****! They're changing the SAT AGAIN!?!?!?!?!?!?!

marvin100
Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:38:47 +0000

Tristesse:

Coleman’s comments sound like something a DBQ/Synthesis essay (a la APUSH or AP Eng Lang) might help solve:

“Coleman has been critical of the essay, suggesting that it allows too much personal narrative and doesn’t challenge students to make evidence-based written arguments, a skill demanded in college.”

One fix for that is to provide evidence and ask for an argument, which is precisely what DBQ/Synth essay prompts do.