Education Week

Schools Stress Writing for the Test

At Los Penasquitos Elementary School in San Diego, students spend a good part of their day putting pen to paper: writing letters and persuasive essays, composing poetry and short stories, and ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

English Teachers Blast SAT Writing Test

The National Council of Teachers of English said in a report issued this month that the new writing component of the SAT is not an effective way to measure students’ writing ability or potential.
American Enterprise Institute

Save the SAT Writing Test

Princeton and Stanford last week became the latest schools to drop the SAT essay requirement. The College Board made the section optional in 2016. Skeptics will applaud this essay’s demise as a return ...
WRAL

Move to end writing tests causes concern

A former chairman of the State Board of Education is criticizing a plan to eliminate standardized tests to measure students' writing ability. The state Department of Public Instruction is considering ...
Forbes

To Evaluate Writing, Go With Your Gut—And Those Of Many Others

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. A fifth grader takes the New York State English Language Arts exam.
Inside Higher Ed

Caltech Drops SAT/ACT Writing Test

The California Institute of Technology has announced that it is dropping a requirement that applicants submit the SAT or ACT writing test. Caltech's move follows those of Stanford and Princeton ...
Wall Street Journal

Save the SAT Writing Test

Princeton and Stanford last week became the latest schools to drop the SAT essay requirement. The College Board made the section optional in 2016. Skeptics will applaud this essay’s demise as a return ...