SAT change takes California accent

BERKELEY, Calif. -- In a bid to avoid losing the University of California as a customer, the head of the College Board has proposed overhauling the SAT I test after university officials criticized the exam and announced they were considering dropping it as an admissions standard.

Gaston Caperton, president of the New York-based testing company, said as much as half the test could change, including replacing vocabulary analogies in favor of an essay section and testing students' knowledge of calculus and algebra II.

Those areas had been identified by a University of California faculty committee as needing change.

Caperton said the board would meet with high school and university officials over the next few months to discuss the revisions.