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U.S. students will take the SAT entirely¹ online beginning in 2024

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Students will take the SAT on computers and tablets at testing centers. The test will shrink from three hours to two, include shorter reading passages and allow calculators for the math section.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

We have an update now for students thinking about college. The SATs - you know, the college entrance exams long associated with paper and sharpened No. 2 pencils - the SATs will soon go digital. Starting in 2024, students in the U.S. will take the test on computers and tablets at testing centers.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

And here's some good news for anxious test-takers - the digital exam will have shorter reading sections, and you can use calculators on the math section. But some colleges across the country have already made standardized³ admission tests optional.

BOB SCHAEFFER: So right now 1,816 - more than 75% of all the nation's four-year schools - are test optional for fall 2022 applicants⁴.

INSKEEP: That's Bob Schaeffer, executive director of FairTest, which is a Massachusetts nonprofit that lobbies for colleges to treat students as more than a score. He says test-free admissions was partly spurred on by the pandemic, and he's hoping the trend sticks.

SCHAEFFER: The test is a poor predictor of undergraduate success. The tests have demonstrable biases⁵ in terms of gender⁶, in terms of language, in terms of special education students.

MARTIN: Schaeffer points to the University of California's system, which permanently⁷ removed the standardized tests from its admissions process back in November. And California State University, the largest four-year university system in the country, is poised⁸ to scrap⁹ the SAT and ACT admission requirement, too.

SCHAEFFER: In fact, for selective schools, when they go test-optional, they find that they get more applicants, they get better qualified¹⁰ applicants academically, and they get more diversity of all sorts in their application pipeline¹¹.

INSKEEP: With all of that said, a lot of colleges do give a look at your scores, and more than a dozen states still require the SAT or ACT to graduate. The College Board, the organization behind the SAT, argues the test still plays a vital role in holistic¹² admissions, and by going digital, the organization hopes the SATs will stay relevant.

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1 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 standardized   

adj.标准化的

参考例句：

• We use standardized tests to measure scholastic achievement. 我们用标准化考试来衡量学生的学业成绩。
• The parts of an automobile are standardized. 汽车零件是标准化了的。

4 applicants   

申请人，求职人( applicant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were over 500 applicants for the job. 有500多人申请这份工作。
• He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。

5 biases   

偏见( bias的名词复数 )； 偏爱； 特殊能力； 斜纹

参考例句：

• Stereotypes represent designer or researcher biases and assumptions, rather than factual data. 它代表设计师或者研究者的偏见和假设，而不是实际的数据。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• The net effect of biases on international comparisons is easily summarized. 偏差对国际比较的基本影响容易概括。

6 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

7 permanently   

adv.永恒地，永久地，固定不变地

参考例句：

• The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
• The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。

8 poised   

a.摆好姿势不动的

参考例句：

• The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。
• Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张，手悬在电话机上。

9 scrap   

n.碎片；废料；v.废弃，报废

参考例句：

• A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
• Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。

10 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

11 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

12 holistic   

adj.从整体着眼的，全面的

参考例句：

• There is a fundamental ambiguity in the use of word "whole" in recent holistic literature.在近代的整体主义著作中，“整体”这个词的用法极其含混。
• In so far as historicism is technological,its approach is not piecemeal,but "holistic".仅就历史决定论是一种技术而论，它的方法不是渐进的，而是“整体主义的”。