Hudson Valley Students Lead National Push for Retest After SAT Error

I can remember how long and grueling it was to prepare for the SAT exams way back when. I couldn't imagine taking the test and then being told that certain parts of my test won't be scored because of misprint. That's whats happening to almost 500,000 students from across the country.

According to Poughkeepsie Journal, two Spackenkill High School students, Courtney Noll and Sarah Choudhury that took the June 6 SATs have started a national petition that's calling on the College Board to offer a free retest before the fall for students who feel their June 6 SAT score was compromised by a printing error.

The math and critical reading parts of the exams are where the printing error was made. The misprint stated that students would have 25 minutes to take the test, but the people administering the test and manuals, which were correct, said the time allotted was 20 minutes. Therefore creating the problem.

The College Board announced that because of the error, the two exam sections won't be scored. What will happen is the College Board will assume that if a student got an average of three questions wrong on previous sections, he or she also would get three questions wrong on the sections that will be discounted.

Noll and Choudhury told the Poughkeepsie Journal that, "that's not a fair way to grade the test." Scores on the SAT can help determine which colleges students get accepted to.

The next test isn't available until October.