The new version of the SAT exam includes an essay portion. We take a look at what goes into grading a standardized test essay on the nation’s widest-used college board test.

When more than 300,000 teenagers take the SAT college entrance exam this weekend, they will have to write an essay for the first time in the history of the test. The new focus on writing is causing anxiety, particularly among low income, minority and immigrant students in schools that haven’t taught them how to write.

When more than 300,000 teenagers take the SAT college entrance exam this weekend, they will have to write an essay for the first time in the history of the test. The new focus on writing is causing anxiety, particularly among low income, minority and immigrant students in schools that haven’t taught them how to write.