Vicky writes: ""Three hours of misery are apparently not enough. Now the makers of the SAT want to shape what kids learn throughout four years of high school. True, students have always had to brush up on vocabulary and take practice tests before the SAT, but now the College Entrance Examination Board, which owns the test, is developing the " New SAT," an exhaustive revision largely intended to mold the U.S. secondary-school system to its liking. The College Board wants schools to produce better writers, so the New SAT will require an essay. The board thinks grammar is important..."
-Text from TIME Magazine, Oct. 27th 2003

Well, this should be old news, surprisingly people haven't taken this issue too seriously. The SATs have always been stressful for high school students. Now it can change the way colleges accept students. The scoring rate went up from a perfect 1600 to 2400, which makes it harder to study for. They included an essay portion to the SAT, which is important, but not absolutely neccessary, in my opinion.

For sure this test is most likely to cause a lot of disruption including:
- favoring girls over boys (it's been proven that girls are more literal in expressing opinions)
-affecting how English is taught in high school
-making SAT scores more subjective
-limiting students in urban areas to be accepted into a good college

Issues that should be taken into deep consideration. Especially for students in the urban area, having the reputation of poor grammar skills. This will not only limit African Americans from going to college, but all those living in urban communites, which can include Latino, and low class student. Does "education" really need to go this far?"