Digital SAT


Digital SAT

Digital SAT Policy: Changes, Progressions. And How to Cope Up With Them


Introduction
The digital SAT Suite reflects both similarities and differences compared to the SAT Suite given during the 2015-2016 school year. Essentially, it is an improved version of the current SAT Suite. The digital tests cover similar content to the paper tests and still align with college and career readiness requirements and state standards.

The primary difference between the two suites lies in the shift to digital and adaptive testing methods, a significant decrease in test length, and changes in test question format, especially in reading and writing assessments. This results in assessments that maintain the solid foundations of the paper-based suite while incorporating new features such as flexibility, efficiency, focus, relevance, and security to meet the current educational needs and demands of users.

This section starts by discussing the aspects that remain the same in the digital suite as compared to the paper-based suite and then goes on to explain the modifications brought about by the move to digital testing in the SAT Suite.

What will remain the same?
Measure students' skills and knowledge relevant to college and career readiness
Scored on the same scales as the previous paper-based tests
SAT score will still be on the 400-1600 scale
Provide students and educators with the ability to monitor progress through a comprehensive, grade-level aligned suite of assessments from 8th grade to high school
Include benchmark scores based on empirical data and aligned with college and career readiness standards
Administered in schools and testing centers with a proctor
Offer free, high-quality practice resources through Official SAT Practice on Khan Academy® to prepare students for test day and help develop relevant knowledge and skills
Connect students to scholarships and the College Board's National Recognition Programs
Provide accommodations and support for all students who need help accessing the tests and their content.

  • Incorporate reading and writing passages covering a variety of academic subjects and text complexities
  • Emphasize the use of evidence, both textual and quantitative.
  • Focus on the high-value academic vocabulary used in the context.
  • Stress the importance of revising and editing writing to improve expression, achieve rhetorical goals, and demonstrate proficiency in standard English sentence structure, usage, and punctuation.
  • Continue to emphasize the math most relevant for college and career readiness.
  • Include both contextual and non-contextual math problems.
  • Use a mix of multiple-choice and student-generated response questions in the Math section.
  • Incorporate reading and writing passages covering a variety of academic subjects and text complexities.
  • Emphasize the use of evidence, both textual and quantitative.
  • Focus on the high-value academic vocabulary used in the context.
  • Stress the importance of revising and editing writing to improve expression, achieve rhetorical goals, and demonstrate proficiency in standard English sentence structure, usage, and punctuation.
  • Continue to emphasize the math most relevant for college and career readiness.
  • Include both contextual and non-contextual math problems.
  • Use a mix of multiple-choice and student-generated response questions in the Math section.
The digital SAT Suite is similar to the previous paper-based suite in terms of content and is based on evidence of essential skills for college and career readiness. It is aligned with college admission requirements and state academic standards. The digital tests have the same key psychometric features that users expect from College Board.

The digital SAT Suite tests maintain the same level of difficulty as the previous paper-based tests. Efforts to improve the test-taking experience do not mean the tests themselves have been made easier. They still measure students' mastery of the necessary knowledge and skills for college and workforce readiness, which are demanding. Hence, the assessments must also be challenging.

The digital SAT Suite tests retain the same level of difficulty as the previous paper-based tests. To maintain this level of rigor, the following measures have been taken:

  • The digital-suite tests match their paper-based predecessors in terms of measuring college and career readiness prerequisites.
  • College Board works with experts to ensure tests are challenging and assess necessary knowledge and skills.
  • Robust content development and psychometric processes ensure digital-suite test questions are comparable in difficulty to paper-and-pencil tests.
What is Changing?
College Board has taken advantage of the move to digital testing to improve and streamline the SAT Suite assessments, while still maintaining their proven rigor and relevance. These improvements are evident in the assessment suite as a whole and the individual test sections.

  • The digital SAT Suite assessments are shorter, about 2 hours instead of 3 hours.
  • Test takers have more time per question, making it a measure of skills and knowledge rather than test-taking speed.
  • Scores are received faster, in days instead of weeks.
  • SAT Suite will connect students to opportunities and resources through digital score reports.
  • Tests will be more secure with each student taking a unique version of the test.
  • Increased flexibility for states, schools, and districts in terms of test administration.
To know about the changes brought about in the reading and writing section, click here.

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