The SAT Puts It All On The Line

📝→💻 The SAT is going digital. The transition will begin internationally in March 2023 and in the US in March 2024, and will also include the PSAT. Test-takers will be allowed to use their own laptops or tablets, but they’ll still have to sit in person at a monitored site, not at home.

• The new test will take about two hours, down from three. Reading passages will be shorter and followed by a single question and math problems will be less wordy, executives at the College Board say.
• A growing number of schools have eliminated standardized tests from their application process, citing concerns that scores are often closely tied to a student’s wealth or race.
• This year, more than 76% of all four-year colleges and universities won’t mandate an entrance exam score for admissions, per the nonprofit FairTest.
• Roughly 1.5 million members of the class of 2021 took the SAT at least once, down from 2.2 million in the previous year according to the College Board.

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