The SAT is to college admission ... ” ... As a root canal is to a dentist?” said Peter Lee, 16. He and several other weary-looking high school students had just ...

“As a root canal is to a dentist?” said Peter Lee, 16. He and several other weary-looking high school students had just emerged from a four-hour SAT prep class in Glendale, Calif. “As a root canal is ...

Re “College Board Scores With Critics of SAT Analogies,” July 27: While I agree that the verbal section of the SAT is culturally biased, I disagree that replacing the analogy section with a writing ...

Critics have charged that the SAT exam isn’t fair to lower income and minority students, and that some of the test sections–particularly those dreaded analogies–aren’t terribly good predictors of ...

The SAT is to analogies as Thursday night is to “Friends.” Just as NBC will be pulling the centerpiece of its comedic lineup from the airwaves next fall, the College Board will be erasing the analogy ...