This article was interesting to read and shows how education is always changing. I never took the SAT, but I took the ACT, which had a writing portion. I also took the AP Literature test.For both of these tests, we were taught to write in a specific way giving concrete details with a thesis, topic, and concluding sentence. We had to use specific evidence to support our claims and use fluent language.

The article remarks that the people who earn a 6 out of 6 have earnest, long-winded and predictable essays. In my opinion, making the writer conform to certain ways of writing is restricting. Not everyone can write in this type of way but can still be considered excellent writers. In my view, standardized testing doesn’t really account for true talent in writing. There are so many types of genres to write in and only one type is used on these tests.

On the other hand, I can see why the tests would use this type of essay. Later in life, this is the writing most people are going to come in contact with, and it is important to be a decent writer. It is hard to suggest a medium for this problem but I do think something should be changed because it doesn’t separate the best writers from the others.