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The SAT is the oldest and probably the best known college admissions tests . Most schools accept SAT scores for admissions and also use them to award scholarships.

• Overview of the Digital SAT

• The digital SAT has undergone significant changes, now consisting of only 98 questions to be completed in 2 hours and 24 minutes, including a 10-minute break.
• Students now have the option to bring their own laptops or tablets for the exam, while loaner devices (specifically Chromebooks) are provided to those who request them in advance.
• The digital SAT requires internet connectivity and is designed to resume from where the test-taker left off in case of technical issues like computer crashes, freezes, power loss, or loss of internet signal.
• It's important to note that the digital SAT is not an at-home exam; it must be taken at an official, proctored College Board testing center on a designated SAT test date, such as a local high school.
• The exam now comprises two main sections: a combined Reading and Writing section and a Math section. Each section lasts approximately one hour and consists of two modules. The exam follows a "section-level adaptive format," where the difficulty level of the second module is determined by the test-taker's performance in the first module of the same type. On average, questions in the second module carry 1.4 times more weight towards the score compared to questions in the first module.
• The Reading and Writing sections consist of two modules, each lasting 32 minutes and containing 27 questions. The Math sections also have two modules, with each lasting 35 minutes and containing 22 questions. Overall, the actual testing time amounts to 134 minutes. Additionally, there is a 10-minute break after the second Reading and Writing module. Each module includes two experimental or "pretest" questions that do not contribute to the final score.
• The College Board aims to provide faster score returns, but currently, scores take around two weeks to be delivered. The digital SAT also includes various features called "Testing Tools," such as a countdown timer, a math reference page with common formulas, and options to mark questions for review, annotate, and zoom.
• Test-takers can either bring their approved calculators or use the provided on-screen calculator from Desmos, which is available on iOS, Android, and desktop platforms. The student-produced responses, also known as "grid-in" answers, can include negatives and up to five digits.
• While the exam content has mostly remained the same, some additional topics and skills are now tested on the digital SAT, such as poetry and synthesizing information from notes. Certain content and question types have been removed or de-emphasized, as is typical with changes in SAT formats. The Math section now covers topics like proportions, functions, systems of equations, geometry, coordinate geometry, number properties, and parabolas. Furthermore, the Reading and Writing section places a greater emphasis on college-level vocabulary and sentence completions.
• Unfortunately, the Question and Answer Service previously offered for the paper-based SAT has been discontinued for the digital SAT. Students no longer have the opportunity to review the actual questions they answered on exam day. Despite this, the College Board plans to release four new Bluebook practice tests per year instead. The next set of Bluebook exams can be expected around October 2023.
• The Reading and Writing section has undergone significant changes, transitioning from five long passages with 10 or 11 questions each to shorter passages from a wider range of sources. Each passage is accompanied by a single question.