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WEEKLY NEWS 4: More Mistakes On SAT Scores

On March 22, the College Board, a non-profit organization that owns the SAT testing, admitted to more mistakes in the results of the October SAT test takers. Twenty-seven thousand students out of total 495,000 were affected. Their scores were reported as lower than what the students truly scored.

The news caused a lot of stress to all--the students, the parents, and the administration in colleges and universities where these students applied. The scores of the SAT are one of the many things that colleges look at to determine whether or not to accept a student into their program. The SAT can sometimes be very critical in highly competitive schools and or for the chance to win scholarships.

The College Board announced new strict procedures to try to regain the trust that it lost as a result to these last mistakes. Tests will be scanned twice to ensure the accuracy of the results.

The situation is embarrassing to the management in the test center and many voices are asking for a detailed investigation in the incident. SAT test scores may affect the future and the hopes of students and their families dramatically, and this is why the situation is serious.

There are 600 lucky students whose results were higher than what they really should be and for those, the higher results will remain unchanged.

--Written by Marwa Sabry

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