<p>NYT article about collegeboard’s new SAT test:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/education/23sat.html?no_interstitial[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/education/23sat.html?no_interstitial</a></p>
<p>I think it is a good thing. Most HS freshmen (normal non CC ones) have no idea what the SAT is, let alone know how college works. To get them somewhat involved in the SAT program is great ! My little brother is a freshmen, and i begged him to take the PSAT (he didnt lol) because when I took it in my sophmore year, I felt overwhelmed, like college was right next door, and i needed to ace the test. Woot for my lowly 159 (lmao followed by a 168, 1960 and 2020). Had i practiced from 8th grade maybe I would have done better my sophmore year, and if i took it my freshman year i feel i may have been inspired.
Personally i wish they made it like this. </p>
<p>PpSAT - 8th / 9th
PSAT - 10th/11th
SAT (usually 11/12 but there are some genius 7th graders…)</p>
<p>Sure and sweet: Introducing younger students to how the SAT works, with easier questions would be excellent. The students would learn how endurance testing works, see what time pressure is like, understand guessing, and see how SAT questions themselves are generally tricks. Hopefully this is the overall goal, because a 5 hour test is not going to get the average student encouraged. But a short and somewhat easy test meant to teach kids how SAT testing will ruin HS for them (lol) then awesome.</p>
<p>As long as it’s easy - I took the PSAT in 7th grade and I never even went back to get my scores. I guessed on virtually every question. My guess is I got under 120.</p>