Chinese students who will be taking the SAT college admission exam in the spring of 2016 will not be "brainwashed" by American ideologies, but they are sure to find the test harder than the previous ones, education expert said.

In an article published in South China Morning Post, SAT coach Kelly Yang warned the education community that the redesign in SAT tests might sway Chinese youths against their native values and principles. Yang further stated that the test, which focuses largely on America's "founding documents and civil liberties", has the ability to alter the students' worldview.

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Under the new guidelines, all future SAT takers will be asked to read U.S. historical documents, such as the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, the U.S. Constitution, and speeches from known persona like Martin Luther King, Jr., Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Henry David Thoreau.

According to The College Board, a U.S. educational institution that organizes and administers SAT exams, the changes made are not geared towards modify political or culture perspectives, but to enhance competitiveness amongst Chinese students.

Wang Xiangbo, vice president for The College Board, said that a professional team is dedicated to ensure that no biases are incorporated in the questionnaires. Instead, Wang emphasized that the new SAT will be much more difficult and complex and will require more than just the basic skills of a student.

In effect, The College Board "raise[s] the American and international bar" of education that involves critical thinking, problem solving, language comprehension, and evidence analysis.

Zhang Hongwei, director of the Overseas Testing Management Center, said that the revise SAT will temporarily put the Chinese students in a less vantage point especially that most questions will reflect American readings and contexts.

One of the disadvantages among Chinese students is "their limited volume of reading," Hongwei added, unlike their American counterparts who are exposed to such literature in daily life.

Gao Zhenghong, a high school student in Beijing, assured he and his fellow students will always lean on the Chinese culture, and they would always return to live and work in China despite any changes made in the SAT.

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