College Board has ambitious plans to digitize its wide array of exams taken by high school students. 

   Starting with the fall 2023 administration of the PSAT, which includes the scores taken into consideration for the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, it will be taken digitally. 

   It does not stop at the PSAT. Starting with the March 2024 United States administration of the SAT, it will be taken digitally. They will join the international administrations of the SAT, which went digital in March of 2023.

   College Board alleges that this is a change for the better. According to them, “The test is easier to take, shorter, has more time per question, and comes with a built-in calculator.” 

   The digital SATs and PSATs are adaptive, meaning they change depending on whether the student got the previous question right or wrong. They are administered on the Bluebook app on computers, and there is a practice version of the SAT or PSAT on College Board’s website for students to take as well.

   In addition, College Board has announced that in May of 2024, some of the Advanced Placement (AP) exams will be digital, with schools being allowed to opt into or out of this format. These exams include: AP Computer Science Principles, English Language, English Literature, European History, Seminar, U.S. History, and World History: Modern, with some pilot schools testing out AP African-American Studies. 

   This growing roster of digital AP exams will join the exams previously administered digitally, AP Chinese and AP Japanese. 

   However, these new digital AP exams will not be adaptive. They will feature the same number of sections, types of questions, and timing for each section, administered at the same dates and times as other AP exams. 

   Late testing, which occurs after the initial administrations of the AP exams, will continue to be done on pencil and paper.