"Brown University Reinstates Test Requirement as SAT Goes Fully Digital for Remote-Learning Generation"

The SAT, after 98 years of being administered on paper, will now be fully digital, with a revamped format aimed at reducing student stress and accommodating the remote-learning generation. The new digital format will cut nearly an hour out of the exam, provide shorter reading passages, and allow the use of an online graphing calculator for the entire math section. The College Board claims that the digital test is just as rigorous as the paper test but less intimidating for students, and it also reduces the possibility of cheating. However, critics argue that the switch to shorter reading passages may hinder students' development of reading stamina in the face of constant technological distractions.