Word: verbalizer
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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...
...verbal section of the exam, doing away with the analogies in favor of a writing sample destroys the possibility for objective grading. Analogies allow for objective comparison of students and require critical analysis of words’ linkage to one another. Furthermore, the SAT II writing test already measures writing ability...
There are, however, flashes of Albee’s wry verbal wit and sneaky ability to shift the foundation of his fictional world. When trying to sort out the details of an affair, Martin’s best friend Ross (portrayed by American Repertory Theatre founding member Stephen Rowe) questions, “Sylvia––the goat who you’re fucking?” “Don’t say that,” responds Martin curtly, before correcting him, “whom...
...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...
That said, the themes each artist chooses to explore, through visual presentation, verbal expression or a combination of both, are all quite intriguing and well-executed. Davidson’s books tends to focus, rather self-consciously, on themes from art history and architecture, while McCarthy treats “history, religion, mythology, and the natural world,” and Shambroom’s sculptures explore the content-form relationship described above...