USA Today: SAT writing portion good predictor of grades

The controversial new writing portion of the SAT is actually a better predictor of grades for freshmen college students than the older, more-established, critical reading and mathematics portions, according to preliminary results of two new studies.

If I recall correctly, the "older" SAT was never a great predictor of college GPA (and that it over-predicted the GPA of white males and under-predicted that of everybody else).