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Why the new SAT is a reminder to improve the teaching of writing

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imageAre students learning how to write?Caleb Roenigk, CC BY

The SAT, the test that many schools require to check for college readiness, has recently gone through a makeover. Perhaps the most significant change is to the writing portion of the SAT, which presents students with new and more complex reading and and writing challenges.

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