The digital SAT is an adaptive test, which means that scoring is a lot more complicated than it used to be. Wondering how it works?
Brenna O’Neill, President of Test Innovators, joined Mike Bergin and Amy Seeley on theTests and the Restpodcast for an in-depth discussion on digital SAT scoring. Listen to the episode to learn how multistage adaptive scoring works on the digital SAT, why some questions are worth more than others, and what these changes mean for students on test day.
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The SAT is now a computer adaptive test. The new digital SAT covers essentially the same content. However, it has an entirely new format and is 46 minutes shorter than the old paper test.
Check out our side-by-side comparison of the digital and paper SAT to learn more...
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