College board SAT pratice tests vs the actual SAT test

evergreen5
Sun, 10 Feb 2019 15:19:27 +0000

Official Practice Tests #5-8 were actual prior administrations of the SAT. #8 was given in Jan 2017.

College Board tends to give a new batch of test forms in June to small portions of test takers, I believe as part of the scaling process, and then uses those forms throughout the following school year. Since last June (with the exception of August, which was a reuse from the prior year), the tests have had fewer difficult questions, per the SAS, with harsher scoring scales in comparison to tests from the prior school year. It’s unclear how long this will continue going forward; it could change in June.