The digital SAT is the newest version of the SAT being rolled out by the college board. It is an adaptive version of the SAT that will be administered entirely online. Changes are being made to the English and math sections, but the digital version will be comparable to the current SAT version.
When will it affect me?
As of the spring of 2024, only the digital SAT will be available. December 2023 will mark the final printed version of the SAT on paper. Therefore, the 2023 juniors taking the SAT in the Spring of 2024 will be the first group to have no option other than the Digital SAT version.
High school students who will be freshmen and sophomores in 2023 will only take the digital SAT.
How is it structured?
The Digital SAT is adaptive and will only consist of two sections: English (Reading/Writing) and Math. Each section has two modules. Based on the performance in the first section, the second one will be adjusted to match the level. Without reaching the harder version of the module, the score would stay in the range of 800-1200 out of 1600. If the student does reach the harder version of the module, the score range will be 1200-1600/1600.
How has it changed?
The overall time of testing is shorter than the original SAT, moving to 64 minutes for English and 70 minutes for Math. The total time it will take is 134 minutes or 2 hours and 14 minutes. The new adaptive testing is there so that, even with the shorter test, it can accurately measure the student’s aptitude.
The biggest change in the content is in the English section. These changes include a higher reading level, more emphasis on vocabulary, and structure change (small paragraphs/poems/lists for each question)
In the Math section, the amount of topics tested has been reduced. There are no more imaginary and complex numbers and simpler word problems.
Our Approach to Preparation
The standard test for college admittance, we understand the need to get as close to 1600 as possible. We are planning to keep our general approach the same. Our personalized curriculum takes the best strategies from every guide and practice book out there. In three stages we cover the basic questions for an easy point boost, the less frequent types that keep students from that 700 range, and then questions that students are supposed to miss!
- Phase 1: Complete curriculum discussion. This phase covers a detailed discussion of all reading, writing concepts, and math concepts. The most commonly tested concepts, faster-solving methods, useful formulas, and tricks. We encourage taking notes and we solve at least one practice book.
- Phase 2: Stress testing and identifying weaknesses. The students are given timed partial and sectional tests. As we progress into the course, the tests gradually get harder, and the time is reduced to challenge the students. This process is very effective in identifying the areas of weakness and better time management. We emphasize maintaining the records of the score and weak topics.
- Phase 3: Full Tests, review, and Strengthening. We review the topics identified in Phase Two and assign more personalized practices to individual students catering to their needs. This is followed by full tests and review sessions. Students will complete 10+ Full Practice proctored tests.
How is our method of preparation changing?
In Stages 2 and 3, Coherence will be giving full-length Digital SAT tests, similar to how they will officially take it, through an online program. This testing gives them the ability to analyze tests to find a student’s weak point and compare it against scoring all across the country to see how they did. This also provides extra practice questions, specific to the questions they get wrong, in order to fine-tune their scores. Due to the major changes in English, the Phase 1 curriculum will change. Their English preparation will adjust to work on shorter-form passages rather than the long-form ones on the old SAT. The content will involve an increased focus on rhetoric strategies, vocabulary, and literary reading (poems, plays, classical writing, etc.).
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