essay portion of the SAT and ACT has never been a requirement at most colleges and universities, and has been in place only at a few dozen colleges in recent years. But millions of students ...

The SAT’s essay-writing component, which was introduced in 2005, has been accused of many sins. Critics have said that the new test rewards students for having good handwriting, for filling a page ...

Dan Verner, a former English teacher at James W. Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax County, was enjoying what he thought was a useful retirement. He helped his daughters with various projects and ...

Harvard announced last week that it would no longer require students to submit scores from the optional essay sections of either the SAT or the ACT, as colleges across the country continue ...

We may be about to test that hypothesis. Last week the Harvard University admissions office announced that applicants will no longer be required to submit the essay portion from the SAT or ACT.

In the latest sign of trouble for the standardized testing empire that has played a major role in college applications for millions of students, the organization that produces the SAT said on Tuesday ...