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SAT Tightens Security Against Cheaters

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:55:54 CDT

The millions of students who take the SAT or ACT each year will have to submit photos of themselves when they sign up for the college entrance exams, under a host of new security measures announced today in the aftermath of a major cheating scandal on Long Island. The two...

Prestigious College Faked SAT Scores to Boost Rank

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:19:05 CST

Claremont McKenna College is currently ranked by US News and World Report as the nation's ninth-best liberal arts college—but, the college admitted yesterday, that ranking is based on falsified SAT scores. The small California school says that since 2005, "a senior administrator" who has since resigned submitted false scores...

20 Students Nabbed in NY SAT Scam

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:02:00 CST

Twenty students linked to five Long Island high schools have been charged with being part of an SAT test-taking scam. They were accused of accepting payments to take the SAT and ACT college entrance exams posing as other students over the last three years. A principal at one of the...

7 Busted for SAT Scam

Rob Quinn — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:20:00 CDT

Seven teens have been arrested in an SAT-cheating ring at a prestigious Long Island high school. Sam Eshaghoff, 19, took the exam for at least six other students, charging up to $2,500 for each one, prosecutors told the Los Angeles Times . The six Great Neck North students have been...

SAT Reading Scores Hit Lowest Ever

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:14:12 CDT

One of the three Rs just found a new basement: SAT reading scores fell three points to reach their lowest level on record, the AP reports. The decline took the scores to 497 out of 800, and it was just the second time in the past 20 years that reading...

Chinese Students Go Extreme for College Entry Test

Tim Karan — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:10:11 CDT

Suddenly, the SATs seem like a leisurely way to spend a Saturday. Chinese students and their families have turned preparation for the country's college entrance exam into a national obsession. Some students study hooked up to oxygen tanks in an effort to improve concentration, girls take birth control to prevent...

SAT Chief: Reality TV Question Is Legit

Luke Kelly-Clyne — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 14:44:03 CDT

SAT chief Laurence Bunin says students should have been able to answer a controversial essay question on reality TV even if they'd never heard of Snooki or Randy Jackson. And that's the point critics are missing, he argues in the Daily Beast . They "confuse the literal topic with the task...

Students Blast 'Unfair' SAT Reality Show Question

Rob Quinn — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:23:00 CDT

High school students who studied instead of watching Jersey Shore say they've been left at a disadvantage by a question on the SAT college entrance exam. The students complain that the essay question, which deals with the nature of reality shows, assumes that all students have a television and watch...

Record 40% of SAT Takers Now Minorities

Harry Kimball — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:49:33 CDT

Minority participation in the SAT is up to 40% in 2009, the highest level ever, the Washington Post reports. That's up 2 points since last year and a whopping 10 points since 1999. “More than ever, the SAT reflects the diversity of students in our nation's classrooms," says the president...