At the National Test Prep Association's annual conference, the College Board and ACT each took the stage to walk through updates. The slides were about features and release dates. But the most useful information was in the room's reaction to them, and in the questions the presenters couldn't quite answer yet. For anyone who advises families through testing, here are the key takeaways.

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The ACT is evolving, and the updates rolling out in 2025 will bring some exciting and impactful changes. If you’re planning to take the test soon, here’s everything you need to know about what’s new, how it will affect your prep, and what you can do to stay ahead.

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At the National Test Prep Association conference in Georgia on the weekend of July 11th, ACT’s CEO Janet Goodwin articulated what changes ACT would make in response to the SAT’s tectonic shift to digital testing. What’s changing? Well, not much.

While the ACT measures the skills and knowledge you have learned in high school, it is also an excellent way to gain more choice in your first-year class schedule, receive merit aid, and stand out from other applicants in the admissions process.

We’ve posted a lot lately about the College Board’s announcement of a fully digital SAT test format. In this post, we will break down the most recent round of updates on digital testing from a test preparation industry meeting with the College Board. 

Today, a group of test prep professionals met with the College Board to learn more details about the digital SAT. Here’s what we learned.

The College Board announced a plan to transform the paper-based SAT into a condensed, adaptive digital assessment. Here’s why today’s students should care.