IN LATE JUNE, the trustees of the College Board voted unanimous approval for the most dramatic changes in the history of the SAT, the venerable admissions test that is a gatekeeper of so many American colleges. Beginning in March 2005, the analogy questions that have tormented test-takers since the first SAT in 1926 (untruthful is to mendacious as circumspect is to cautious, etc.) will be abolished. In their place will be more reading comprehension questions, similar to those that already make up most of the verbal test. The math section, which now tests arithmetic, geometry, and basic algebra, will add...