DIGITAL SAT LAUNCHES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, COMPLETING THE TRANSITION TO DIGITAL AND PROVIDING A SIMPLER TESTING EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS
NEW YORK, March 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- College Board this weekend launched the new, digital SAT® to students across the United States. The digital SAT provides a shorter test, with more time per question, and an overall streamlined testing experience for students and educators. The March 9 administration completes the transition of the SAT Suite of Assessments to digital testing after the digital SAT launched internationally in March 2023, the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®) and PSAT™ 8/9 in fall 2023, and the PSAT™ 10 and SAT School Day last week.
- The digital SAT provides a shorter test, with more time per question, and an overall streamlined testing experience for students and educators.
- In March, 99.8% of SAT Weekend digital test takers successfully completed their exam and submitted their results via Bluebook™, College Board's new digital testing app.
- In addition, over 400,000 students took the digital SAT, PSAT 10, and PSAT 8/9 during the school day last week.
- "We made the transition to a digital SAT in response to what students and educators were telling us.