What’s changing and what’s staying.

There are major changes happening to the SAT from coming year.  The exam will be shifting to digital format and reduced to two hours

According to College Board these are student friendly changes, with Prisciilla Rodriguez (vice president of College Readiness Assessments at the College Board) saying, “The digital SAT will be easier to take, easier to give, and more relevant.”

The shorter, digital SAT will go live in 2023 and 2024:

• March 2023: International test centers will begin administering the digital SAT.
• Fall 2023: All test centers will administer the digital PSAT.
• Spring 2024: Test centers in the U.S. will begin administering the digital SAT.

What’s changing?

The newest version of the SAT will look and feel different in several key ways.

• The test will last for about two hours (shrinking by one hour).
• There will be two sections—a Reading & Writing section and a Math section—instead of four.
  • Reading passages will be shorter, and students will answer only one question per passage.
  • Students will have more time per question.

Students will take the test on a laptop or tablet.

• A digital testing app will need to be downloaded before test day. The digital testing app should save students’ progress while they work, even if they lose Internet access or their computer crashes.
• Students will have access to a series of tools through the digital testing app, including a timer, a calculator, a reference sheet, and a flagging tool to mark questions for review.
• Students can use a calculator on the entire Math section.Students can bring their  own or use the one built into the testing app.
• The test will be adaptive. Each section will begin with an introductory module. A student’s performance on that first set of questions will determine the difficulty level of the subsequent questions they see. 
• Scores will be released Students will receive their scores in days instead of weeks.
• There will be more test dates for international students.In 2023, the College Board will add two international test dates to the calendar, matching the number of administrations offered to students in the U.S.

What’s staying the same?

• Some aspects of the SAT will remain the same.
• Students will take the test at a school or test center, not at home.
• Scores will be out of 1600. Each section (Reading & Writing and Math) will be scored on an 800-point scale.
• Both sections will feature multiple-choice questions.The Math section will also include questions that students must answer by entering their solutions directly into the app.

What does this mean for students?

Students planning to take the SAT in 2022 should stick to their current test prep plans. Nothing is changing for international or domestic test-takers this year.

International students planning to test in 2023 and domestic students planning to test in 2024 should stay tuned for further updates.

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