The controversial SAT college-entrance exam will move to an all-digital format with shorter, more concise content that is expected to better prevent cheating and widen access
The duration of the test, which will be administered at schools and testing centers with proctors, will be cut from three to two hours. Long reading passages will be shortened.
SAT test-takers dropped from 2.2 million in the class of 2020 to 1.5 million the following year, rising to 1.7 million so far for current high school seniors. The College Board declined to provide data on SAT test revenue during those years.Critics of college admissions testing have said standardized tests don’t predict college academic performance as well as high school grades do and produce biased results based on race, income and parents’ education level.
She said feedback from students, parents and colleges prompted many of the changes. One concern has been the risk of security breaches when paper tests are shipped across the globe and compromised — as has occurred in South Korea and China, leading to widespread test cancellations. Such problems in part prompted the College Board to step up efforts to develop a more secure digital test over the last few years, Rodriguez said.
Kirsten Amematsro, a Virginia high school sophomore who took the pilot digital test last fall, said she much preferred the more concise reading format.
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