All you need to know: Every SAT changes by 2024

The College Board revealed a raft of new SAT college admissions exam adjustments on Tuesday.

The College Board said on its website that after successfully testing the SAT in November, it will be taking it entirely online.

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“The digital SAT will be easier to take, easier to give, and more relevant,” Priscilla Rodriguez, vice president of the College Board’s College Readiness Assessments, agreed.

“We’re not simply putting the current SAT on a digital platform—we’re taking full advantage of what delivering an assessment digitally makes possible. With input from educators and students, we are adapting to ensure we continue to meet their evolving needs.”

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The shift to digital isn’t the only change. The new test will take two hours instead of three to finish.

For the entire Math section, students can utilise calculators. In previous versions, calculators were disallowed in some places.

The paragraphs in the Reading part will be shorter, with only one question per passage. They will be more similar to the works that students are taught in class.

Another change is that scores will be provided to students and teachers in days rather than weeks.

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The improvements were made in response to the favourable response to the digital test in November 2021. According to the College Board, 80 percent of students and 100 percent of educators said they had a good time.

“It felt a lot less stressful, and whole lot quicker than I thought it’d be,” said one Virginia student. “The shorter passages helped me concentrate more on what the question wanted me to do. Plus, you don’t have to remember to bring a calculator or a pencil.”

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The average charge for taking the SAT was not included in the new statement, which was a notable omission. The cost of taking the SAT during the 2021-2022 academic year, according to a prior post revised in June 2021, is $55, not counting regional costs for overseas students.

In 2023, the new digital-only edition of the SAT will be distributed internationally, with distribution in the United States beginning in 2024.