{"id":8618,"date":"2024-03-22T14:40:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T19:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.academicapproach.com\/?p=8618"},"modified":"2024-03-26T08:40:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T13:40:53","slug":"the-first-digital-sat-score-release-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.academicapproach.com\/the-first-digital-sat-score-release-what-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Digital SAT Score Release: What to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Students receiving their scores from the March SAT are a special group\u2014they were the first (American) students to take the new, digital version of the SAT. The new version of the test is shorter and adaptive<\/em> \u2013 meaning students will see different questions later in the test depending on how they perform on earlier sections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Because the structure and content of the digital SAT are brand new, many students went into the test with plenty of questions about what they\u2019d see. College Board had released four full-length practice tests on their digital testing platform. However, students reported that the official test felt much<\/em> more difficult than the practice tests, especially in math. Many students also struggled more with timing on the official test when compared to those practice tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Of particular interest on this first digital SAT was the adaptive test structure. The digital SAT consists of two sections, Reading and Writing and Math, each made up of two modules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first module of each section contains a mix of questions at a variety of difficulty levels. Performance on the first module is determined based on which<\/em> questions students got right, not just the overall number correct\u2014hard questions are more heavily weighted in an adaptive test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending on how well students do on that first module, they will see an easier or harder second module. This can have a major impact on scores, as students routed to the easier second module will have a ceiling on the maximum score they can earn on the test overall. <\/p>\n\n\n\nNew Test, New Questions<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What About the Score?<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n