[ti:SAT College Exam Moves to Computer-Based Test]
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[00:00.04]The maker of a test some colleges use to decide who to accept,
[00:06.36]the SAT, said it will stop offering students paper tests by 2024.
[00:16.00]The SAT is a standardized test.
[00:20.56]That means it is the same for everyone who takes it on the same date.
[00:27.32]The College Board in New York City creates the SAT and PSAT tests.
[00:35.00]Most American students take these tests before applying to college.
[00:41.72]The organization said it will no longer provide paper tests
[00:47.32]for international students in 2023
[00:51.64]and, a year later, for American students.
[00:56.64]The test also will be one hour shorter
[01:00.48]and given to students on a computer, the organization said.
[01:07.12]However, students will still need
[01:10.20]to take the test at a school or testing center.
[01:15.52]Priscilla Rodriguez is the vice president
[01:18.96]for college readiness at the College Board.
[01:22.36]She said the test will be "easier to take,
[01:27.20]easier to give, and more relevant."
[01:32.08]The SAT tests a student's knowledge of math, reading and writing.
[01:39.16]It takes at least three hours to complete.
[01:43.76]A number of colleges and universities made the SAT
[01:48.44]and the competing ACT optional
[01:52.32]when testing centers closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
[01:58.40]That means many students are permitted, but are not required,
[02:03.44]to send their test scores as part of their college applications.
[02:09.32]A smaller number of schools,
[02:11.36]such as those in the University of California system,
[02:15.60]decided to stop using the tests completely.
[02:20.60]Some experts wondered if the move to make testing
[02:24.96]less important world hurt the testing companies.
[02:29.04]Rodriguez said the College Board is working
[02:32.88]to make the test better for a computer,
[02:36.16]and not just moving the paper test to a digital form.
[02:40.68]"We're taking full advantage of what delivering
[02:44.84]an assessment digitally makes possible," she said.
[02:49.76]Assessment is another word for test.
[02:54.20]Even with the change in test requirements,
[02:57.36]1.5 million students still took the SAT in 2021.
[03:05.20]That number, however, is down from 2.2 million in 2020.
[03:12.64]One organization that opposes standardized tests is FairTest.
[03:19.56]It follows how many universities do not require test scores
[03:25.00]for students currently applying to college.
[03:29.48]It said about 80 percent of colleges and universities
[03:34.76]are now not requiring standardized tests.
[03:39.96]Some students still take the tests
[03:42.80]even if they do not send in their scores.
[03:46.96]That is because organizations that give out financial aid,
[03:51.80]known as scholarships,
[03:53.96]sometimes choose students based on test scores.
[03:59.36]A public opinion study by the College Board
[04:02.72]showed that students want the SAT to continue
[04:07.16]so they can put their scores on their college applications.
[04:12.08]Rodriguez said her organization will use the test scores
[04:16.76]to help students connect with job training schools
[04:20.84]and community colleges and not just four-year colleges.
[04:26.12]She said the College Board wants to give students
[04:30.12]more information about what they can do after high school.
[04:35.44]In addition, moving to a computer-based test
[04:40.44]will make scores available sooner.
[04:44.20]There have been past stories about paper tests getting lost.
[04:49.80]One student from Virginia
[04:51.80]recently took a practice version of the new test.
[04:56.52]Natalia Cossio, a 16-year-old,
[04:59.84]said the new version was "less stressful" than the paper test.
[05:05.80]She said the computer test also includes a calculator
[05:10.36]which students can use for math problems,
[05:13.44]which is how many of them do higher-level math in school.
[05:19.12]The College Board said students who do not own a computer,
[05:23.76]or schools which do not have enough computers,
[05:27.88]will be given computers to use on test day.
[05:33.56]I'm Caty Weaver. 更多听力请访问21VOA.COM
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