College Board Defends New SAT at Meeting

High-school guidance counselors and representatives from colleges in the Midwest grilled Gaston Caperton, president of the College Board, about the writing portion of the SAT last week at a town-hall meeting that closed the organization's three-day regional conference in Chicago.

Some participants criticized the length of the revamped SAT, as well as the requirement that students complete the writing portion of the test. One high-school guidance counselor said the length of the test

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