<p><a href="https://www.khanacademy.org/sat">https://www.khanacademy.org/sat</a></p>
<p>The College Board, creators of the SAT, recently announced a redesigned SAT coming in 2016 and a historic partnership with Khan Academy to make comprehensive, best-in-class SAT prep materials open and free. </p>
<p>In the meantime, students taking the SAT in 2014–2015 can begin practicing now with hundreds of questions from unreleased SATs and over 200 videos with step-by-step solutions. </p>
<p>I like it!</p>
<p>Pretty cool. Our family may be done with this now but it’s a nice resource.</p>
<p>Khan should be able to develop a comprehensive program and attract the specialists needed to keep it succinct and attractive. As far as releasing the questions, the College Board could show that it is NOT utterly hypocritical about the objective to make the SAT preparation process open and affordable. All they would have to do is simple: post all tests that are made available through the QAS program. Charge a modest sum, if needed, but by all means DO IT. In the past, one could acquire all such tests for a modest 4 dollars per copy. This action would be easy to implement and go a long way to level the playing field with the organized criminals who get access to the previous tests (released or not) and sell it throughout Asia. </p>
<p>Inasmuch as Sal Khan has developed a remarkable organization, his program will be just as limited as the many offerings that are available today at a low or no cost. For instance, and as unfair as it is, the video composed years ago do not compare favorably with plenty of others created by SAT tutors. Comparing the Khan videos to the ones from SATQuantum really show the limitations in scope and potential benefits.</p>
<p>Fwiw, videos are nice, but they tend to waste much time unless someone can navigate through the entire process. What has been shown on Khan’s site so far is an example of what NOT to do. Students do not have the time and patience to sit through hours of boring and slow lectures.</p>
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<p>Hear, hear.</p>
<p>To second what @Xiggi said, here is how I would deliver opportunity. </p>
<p>1) Make all prior SAT tests public, and I mean all of them. Publish the pdfs on Collegeboard’s website. This will provide access to all students irrespective of income level.</p>
<p>2) Remove the copyright from all Official SAT questions. This would allow all tutors and teachers to use the Official SAT questions exclusively. Currently the law school test LSAT does this and it is also written by the same organization(ETS) that writes the SAT. This practice is also common in the rest of the world. This is one reason why in China and Korea, students do not think that copyright protection of official past SAT tests is acceptable. This will also eliminate the people who illegally use a camera to get a copy of those SAT tests that are not disclosed to the public.</p>
<p>3) Disclosing a sufficient amount of Official SAT content would also eliminate the market for substandard SAT questions that are generally peddled by the test prep outfits. We will end up with LSAT type situation where all test prep outfits use the official content. This will further level the field because students will get exposed to Official SAT content. </p>
<p>4) Stop recycling the SAT tests and do not use them for the International versions of the test. All international SAT tests are repeats of domestic US tests, and this gives an unfair advantage to international students. Stop being lazy, create new tests, and level the playing field internationally. </p>
<p>This is my challenge to Collegeboard, show me that you actually care about leveling the playing field.</p>
<p>You’re kidding me. They re-use the SAT in foreign countries? That’s a farce.</p>
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<p>Yes, and I think it has to do with saving money on developing new tests and maximizing profits. The international students that take the SAT, if I recall, are about 10% of the overall SAT test takers. It would be far cheaper for Collegeboard to just reuse the SAT tests from non-QAS administrations(say March), and this is what they do. That is why cheaters try to get illegal copies of the prior non-QAS administrations and thus have a massive advantage. </p>
<p>I wonder if school admissions take this in to account. I would personally completely discount SAT scores coming from Korea, Taiwan, and China. </p>
<p>Collegeboard does not want to deal with the real issues, but instead come up with euphemisms like “delivering opportunity”.</p>
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<p>Yep, Mathyone, and they do in a manner that is hardly unpredictable. Visit this site on the days of international testing, and you are bound to find a conversation such “OMG! International March XX was identical to November XX” and students posting a link to the previous discussions. </p>
<p>Fwiw, regarding our past discussions on vocabulary, you might begin to see why I have been hinting that reading past tests is one of the most attractive tools. If it is known that many tests given in Asia are recycled from past US versions, you might understand why having access to the “hard words” on such tests is a boon to students who are NOT very good in English. And knowing the vocab is only part of it, the real work of the SAT Preppers abroad is to anakyze the tests for patterns and make sure the kids understand why the correct answers are indeed the correct answers. </p>
<p>It is indeed a farce. And one that skews plenty of admissions’ decisions. Obviously, I am in total agreement with SAT Quantum on this issue. Actually, we almost always agree on everything. 
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<p>Will the new prep materials from Khan just be videos? I do find these take too long if I am starting to get the concept. </p>