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ITT-The standardized test for the entrance exam in US
SAT has had a biggest change in the last 30 years when College Board decided to change its structure and method. The new SAT format began in 3/2016 and up to now, there hasn’t been any new structure of SAT format officially launched.
Recently, the senior vice president of The Princeton Review, Michael Gamerl, with more than 25 years of experience in the field of exam preparation, has had a series of keynote presentations in Canada, Puerto Rico, Kuwait, the UAE, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Malaysia to introduce the new SAT test and the impact of exam format changes on students studying for America’s most important college entrance examination.
According to Michael Gamerl, the new SAT will test more advanced knowledge than the old format. The new structure of SAT will have many similarities to the ACT exam (one of the two standardized tests for college admissions in the US), such as: no deduction for the wrong answer; Each multiple choice question will have 4 answers to choose from instead of 5 as before; Pay attention to advanced maths, punctuation, analytical thinking … “In many ways, the new SAT test will be similar to the ACT test, but it will be harder,” Michael said.
Vietnam is heading for the SAT exam
SAT – one of many standardized exams (same format for every exam) for enrollment in some US universities testing skills in reading comprehension and writing. This kind of test means that all subjects at the high school level will be included in one test.
Studying how to issue the test in the direction of the structure of SAT, the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam has said that Vietnam aims to hold only one exam and the organization is similar to the English test (TOEFL, IELTS). Therefore, the test will include a number of basic questions, not so challenging so that most students could be able to graduate high school. Advanced questions will assess the true ability of students and the score will be considered for higher education.
In the first few years, the Ministry of Education and Training can organize the one exam. There are 4 parts: Mathematics (and logical thinking), Social Sciences (Literature, History, Geography, Citizen Education); Natural Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Engineering) and Foreign Languages (in some cities TOEFL, IELTS, TCF or DELF are encouraged).
Test scores are designed so that schools and departments can be used as a measure for admissions to universities and colleges. Specific schools and sectors may provide other secondary criteria or organize additional examinations for admission.
