The Rainbow Project: Enhancing the SAT through assessments of analytical, practical, and creative skills

This article describes the formulation and execution of the Rainbow Project, Phase I, funded by the College Board. Past data suggest that the SAT is a good predictor of performance in college. But in terms of the amount of variance explained by the SAT, there is room for improvement, as there would be for virtually any single test battery. Phase I of the Rainbow Project, described here, uses Sternberg's triarchic theory of successful...