The College Investor on MSN

Is the SAT being dumbed down? Johns Hopkins study finds vocabulary questions fell 83%

Key Points ・A new Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy study found vocabulary questions on the SAT’s verbal section ...

Kids today are taking a totally different SAT — and a new study says it might be less rigorous

The SAT isn’t asking kids the same vocabulary and reading questions that previous generations had to answer, per a new study ...

ACT vs. SAT: How to Decide Which Test to Take

For the SAT, total scores range from 400 to 1600; for the ACT, the composite score runs from 1 to 36. Those ranges do not ...
CNN

Should the SAT still matter after all these years? Why some colleges are bringing it back

Generations of American teens have taken the SAT, a blood-pressure-raising multi-hour exam they are told could make or break their academic futures. The longest-enduring standardized college ...
Forbes

6 Arguments Against The SAT—And Why They Don’t Hold Up

The SAT and ACT have long been attacked as biased and open to manipulation, and the pandemic has helped weaken their influence. But if we understand what the tests measure, they have some value.
Forbes

What To Know About The New Digital SAT

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. As the CEO of Command Education, I write about emotionally intelligent leadership and education. In December 2023, the College ...
Los Angeles Times

Grades vs. SAT scores: Which is a better predictor of college success?

As a student at Kaiser High School in Fontana two years ago, Melissa Morfin-Acevedo bombed her SAT test, scoring in the bottom third percentile nationally. The daughter of an immigrant single mother ...
U.S. News & World Report

What the PSAT Is and What to Know About the Exam

The PSAT serves as practical training for the SAT. High achievers can qualify for scholarship money. Free study resources are available online. Students who plan to take the SAT as part of their ...
Teen Vogue

The SAT Test Is Going Digital. Here’s What You Need to Know.

This article was originally published by The 19th. College-bound students will soon get the chance to experience the SAT like never before. For the first time in the United States, the standardized ...
Hindustan Times

SAT preparation simplified: Test Structure, preparation strategy and official learning resources

Every year, thousands of students in the United States, India, and other countries set their sights on higher education, with the SAT serving as a crucial stepping stone to their dreams. Thousands of ...
Washington Post

The SAT is going digital and getting much shorter. Say goodbye to No. 2 pencils on testing day.

The SAT college admission exam will soon go fully digital, ditching paper test booklets and answer sheets, and get much shorter, shrinking from three hours to two. Those changes and others announced ...
CNN

The SAT exam is now fully digital

The SAT college admissions exam is now entirely online. Rather than filling in a bubble answer sheet with a No. 2 pencil, US test-takers will be using a computer. US test-takers will use the fully ...