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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Colleges May Give More Weight to Writing Scores, Tampa Tribune

By Adam Emerson
September 28, 2008

If Florida's college-bound students haven't thought much about the SAT writing test, they had better start soon: the University of South Florida and others are paying more attention to their scores.

Although the emphasis has been on the critical reading and math portions of the test, USF, Florida State University and the University of Florida this year are considering writing results to help determine how ready a student is for college-level work.

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