The Common Core State Standards and the state assessments designed to measure them are demanding increased critical reading and analytical writing from students, and I’ve noticed a shift from teachers ...

The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), accepted as an admission criterion by over 2,300 business schools across the globe, will now include the Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) section ...

When preparing to apply to a graduate program, one of the main questions prospective students ask is which standardized test, GMAT or GRE, should they take. Like many other MBA and MS programs around ...

You don't have to wax eloquent or be the modern day equivalent of Shakespeare, Byron or Eliot to score well in Analytical Writing Assessment, a component of the GRE/ GMAT. Part II: Argument Analysis ...

The GMAT is divided into three sections, each designed to test various aspects: analytical writing, quantitative abilities and verbal prowess. In the first part of this three-part series covering the ...

The Educational Testing Service on Wednesday announced changes in the format of the Graduate Record Examinations General Test for the first time in 20 years. As of October 1, 2002, one section of the ...

In the kind of writing most of us do every day—the kind of writing I’ve mainly been concerned with in these columns—the only criteria that matter are clarity and precision. The kind of writing that ...

It is common knowledge that the essay portion of the SAT is optional. While some college and university admissions officers may glance at a student’s score on it – perhaps because the applicant is ...

The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), accepted as an admission criterion by over 2,300 business schools across the globe, will now include the Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) section ...