Jessica Wynn
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So they're going to keep the traditional 36 point scale.
But now students will also get scores on two new readiness indicators, which are career readiness and understanding complex texts.
No, it's more like, can you interpret workplace documents?
Can you analyze technical information?
But here's the thing.
These changes require new prep materials, new books, new courses.
The test evolves and the prep industry evolves with it.
And everyone makes money.
The students pay money.
Whether they make money later is unclear.
Oh, of course.
Every little piece of it.
And the SAT has gone through multiple revisions over the years.
All the tests have.
But the SAT specifically removed the essay requirement.
They made the vocabulary less obscure.
They added a no calculator math section.
And every time they change it, there's this wave of panic like the test is different.
You have to buy new materials.