Vol 30 issue 5

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N'olume 30, issue 5 November 12, 1993

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Maine South H.S. Park Ridge, IL

SAR / DAR Awards winners named by Maria Poulos Stephanie Poulos received this year's Daughters of the American Revolution Award. Chuck Kaufman received the Sons of the American Revolution Award. The awards are based on four criteria of good citizenship. The first criterion is dependability in which the nominees are judged on truthfulness, honesty, and punctuality. The second criterion is service which includes such areas as cooperation, helpfulness, and responsibility. The third criterion is leadership In this category the student must have personality, self-control, and initiative. The fourth and last criterion is patriotism which is defined as an unselfish loyalty to American ideals. In the case of Stephanie and Chuck, both have ample qualifications. Chuck Kaufman is the Chairman of Student Issues in Student Council and President of National Honor Society. He has been a

member of Brotherhood Society since his sophomore year and was the Junior Class President for Class Council. Stephanie Poulos is the Presidentof Spanish Club and Co-editor of Equinox. She has been a part of Class

Council since sophomore year and is currently a Senior Physical Education leader. Stephanie and Chuck were selected for the awards through a vote by both the Maine South students and faculty.

Original SAT can't stand the test of time by Steve Paschos and Andrea Wells The Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) is taken by over one million high school students each year. Many colleges consider the scores of this test during the admissions process. The test has been administered since 1926. This spring, the S AT will change for the firsttimesincel974.The new name will be the "S AT-I: Reasoning Tests" and the "A" will be changed from Aptitude to Assessment. The authors of the test, the Educational Testing Service (ETS), stated that although most revisions are minor, the questions will take more time to complete. To compensate for this, the new SAT will allow the student approximatelyfifteenextra seconds per question. The reading comprehension section (which has been changed to critical reading) will have only four passages, as opposed to the previous test's six passages. Each passage on the new test will be longer than the old. There will also be a double passage, in which students compare two passages of the same subject. Some of the questions in the sentence completion section will be shortened. They 'will measure more vocabulary than reading skills. The analogy section will not be changed.

The material tested in the math section will be almost exactly the same. However, the math section will include ten new "grid-in" questions in which students will be instructed to actually write their answers on a grid and fill in the corresponding bubbles. Students will be allowed to bring almost any calculator to the test, but a calculator will not be necessary for any question on the test. The Quantitative Comparison section, which asks students to compare quantities in two columns and determine which is larger, will not be changed. However, it will be shortened, as will be the multiple choice section.

The Test of Standard Written English (TSWE), introduced in 1974, will be eliminated from the new test. The TSWE was considered by very few colleges because it attempted to measure writing ability without asking the student to actually write. The added math and verbal sections will each take fifteen minutes, splitting the thirty minutes of the cancelled TSWE. The scoring range for the new verbal and math sections will remain 200800 points each. The first students to take the SAT-I: Reasoning Tests will be juniors, the graduating class of 1995. They will take the test in March or May 1994.

New SAT Format Verbal

30 Questions/30 Minutes

10 sentence completions, 13 analogies, 12 reading (1 passage) Verbal......... 13 Quesiions/30 Minutes..9 sentence completions, 6 analogies, 15 reading (2 passages) Verbal 25 Questions/15 Minutes 13 reading Math.. .,..25 Quesiions/30 Minutes 25 multiple choice Math 25 Questions/30 Minutes 15 quantitative comparison, 10 grid-ins Math 10 QuestJons/15 Minutes 10 multiple choice Experimental.? Questions/30 Minutes Math or Verbal section


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