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On Wednesday, March 2, 2016 every public school high school junior in the state of Connecticut

The SAT has replaced the 11th grade SBAC test as the capstone indicator of a student’s college readiness in math and english/language arts.  In addition to this being the first time the state is administering the SAT to all students, it will also be the first time that the College Board is administering the SAT in its new format.

With so many changes afoot, I wanted to try and answer some of the questions that you might have.

Where will the test be administered?

Juniors will take the test in their own high school during the regular high school day.

How do we register for the test?

If a student is in the College Board system (if he or she has already taken a PSAT), then the student will be registered by their school.  If [...]

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SATs have changed over the years and their importance growing (the latest changes come into effect March 2016).

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The SAT test you took in high school remains one of the primary means by which institutions of

higher learning assess a student’s readiness for college.  However, that same SAT test is being dramatically redesigned. For one, it will now have a maximum score of 1600.  What’s that you say? The SAT test maximum score was always 1600.   Well almost.  Ten years ago, a written essay was added to the SAT and the maximum score was increased to 2400.  Other than reinstating the “old” 1600 score, the new SAT may be hard to recognize.

Future articles will describe 1) how the revised SAT is being brought into alignment with the Common Core standards being used throughout Connecticut’s schools and 2) how the new SAT test may replace the mandatory SBAC test currently administered to our 11th graders.  This article will focus on the structural changes to the test.

The new SAT actually more closely resembles [...]