<p>Alright so it seems CollegeBoard issues a different test to international students than US students, my question is why??</p>
<p>Is it that the test issued to US students is easier than the international students' test or is it the other way around.</p>
<p>I mean why go through the trouble of issuing different tests unless there is some ulterior motive.</p>
<p>Because of sites like CC, where US students would know questions before the actual test. And vice versa if we (US) took it before international students.</p>
<p>Different how? </p>
<p>There are many different test booklets even for test takers in the US, so that students can’t easily cheat off of each other. Each version of the test gets normed seperately, in fairness to students who end up with a “slightly harder” version of the exam.</p>
<p>It is about the time since when Asian finish their test, some American just begin taking SAT.</p>
<p>and actually it don’t have much different because it use a different curve. Anyway the curve for Asian is pretty harsh especially Math.
In June -1 is 760</p>
<p>Hello folks, I’ve just checked with our contacts at College Board, and here is a summary of their response regarding the different tests issue:</p>
<p>To protect the security of test items, and ensure test integrity, validity, and reliability in test administrations in 180 countries around the world, SAT employs different forms in different locations. This is primarily to prevent “time zone” cheating (i.e., if the forms were the same, a student in New York or Nova Scotia could text a friend in California or British Columbia or Hawaii or Alaska the answers, creating an unfair advantage for those West Coast students. The use of forms are determined by time zone, not by national border. In fact, we have more than one form used within the U.S. and Canada."</p>
<p>I hope this helps. Bottom line–there is no difference in difficulty for any SAT test offered around the world.</p>