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Beginning with the June 2007 administration, LSAC will introduce a variant of reading comprehension, called comparative reading, as one of the four sets in the LSAT reading comprehension section. In general, comparative reading questions are similar to traditional reading comprehension questions. However, there is one significant difference: instead of being based on one passage, comparative reading questions are based on two short passages. The two passages together are of roughly the same length as one reading comprehension passage has been, so the total amount of reading in the reading comprehension section will remain essentially the same. A few of the questions that follow a comparative reading passage pair might concern only one of the two passages, but most questions will be about both passages and how they relate to each other. More information, including test preparation material for comparative reading, will be available on the LSAC website (www.LSAC.org) in mid-February 2007. This information will also appear in the printed LSAT & LSDAS Information Book, to be distributed in February 2007.
Also beginning with the June 2007 LSAT, test takers will no longer randomly be assigned one of two different kinds of writing prompt—decision or argument—for the writing sample. All test takers will be assigned a decision prompt. The writing sample will continue to be unscored.
These two changes are a result of extensive research by LSAC staff and consultations with the LSAC Test Development and Research Committee. The comparative reading item type has also been presented at various meetings, including the 2003 and 2006 LSAC Annual Meeting and Educational Conferences.
Wendy Margolis
Director of Communications
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