Grading the New SAT Essays The new version of the SAT exam includes an essay portion. We take a look at what goes into grading a standardized test essay on the nation's widest-used college board test.

The New SAT

Students and educators are anxious over the longer, harder test, featuring a new essay component.

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Grading the New SAT Essays

March 10, 200512:00 AM ET

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Grading the New SAT Essays

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The new version of the SAT exam includes an essay portion. We take a look at what goes into grading a standardized test essay on the nation's widest-used college board test.

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Noreen Duncan, English professor, Mercer County Community College in West Windsor, N.J.; has been a reader of College Board exam essays for 15 years; helped develop SAT essay grading