Data Tables and Technical Resources

Percentage of Students with Junior-Year Score Gain or Loss (.pdf/586 KB)

This table shows changes in scores between fall and spring of junior year.

Percentage of Students with Senior-Year Score Gain or Loss (.pdf/558 KB)

This table shows changes in scores between spring of junior year and fall of senior year.

Student-Level Growth Estimates for the SAT Suite of Assessments (.pdf/5.23 MB)

This report describes the methodology used to estimate individual growth and to provide the results of the growth estimates for particular SAT Suite growth reporting groups.

School-Level Growth Estimates for the SAT Suite of Assessments (.pdf/2.57 MB)

This report describes the methodology used to estimate school-level growth and to provide the results of the growth estimates for particular SAT Suite growth reporting groups.

SAT Understanding Scores (.pdf/8.55 MB)

Includes percentiles, standard error of measurement (SEM), and scoring details.

PSAT/NMSQT Understanding Scores (.pdf/1.47 MB)

PSAT 10 Understanding Scores (.pdf/7.8 MB)

PSAT 8/9 Understanding Scores (.pdf/1.13 MB)

SAT Percentiles by Subgroup (.pdf/263 KB)

PSAT/NMSQT Score Information

PSAT 10 Score Information

PSAT 8/9 Score Information

Using SAT Scores to Inform Academic Major-Related Decisions and Planning on Campus (.pdf/1 MB)

This study shows how the SAT and HSGPA can work together to help institutions to confidently admit, place, and support students in their academic majors while promoting student opportunity and success as well as institutional health and success. Findings also show how the SAT can be used to increase diversity in STEM fields.

Using the SAT^® and Landscape™ for Retention and Academic Advising on Campus (.pdf/1.56 MB)

This study demonstrates the utility and value of Landscape context information, as well as SAT scores, and HSGPA for campus retention analyses, critical academic advising conversations, and related resource allocation on campus.

Using the SAT^® in Merit-Based Scholarship Decisions and Selection for Competitive Academic Programs (.pdf/1.16 MB)

This study demonstrates the strong utility and value of SAT scores in scholarship decisions, in admission decisions to honors or other selective academic programs, for states that want to continue or start incorporating SAT scores in statewide scholarship programs, and for institutions that want to use SAT to identify top students to recruit for scholarships or selective academic programs on campus.

Validity of the SAT for Predicting First-Year Grades and Retention to the Second Year (.pdf/2.58 MB)

This study demonstrates the strong relationships between SAT scores and first-year college GPA and second-year retention.

Validity of SAT Essay Scores for Predicting First-Year Grades (.pdf/2.2 MB)

This study shares information on the utility and value of the SAT essay for use in college admission, placement, and advising.

Differential Validity and Prediction of the SAT (.pdf/2.7 MB)

This study shares information on SAT score relationships with college performance by key student and institutional subgroups.

Validity of SAT for Predicting First-Semester, Domain-Specific Grades (.pdf/1.53 MB)

This study shows strong, positive relationships between SAT section scores, test scores, cross-test scores, and subscores with domain-specific course grades earned in college, demonstrating that the SAT is sensitive to instruction in English language arts, math, science, and history/social studies.

College Board National Curriculum Survey Report 2019 (.pdf/1.38 MB)

This report details the results of a nationally representative survey of college readiness prerequisites and middle- and high-school teaching and learning in literacy and math. The results suggest that the SAT is a robust measure of essential college and career readiness and success prerequisites.

Validity of the SAT for Enrollment-Related Decisions: Focus on International Students Attending College in the U.S. (.pdf/877 KB)

This study shows the positive relationships between SAT scores and academic performance of international students attending colleges and universities in the U.S.

Examining the Validity of the SAT at Higher Education Institutions Outside of the U.S. (.pdf/674 KB)

This study shows the positive relationships between SAT scores and academic performance of students attending higher education institutions outside of the U.S.

Examining the Stability of SAT Predictive Relationships Across Cohorts and Over Time (.pdf/510 KB)

This study shows that the validity of the SAT for predicting FYGPA remains stable and strong across cohorts, and that the SAT is essentially as predictive of the longer-term college outcomes analyzed in this study as it is of first-year college outcomes. This information can allow institutions to more confidently use SAT scores in admissions, placement, scholarship/honors program, instructional support, and advising decisions on campus.

Test Specifications for the Redesigned SAT (.pdf/2.65 MB)

Full specifications for the redesigned SAT. Includes evidentiary foundations for redesign, as well as sample questions.

SAT Suite of Assessments Technical Manual (.pdf/2.21 MB)

Document outlying the characteristics of the SAT.

SAT Suite of Assessments Technical Manual – Appendix (Part 1) (.pdf/27.3 MB)

First part of the appendix to accompany the Technical Manual that includes descriptions and references to fairness, test development, requirements, psychometrics, and validity.

SAT Suite of Assessments Technical Manual – Appendix (Part 2) (.pdf/26.9 MB)

Second part of the appendix to accompany the Technical Manual that includes descriptions and references to fairness, test development, requirements, psychometrics, and validity.

Scaling for the SAT Suite of Assessments (.pdf/2.51 MB)

An overview of scaling, scaling study design, new SAT scaling, characteristics of the PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10, and PSAT 8/9 vertical scalings, and subscore scaling.

Comparability of Performance on the SAT Suite of Assessments Across Pencil-and-Paper and Computer-Based Modes of Administration (.pdf/2 MB)

This report summarizes findings from three studies comparing paper and digital assessments.​

Guide to the 2018 ACT/SAT Concordance (.pdf/294 KB)

Concordance tables to compare SAT and ACT scores, along with supplemental information.

2018 ACT-SAT Concordance Tables (.xlsx/40 KB)

Concordance tables in spreadsheet format.

Concordance Tables: New SAT Scores to Old SAT Scores (.xlsx/36 KB)

Includes concordance instructions and concordance tables comparing new to old SAT scores.

Concordance Tables: Old SAT Scores to New SAT Scores (.xlsx/40 KB)

Includes concordance instructions and concordance tables comparing old to new SAT scores.

Subject Test Percentile Ranks (.pdf/277 KB)

Percentiles compare students who took the same Subject Test, and are used to find out how students performed on the test.

Subject Test Subscore Percentile Ranks (.pdf/127 KB)

Subject Tests in Languages—Total Score and Subscore Percentile Ranks for Students Who Studied a Language in High School (.pdf/138 KB)

Subject Tests in Languages — Performance by Years of Study (.pdf/97 KB)

Use this table to find out how scores change with varying levels of language instruction.

SAT Subject Tests—Test Characteristics (.pdf/322 KB)

This table shows that Subject Tests are reliable and appropriately difficult.