I was unhappy when I heard that the new SAT will include a 25-minute timed writing section--this goes against everything writing researchers have found about how people write in real situations--but this is even more alarming. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the raw writing samples, handwritten in pencil, with scratch-outs and the rough structure and surface-level issues that likely mark such hurried assigments, will be available to college admissions boards.
[via NCTE In-Box]
Posted by johndan at January 25, 2005 11:04 PM | TrackBack