Table Of ContentDigital SAT® Preview: What to
Expect + Tips and Strategies
Brian W. Stewart, M.Ed.
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Brian W. Stewart is the founder and President of BWS Education
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Columbus, Ohio. He has worked with thousands of students both in-person
and online to help them improve their test scores and earn admission to
selective schools. Brian is a graduate of Princeton University (A.B.) and
The Ohio State University (M.Ed.). You can connect with Brian at
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Contents
The Digital SAT
Digital SAT Format
Test Length
Test Format
Test Dates
Scoring
Reading and Writing
Math
10 Suggestions to Help You Do Your Best
When Will We Learn More?
SAT Test Overview
Reading & Writing Module 1: 32 Minutes, 27 Questions
Reading & Writing Module 2: 32 Minutes, 27 Questions
Math Module 1: 35 Minutes, 22 Questions
Math Module 2: 35 Minutes, 22 Questions
Practice Test Solutions
Reading Module 1 Solutions
Reading Module 2 Solutions
Math Module 1 Solutions
Math Module 2 Solutions
Digital SAT Scoring Chart
The Digital SAT
Starting in spring 2023 for international test-takers and spring 2024 for U.S.
test-takers, the SAT is scheduled to shift to a digital format. The new digital
SAT will have two Evidence-Based Reading & Writing modules (sections)
and two Math modules. The test will be adaptive—the second modules of
both Reading/Writing and Math will change in difficulty based on how
students do on the first modules of each type. Students who perform better
on the first modules will have more challenging questions in the second
modules, whereas students who do not perform as well on the first will have
easier questions in the second. Here is a summary of the new Digital SAT
format:
Digital SAT Format
SAT Module Format
Reading & Writing One 32 Minutes, 27 Questions, Standard
Difficulty
Reading & Writing Two 32 Minutes, 27 Questions, Adaptive
Difficulty (easier or harder
questions depending on how you
did on the first Reading/Writing
section)
Break—10 Minutes
Math One 35 Minutes, 22 Questions, Standard
Difficulty
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SAT Module Format
Math Two 35 Minutes, 22 Questions, Adaptive
Difficulty (easier or harder
questions depending on how you
did on the first Math section)
International students who take the SAT prior to 2023 and U.S. students
who take the SAT prior to 2024 will continue to take the SAT in its current
paper-based form. The digital SAT will be offered in proctored testing
environments—schools and testing centers. It will not be given at home. If
you are unsure about whether you should try the paper-based SAT prior to
this switch, carefully consider the similarities and differences between the
current SAT and the new digital SAT:
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Test Length
Current SAT Digital SAT
• Over 3 hours long, • A little over 2 hours long;
including breaks and assesses the same skills as
administration the longer SAT by using an
adaptive format.
• 65 minutes for Reading
• Note that the test is
• 35 minutes for Writing &
adaptive by section, not by
Language
question.
• 25 minutes for Non-
Calculator Math
• Less time needed for test
• 55 minutes for Calculator
administration because
Math
students can download the
testing app ahead of time.
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Test Format
Current SAT Digital SAT
• One test form is used for all • Different test questions are
students on a particular test adapted for different
day. students.
• Paper test booklets are • Test is taken on laptops that
provided with Scantron students provide or test
answer sheets. centers make available.
• Students can go back to • Students can still go back
questions within a section and review questions
before time is called. (questions can be flagged).
• Students should bring their • Countdown clock and
own watches and calculator are built into the
calculators—these are not program, although students
provided. can still bring a watch and
calculator if they would
• Students can write on the
like.
test booklet.
• Students can write on
• Experimental questions
provided scrap paper.
(ones that don’t count
toward the score), if given, • A few experimental
are in a section after the questions are incorporated
scored portion of the test. into each test section.
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Test Dates
Current SAT Digital SAT
• Seven national test dates in • Seven national test dates in
the United States the United States
• Five international test dates • Seven international test
dates
• Whole-school test days
• Schools can test different
groups of students on
different days.
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