Standardized Tests Like the SAT Are Being Made Easier for Struggling Students

SAT Cuts Reading Passages to Social Media Length

The College Board has drastically reduced the length of reading passages on the digital SAT—from 500–750 words to just 25–150 words—similar to a social media post. The move comes as part of a 2024 overhaul that made the test shorter, adaptive, and fully digital, designed to give students more time per question. Under the new model, each short passage contains only one question. The College Board asserts this format is “more efficient” for the ad…

Standardized Tests Like the SAT Are Being Made Easier for Struggling Students

"The way adaptive testing was implemented in the new SAT, though, caused eye-popping ripple effects—for those who were looking, that is."