Starting in 2024, U.S. students will take the SAT entirely online
Source: NPR
The SAT, a college admissions exam long associated with paper and pencil, will soon go all-digital. Starting in 2023 for international students and in 2024 in the U.S., the new digital SAT will shrink from three hours to two, include shorter reading passages and allow students to use a calculator on the math section. Testing will still take place at a test center or at a school, but students will be able to choose between using their own devices — including a tablet or a laptop — or the schools' devices.
"The digital SAT will be easier to take, easier to give, and more relevant," said Priscilla Rodriguez of the College Board, the organization behind the test. "With input from educators and students, we are adapting to ensure we continue to meet their evolving needs." The College Board previously scrapped plans to offer an at-home digital test because of concern about students being able to access three hours of uninterrupted internet and power.
Student broadband access has been a constant struggle throughout the pandemic, especially in rural and low-income areas. The new SAT will be designed to autosave, so students won't lose work or time while they reconnect. All this comes as the relevance of the SAT and ACT, another college entrance exam, is being called into question in the college admissions process. More than 1,800 U.S. colleges are not requiring a test score for students applying to enroll in fall 2022, according to the National Center for Fair & Open Testing.
At least 1,400 of those schools have extended their test policies through at least the fall of 2023. The University of California system, one of the largest in the nation, permanently removed the tests from its admissions process in November, after a drawn-out debate and a lawsuit. Still, the SAT and ACT are deeply ingrained in the American high school experience. More than a dozen states require one of the exams to graduate, and before the pandemic 10 states and Washington, D.C., had contracts with the College Board to offer the test during the school day for free to their students.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2022/01/25/1075315337/new-digital-sat-college-admissions-test-requirement-2024-us
Or as my local radio news station said - "No more No. 2 pencil".
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I expect the questions can not only have any number of combinations or permutations of variety, but could also have the same question itself reworded some n-factorial number of ways.
If anything, i noticed many in the younger generation - notably teens - never really grasped the concept of using "the internet" for something like "searching for information". Social media or videos or games? Yes. Actual educational content? Not so much. 
ETA to note that many of them eligible to start taking those exams spent last year "virtual" and I expect there were some "lessons learned" on how to handle that sort of thing when it comes to tests/quizzes/exams. "Take home tests" never as easy as one might think.
Couldn't agree more.
The SAT tells you what colleges you can get into and also what colleges you cannot get into.
I had a high enough score to get into Cal Berkeley (but no $ for that). I ended up at San Francisco State Univ. which is a very good college and not everyone can get in there fresh out of high school.
The SAT was your ticket to the next chapter of your life. To cheat to get there is beyond the pale IMO.
...when voting went electronic.
