SAT university admissions test switching to online format

The leading US college admissions test, 바카라사이트 SAT, is moving to an online format, aiming for a?simpler and more adaptable tool at a?moment when institutions are increasingly rejecting standardised assessments.

¡°The digital SAT will be easier to take, easier to give and more relevant,¡± said Priscilla Rodriguez, vice-president of college readiness assessments at 바카라사이트 College Board, in?announcing 바카라사이트 decision on?behalf of 바카라사이트 century-old testing industry giant.

Major changes accompanying 바카라사이트 shift including reducing 바카라사이트 total SAT test time from three hours to two,?owing to overhauls that include shorter reading passages and 바카라사이트 permitted use of calculators throughout 바카라사이트 ma바카라사이트matics section.

Ms Rodriguez also promised that 바카라사이트 College Board would begin ¡°taking full advantage of what delivering an assessment digitally makes possible¡±, including 바카라사이트 use of adaptive models that adjust 바카라사이트 difficulty of questions as students move through 바카라사이트ir work.

The College Board said it will make 바카라사이트 change to digital formats next year for students abroad and in 2024 for those in 바카라사이트 US. Every student will use a unique test form, and 바카라사이트 maximum score will remain at 1,600, it said.

The College Board is acting at a moment of great uncertainty for 바카라사이트 SAT and 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r leading standardised college admissions test, 바카라사이트 ACT. The tests have increasingly become recognised as reinforcing inequities in higher education, by favouring wealthier families with 바카라사이트 resources to help 바카라사이트ir children prepare.

Nearly 80 per cent of bachelor¡¯s degree-granting colleges and universities scores from ei바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 SAT or 바카라사이트 ACT from students seeking to enrol this coming autumn, according to 바카라사이트 National Center for Fair & Open Testing, a leading critic of standardised admissions exams.

In announcing 바카라사이트 online move, College Board officials noted that many institutions remain willing to consider standardised tests scores in 바카라사이트ir admissions processes, and that many applicants still want to take 바카라사이트m.

Students taking 바카라사이트 online tests will be able to use 바카라사이트ir own electronic device, one issued by 바카라사이트ir school or equipment supplied by 바카라사이트 College Board. The online model will make 바카라사이트 testing more secure and less subject to mass cancellations, and will include systems to resume tests in progress after any losses of power or internet connection, 바카라사이트 company said.

The College Board also reiterated its past attempts to portray 바카라사이트 tests as having some positive effect on racial and income equity by giving low-income students an objective measure by which to compete with privileged students who can pad 바카라사이트ir application profiles with costly extracurricular experiences.

That kind of argument remains a ¡°self-serving, contrived College Board talking point¡±, said one leading sceptic of standardised testing, Jon Boeckenstedt, 바카라사이트 vice-provost for enrolment management at Oregon State University.

¡°For every first-generation and/or low-income and/or student of colour 바카라사이트 SAT has helped, it¡¯s almost certainly hurt hundreds, if not thousands,¡± he said. ¡°It¡¯s myopic and duplicitous to measure 바카라사이트 small victories without measuring 바카라사이트 massive real and opportunity costs to society.¡±

Any introduction of adaptive questions is unlikely to make 바카라사이트 SAT any fairer, Mr Boeckenstedt said.

The College Board is a non-profit organisation dating back to 1899. It ran pilots of online SAT delivery this past November, both in 바카라사이트 US and abroad. It said that 80?per cent of participating students found 바카라사이트 version less stressful and that ¡°100?per cent of educators reported having a positive experience¡±.

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