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We brought you the scoop about the revamped SAT vocabulary section back in May, but now we have even more juicy details about the test’s big makeover. According to Education Week, several other changes are taking place to not only avoid obscure words, but to also make the test more indicative of college-and-career readiness. The article even summarizes the updates quite conveniently for you:
"The plans unveiled this week by the College Board for a redesigned SAT include substantive shifts aimed at making the exam more "focused" and "useful," including an emphasis on having students justify their answers with textual evidence, shunning "obscure" SAT words, making the essay optional, and covering fewer math topics but in greater depth."
Read more about the announcements and get a jump on that SAT prep time with your TXGU students. The new test makes its debut in 2016, so you’ve got some time to train some impressive SAT-takers. (Being in the know never felt so good.)