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Long Live the SATs

Submitted by Robet Jackson, Sep 27, 2008 10:33

Unfortunately the analogy section has been deleted from the SAT, as Mr. Perez pointed out. However, as Charles Murray argued last summer in "Abolish the SAT" (The American, July/August 2007) we might be able to capture some of the lexical breadth of future examinees by emphasizing the content of the SAT subject tests (English literature, foreign languages, etc.) over the SAT's "Critical Reading" section.


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Unfortunately the analogy section has been deleted from the SAT, as Mr. Perez pointed out. However, as Charles Murray argued...

Robet Jackson 

Sep 27, 2008 10:33

Mr. McWhorter, Analogies are no longer on the SAT. Analogies were booted a few years back, while writing an essay... [MORE]

Luis Amate Perez 

Sep 25, 2008 11:29

I am always stunned by how otherwise intelligent people go nuts when it comes to the SAT. Their idea of... [MORE]

Adina Kutnicki 

Sep 25, 2008 10:08

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