"If someone told you the College Board was about to rip apart the SAT and rebuild it, would that excite/surprise/aggravate/frighten you? Me too. It's about to happen, not to the SAT, but to our nation's second-most influential test, Advanced Placement, with large consequences for our high schools and colleges.
The AP program has such a tight grip on the school curricula of suburban areas such as ours that it has come close to inspiring the same fear and consternation as the SAT and ACT. I think that's good. AP is better than the SAT or ACT. It is a challenging series of courses in three dozen subjects ending in three-hour exams, independently written and graded with many essay questions, that can earn college credit and encourage thought and analysis."
The AP program has such a tight grip on the school curricula of suburban areas such as ours that it has come close to inspiring the same fear and consternation as the SAT and ACT. I think that's good. AP is better than the SAT or ACT. It is a challenging series of courses in three dozen subjects ending in three-hour exams, independently written and graded with many essay questions, that can earn college credit and encourage thought and analysis."