RESEARCH: International Recycled SAT

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<p>Hey all. As most of us know, international tests are nearly always copied in whole from previously administered tests. I personally find this topic very intriguing and I am sure we all have some (academic) curiosity as to whether there are any actual patterns in the recycling. So I have decided to compile a list of US/International tests and their corresponding International Tests. Obviously this is too time-consuming a job for just one person, so if any of you bright, search-savvy folks want to join in, PM me. We'll share the fruits of our research privately. ;) </p>

<p>And YES i know this might very well be an absolute waste of time and we would all be better off studying and all that. But the thing is the project might quite possibly yield some actual results, because at the very least you narrow down the possibilities for all future international (and sunday) tests. Let me know.</p>

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<p>I have sometime found old SATs bound together with answer keys sold on EBAY. Clearly, these were created for Chinese or Koreans, as the covers on them are those languages. Sometimes, you can fine 10 or so SATs bound together.</p>

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<p>well, well</p>

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<p>interested…</p>

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<p>Nice thread. I find though that more subject tests are starting to become recycled…I mean domestically. It was to my dismay that the December SAT Math II was recycled from November 2008. I don’t know if these recycles are completely random or if there is a pattern going on. Does anyone else have any input on this matter?</p>

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<p>From what I’ve seen so far there aren’t any patterns as such, but from the recycling trends I can tell that tests from certain years seem to have lost their usefulness to CB.</p>