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Thirty points in either direction is a pretty big swing, but scores on the writing section will be even less reliable: field trials of the New SAT estimate a standard error of measurement of 41 points. That means a kid who gets a 670 may "really" be in the elite reaches of the 700s--or in the more average environs of the low 600s. There are two reasons for the writing test's imprecision: first, the multiple-choice component of the test will be just 20 to 30 minutes, compared with 70 minutes each for math and reading. Less time...
...grading also rewarded the blandest essays. I gave a 5 to a kid who had written a funny, subtle first-person account of a friend who had slacked off his studies and begun dressing "like a pimp" in order to impress the cool kids. The other graders gave the essay 2s and 3s; there was one 4. (Our scores didn't count for anything. On a real test, the raw 1 to 6 score will be combined with the raw score from the multiple-choice grammar segment and translated into an overall writing score on the traditional...
...more empathetic. "If you don't want your child on a traveling team, or if your child doesn't want to play the same sport year round, you should be able to approach the coach about it without being told no, or facing the threat that your kid won't make the team," says Frank Giordano, a past president of the town sports council...
Teenagers have been the most reluctant to slow down. A crammed schedule is a badge of honor at Ridgewood High, and Ready, Set, Relax! is considered kid stuff. "My friends and I don't feel overwhelmed," says Ethan Frenchman, a busy senior with pals on the varsity sports squads. "You just have to set up a schedule and stick to it." His classmate Marielle Woods says she would love a night off, but that doesn't fit in with her plans to get into a top college. Last year on Ready, Set, Relax! night, she drove to New York City...
...card-and-decorations giant American Greetings, which estimates that 25% of the American work force will observe Halloween in some fashion this year. "It's a release," Riddle says of the way people deck out their suburban yards, "a way to say, 'I can still act like a kid...