What you need to know about the SAT:

The College Board released important information, this January 2022, about what the near future holds for the SAT.

For the class of 2025 (U.S. high schools) and the class of 2024 (international):

Starting with you, your SAT will be fully online on a personal laptop or device. It will be  adaptive, with each section divided into two modules – meaning that the difficulty level of the questions in the second module, will be dependent on your performance on the first module.

The two areas assessed will still be Reading/Writing, and Math, with the score range on each of the two between 200 and 800.

However, the test will be shortened to only 2 hours total, with a calculator used for all of the Math and shorter word problems, and the Reading/Writing section consisting of shorter passages and just one question per passage. This is about one-third less time than it currently takes to complete the test – a bit less of a marathon session.

And, in addition to the testing being a faster experience, given the online format, test scoring will be complete within days, versus weeks. This will allow for more opportunity to assess performance and make decisions about how to utilize test scores in various colleges’ application processes.

Note that, for the class of 2024 *internationally, the new testing will go into effect in 2023 fall; therefor, you may end up with some of your test sittings in the old/paper format, and some in the new format – an adjustment you will need to make as you go through your planning process (or perhaps plan to avoid if you can complete your testing by spring of 2023).

For those with accommodations for test-taking that require a paper-based test, you will be granted that accommodation regardless of the stage of the new online test rollout.