Tech-savvy kids prefer taking SAT with pencil, paper

Mary Beth Marklein:

Only one in 10 students surveyed would choose to take the crucial admissions test online vs. using the traditional No. 2 pencil and fill-in-the-ovals sheet.

Even in this digital age, college-bound teens say they would prefer taking the SAT the old-fashioned way -- with paper and pencil.

Asked if they would like to take the standardized college entrance exam on a computer, just one in 10 students said yes, according to a survey by Kaplan Test Prep.

Many parents didn't see that one coming. In a companion survey, nearly two out of three parents thought their kids would rather take the SAT online.

Daniel Clayton,18, a senior at Uniondale (N.Y.) High School on Long Island, N.Y., says he completes multiple-choice school assignments on an online system for his school but that doesn't mean he would welcome an online SAT.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at April 7, 2013 1:35 AM
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