Does anyone have insights or knowledge about how the new SAT format, introduced in March 2024, might be affecting scores five the test is now fully digital, adaptive (adjusting in difficulty based on performance), and includes some questions that require written answers instead of multiple-choice options?
Though it may be too early to tell - only six or seven new SATs have been administered thus far - it does seem that given the test is markedly different that scores would also be impacted.
I’m pretty sure you can get “tiered”(if you don’t do well enough on the first part, the 2nd part is easier but you can’t get as high of a score). I found it to be easier, although I took the PSAT online- not the SAT. Not really sure how the scoring works now.
Scores are normed on a bell curve, so there will always be 1% at the 99th percentile and above and so on. People may score differently, but it’s curved each time, and it always has been. So, the same percent of students will get a 1500, etc.
The SAT is not curved, CB uses an equating process to adjust scores.
Equating is Not Grading on a Curve
Some students and parents confuse “equating” with “grading” on a curve,” but it’s not the same thing. When a test is scored on a curve, the score may change depending on how everyone
else performed on the test. A student’s SAT score is based only on how they perform and is never affected by another student’s performance.
Ok, basically what I was saying is, there will always be 1% of the students at the 99th percentile, and so on. So even if the test changes, the scores and percentiles will be given to the same amount of students. The top 1% of students will be in the 99th percentile.