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The study analyzes score relationships for first-time, first-year students across a diverse set of four-year institutions, tracking outcomes through first-semester performance and planning further follow-up for first-year results. 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Marini, Paul A. Westrick, Linda Young, Helen Ng, & Emily J. Shaw  \nThis study represents the first opportunity to examine digital SAT score relationships with college performance. Results show that digital SAT scores are as predictive of college performance as paper and pencil SAT scores, and they continue to meaningfully improve the prediction of college performance above high school GPA alone.  \nIntroduction  \nThe digital SAT launched internationally in March 2023 and will be available to students in the U.S. in March 2024. It continues to measure the skills and knowledge that students are learning in school and that matter most for college and career readiness and is delivered in a digital format that is shorter while allowing for more time, on average, to answer each question. The digital SAT continues to be scored on the same score scale , 400 to 1600, as the paper and pencil test it is replacing (College Board, 2022) .  \nWhen modifications are made to an exam , it is important to analyze how the new scores relate to the outcomes they are intended to predict. For the digital SAT, this includes the prediction of college performance – to inform our understanding of the utility of digital SAT scores in college admission, placement, scholarship, and advising decisions and processes on campus.  \nThe current study represents an early first look at these predictive relationships. We partnered with a small but diverse sample of higher education institutions to pilot the digital SAT with first-time, first-year students on campus. We are following these students through the first year of college to examine how their digital SAT scores relate to first semester performance (the current study) and first-year performance (in a study that will be published later this year) when these outcomes are available.  \nMethodology  \nStudy Design  \nThe goal for this study was to recruit 10 to 15 diverse four-year institutions so that students (75-250 per campus) could then be recruited to participate in an administration of the digital SAT very early in their first year of college. Students were offered $150 gift cards for participating in the exam, and an additional $50 if they met or exceeded their PSAT/NMSQT or SAT scoreson record at College Board , to promote motivated performance on the exam. Student participants also agreed to have their institutions share their first-year college performance information with College Board.  \nInstitutional Sample  \nThe desired sample of institutional participants was intended to reflect the population of four-year higher education institutions as well as possible while also facilitating a successful study (e.g. , larger institutions would be more likely to recruit enough student participants) . See Appendix A1 for more information on the institutional population. As the requirements for study participation were considered too burdensome for some higher education institutions, similar institutions were identified as alternate participants to maintain as diverse and representative a sample as possible. Ultimately, 12 four-year institutions were recruited for the study and their characteristics are included in Table 1 below. The institutions in the study varied by admittance rate and geographic area of the U.S. and included one historically black college and university (HBCU) and two  \nHispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) . Institutional participants were also more likely to be public and very large institutions.  \nTable 1 : Institutional Characteristics of the Study Sample  \n\n| Institutional Characteristic |  | Total Sample\u003Cbr>(k=12) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| U. S. Region | Midwest | 8% |\n|  | Mid-Atlantic | 8% |\n|  | New England | 17% |\n|  | South | 33% |\n|  | Southwest | 17% |\n|  | West | 17% |\n| Control | Public | 67% |\n|  | Private | 33% |\n| Admittance Rate | Under 25% | 25% |\n|  | 25% to 50% | 8% |\n|  | 51% to 75% | 50% |","cbCais5lTbFxt4qZ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCais5lTbFxt4qZ","pdf",355243,"English","# Introduction\n## Digital SAT context and scoring\n## Purpose of the predictive analysis\n# Methodology\n## Study design and recruitment incentives\n## Institutional sample\n## Student sample\n## Sample reweighting check","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of the Digital SAT Pilot Predictive Validity Study?\",\"answer\":\"To examine how digital SAT scores relate to college performance and whether they predict outcomes as effectively as the prior paper-and-pencil SAT.\"},{\"question\":\"How were participating institutions and students recruited for the pilot?\",\"answer\":\"Twelve four-year institutions were recruited, and first-year students were enrolled for a very early digital SAT administration, with incentives including gift cards and additional compensation tied to prior PSAT/NMSQT or SAT records.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the study find about the predictive value of digital SAT scores?\",\"answer\":\"Digital SAT scores are as predictive of college performance as paper-and-pencil SAT scores and continue to improve prediction beyond using high school GPA alone.\"}]","Digital SAT - Pilot Predictive Validity Study - A First Look | PDF"]