author, 'The Perfect Score Project'
Author of The Perfect Score Project: Uncovering the Secrets of the SAT
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Debbie Stier
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Secrets of the SAT If there’s one good about being grown up, it’s not having to take the SAT again. For younger people who still haven’t taken the college entrance exam, it seems like a stressful experience is about to get more stressful. The College Board, which administers the SAT, has given the test its biggest makeover in a decade. Now there will be longer and harder reading passages and math problems with more words. The author of a new book on the SATs joins Madeleine to uncover the mysteries of the new test.
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