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Here's When SAT Will Go Completely Online, College Board Says Here's When SAT Will Go Completely Online, College Board Says
Here's When SAT Will Go Completely Online, College Board Says The SAT, a standardized test used for college admissions, is set to move to a completely digital format. Students outside of the United States will start taking the SAT digitally in 2023, and in the US, the digital test will start being administered in 2024, the College Board announced on Tuesday, Jan. 25. According to the announcement, a variety of other changes will be made to the exam.  The digital test will be shortened to about two hours instead of three, with shorter reading passages and topics that "will reflect a wider range of topics that represent the works students read in …

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by Nicole Valinote
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UConn Starts Three-Year Trial Dropping SAT, ACT Requirement UConn Starts Three-Year Trial Dropping SAT, ACT Requirement
UConn Starts Three-Year Trial Dropping SAT, ACT Requirement The University of Connecticut is taking a new approach in their undergraduate admissions process, at least for the next three years. UConn announced this week that it is entering a three-year pilot program to “study whether the policies influence its student success rates and increase accessibility to talented students who otherwise face barriers associated with the tests,” including SAT and ACT scores. “While UConn had already been considering whether to pilot a test-optional process, the COVID-19 pandemic added impetus by exacerbating the underlying issues, since high school students curr…

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by Zak Failla