THE DIGITAL SAT: HOW IT STARTED AND HOW IT’S GOING

Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast

A year ago, an innovative new digital adaptive SAT came to the United States–a year after its first appearance internationally. This is the perfect time to find out how College Board feels about both the obstacles and opportunities encountered over this historic transition. Amy and Mike invited Vice President of SAT Suite Program Maureen Forman to talk all about the digital SAT: how it started and how it’s going.

What are five things you will learn in this episode?

1. Looking back, what were the most substantial challenges in transforming the SAT to a digital adaptive test?

2. What were the most positive outcomes from the digital transition?

3. What is the current and projected state of the Bluebook practice tests and question bank?

4. What is the role of Khan Academy as College Board’s Official Digital SAT Prep Partner?

5. What can students and educators expect from College Board through 2025?

MEET OUR GUEST

Maureen Forman is the Vice President, SAT Suite Program and Innovation for College Board. Like many of our listeners, Maureen considers herself an educator first and began her career as a high school teacher in the School District of Philadelphia with the New Teacher Project. She earned her Masters in Education from Eastern University before moving into her work with education technology almost 15 years ago.

Maureen’s earliest experiences in product management and edtech implementation consulting were with Naviance, a popular college and career readiness application designed to support high school counselors and students’ college, career, and life readiness. Maureen joined College Board in 2018 and in partnership with hundreds of dedicated College Board employees, helped to lead the digital transformation of the SAT Suite of assessments which culminated with the final delivery of the world’s last paper-based SAT in December 2023.

Learn more about the SAT at https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/.

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SAT Suite of Assessments

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Tests and the Rest is THE college admissions industry podcast. Explore all of our episodes on the show page.

ABOUT YOUR HOSTS

Mike Bergin is the president of Chariot Learning and founder of TestBright. Amy Seeley is the president of Seeley Test Pros and LEAP. If you’re interested in working with Mike and/or Amy for test preparation, training, or consulting, feel free to get in touch through our contact page.