Changes are coming to the SAT.
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The SAT goes digital. College Board, which is the group behind the standardized check typically utilized in faculty admissions choices, on Tuesday launched a sequence of what it known as “student-friendly” adjustments to the examination.
Those adjustments embody shortening the check to 2 hours as an alternative of three, presenting shorter studying passages and permitting using calculators on the entire math portion.
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“We’re not merely placing the present SAT on a digital platform — we’re taking full benefit of what delivering an evaluation digitally makes doable,” Priscilla Rodriguez, vp of College Readiness Assessments at College Board, mentioned in a press release.
Students will be capable to use their very own gadgets, school-issued gadgets, or a laptop computer or pill supplied by the College Board to take the examination. The adjustments will go into impact internationally in 2023 and within the US in 2024.
The choice follows a November 2021 pilot program, through which 80% of scholars responding mentioned they discovered the digital expertise to be much less aggravating.
