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This R&D provides resources on the new SAT.  The College Board recently announced that the SAT’s scoring would be changed from a 2400 composite to a 1600 composite and that the verbal section will no longer include “arcane” words.  Wrong answers will no longer be penalized and the essay portion will be optional as well.  The College Board says that the changes will better reflect that students are learning in high school, but critics argue that the changes are “dumbing down” the test.  Common Core critics also argue that since the SAT is being aligned Common Core Standards that non-Common Core schools will be punished.