(CBS) — The College Board announced plans to scrap the optional essay portion of the SAT college entrance exam, as well as discontinue its SAT subject tests, major changes to the ubiquitous college ...

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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 College Board announced Tuesday that it is ending the optional essay section and subject-area exams of the SAT for college-bound U.S. students. The coronavirus pandemic "accelerated a process ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The College Board announced Tuesday it would drop the optional essay section from the SAT college entrance exam and would stop administering SAT subject tests in the United ...

Details are still being drafted for the proposed addition of an essay to the SAT, but College Board research chief Wayne Camara, gave this general outline of the proposal's likely shape and impact.

The College Board announced plans to scrap the optional essay portion of the SAT college entrance exam, as well as discontinue its SAT subject tests, major changes to the ubiquitous college ...