大过年的，CB又放大招了，算是给国内SAT考生一份大礼。

CB最近调整了SAT的考试时间，从2017年开始，8月增加一次SAT考试，以取代原有的1月考试。原来的SAT考试时间是这样安排的：

调整之后就会变成：

据Collegeboard官网介绍，新的调整将从2017年8月开始：2017年1月28日将是最后一次1月进行的SAT考试，2018年1月将不再有SAT考试。也就是说，2017年全年将有8次考试，比正常的7次多了一次。日期分别是：

广大考生和业内从业人员表示，“这种调整将更科学合理，给考生提供了更大的方便”。原有的1月考试，对于很多考生而言略显“鸡肋”：对于当年的申请为时略晚，对来年的申请又有些过早，考生准备不充分。同时，每年6月考试之后就是10月，间隔很长，导致大量考生参加10月考试，给组织考试和阅卷带来了很大的压力。也给考生合理安排SAT1和SAT2考试带来了压力。调整之后的考试，将更方便考生做出合理的考试规划，尤其是SAT1和SAT2的规划安排。

此次调整，会影响现在读高一的2018届及更低年级的学生。而对于目前已经高二的学生，则没有影响。

CB官网通告如下：

A test date in late August will replace the test date in late January.

Starting in summer of 2017, the College Board will offer a test in late August, which will replace the one in late January. The other dates(October, November, December,March,May, and June)will not change. On their website, the College Board has released testing dates for the next 3 years, up through the spring of 2019.Previously, they had only released dates one year at a time.

Here is the link(scroll down to see the new testing dates):

https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/register/dates-deadlines

The College Board plans to make 3-4 official tests per year available as pdfs on Khan Academy.

Starting with the May7, 2016 SAT, each year the College Board will make 3-4 official tests freely available as pdfs through Khan academy. These tests will be available as soon as scores are released. The College Board previously made test booklets available to students for the old SAT through their Question-and Answer(QAS) for the October,January, and May tests, but this was an add-on service that students could purchase. How the release of the redesigned tests through Khan Academy will impact QAS is unclear. Stay tuned.

Occasionally, a 20 minute variable(experimental) section will be added to the end of the multiple choice sections.

When the College Board first anounnced the redesigned SAT, they mentionedthat the test would still contain pretest items (experimental questions), but the implementation mechanics were unclear.

At the forum, we learned a bit more. Pretests items will be sefl-contained in a 20-minute variable, or experimental, section at the end of of the scored multiple choice protion of the test. According to the College Board, the variable section will be included only on the occasional test date and will be announcedahead of time. Furthermore, only those students not writing the optional essay will be given variable section. Performance on this section will not impact students' scores.

No changes are planned for the Subject Tests.

The Subject Tests have been and continue to be forgotten children of the College Board. Once again, they have announced that there are no upcoming changes to the Subject Tests and no plans for revisions in the near future.

此外：

1、CB官网除了每年三月份SAT科目考试显示为“not available”之外，其他都是“available”。

2、每年有3-4套题目免费公布在可汗学院，可能会取代QAS；

3、不参加Essay考试的同学可能会遇到加试，参加Essay考试的同学不会有加试。