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...recently unveiled plan would overhaul both the verbal and math sections of the test, replacing analogies with an essay-writing section and adding questions in more advanced topics of mathematics. The goal of these changes, ostensibly, is to make the test more relevant as an objective test of aptitude in the college admissions process. Unfortunately, this attempt to amend the SAT and restore its flagging credibility with institutions of higher learning does nothing to address its most crucial problems...
...math section of the exam, as it stands, tests only material that virtually all high school students are guaranteed to have covered by their junior year. Adding questions in more advanced topics, such as trigonometry or calculus, would only widen the disparity between students of different educational opportunities. At present, students with knowledge of geometry and algebra can take the exam with an emphasis more on problem solving than mastery of multiple disciplines of mathematics, which some may never have learned. Instead, to widen the the distribution of math scores, questions should be more complex—without requiring mastery...
...consultant to the prevention and intervention program in the Los Angeles public schools, hears the same thing from the growing number of girls she counsels. "Equality is part of it," she explains. "We've been working very hard to get [girls] to that point: Yes, you can do math. Yes, you can play football. And yes, you can drink...
...math section may also be made tougher, according to trustees of the College Board, which owns...
...last time the SAT I was substantially changed was in 1993, when College Board officials allowed students to use calculators on the math section. Officials also altered the verbal section by dropping a multiple-choice writing test and a test of antonyms...