First-Ever Fully Online SAT Exam: What You Need to Know 📱

SAT to Be Taken Completely Online , for First Time.<br />Since the college admissions exam was <br />adopted almost 100 years ago, test-takers have <br />used pencils and paper to log their answers.<br />But beginning on March 9, students across America will take the test with computers and tablets for the first time, NBC News reports. .<br />The digital test is shorter than <br />the written test by one hour.<br />Students still have to take the test while <br />being monitored. They cannot take it at home.<br />No other program or application can <br />be running while taking the test.<br />While SATs are no longer required by <br />many schools, students are still allowed <br />to submit their scores for consideration.<br />Meanwhile, some schools are considering reintroducing the test as a requirement. .<br />The College Board hopes to win over <br />skeptics with its new digital offering.<br />The College Board hopes to win over <br />skeptics with its new digital offering.<br />Claims that are made about inequities <br />around standardized testing — that on a <br />macro level is something that, of course we <br />pay attention to, of course we care about, Priscilla Rodriguez, who leads the college readiness assessments division at the College Board, via statement.<br />But performance differences on tests <br />like the SAT mirror performance differences <br />seen in every standardized assessment given <br />in this country, going back to tests that are <br />given to kids in third grade, Priscilla Rodriguez, who leads the college readiness assessments division at the College Board, via statement.<br />In 2023, approximately 1.9 million students <br />took the SAT compared to 1.7 million <br />in 2022, the College Board said