Dive Brief:

• The College Board's redesigned SAT is drawing mixed reviews from admissions officials, with a University of Virginia administrator saying his first reaction is that it's "ambitious" but that the "devil is in the details."
• One director of college guidance at a New Mexico academy said the revised test looks like an attempt to play catch-up with the ACT and generate money for the College Board.
• Meanwhile, an official overseeing the ACT said that the changes to the SAT validate the path that the ACT has long been on.

Dive Insight:

While the College Board has said it intends to increase college access to low-income students with the new test, an official with FairTest says he is skeptical of the reach of that claim. Additionally, College Board President David Coleman acknowledged to The New York Times yesterday what some (particularly schools with test-optional admissions) have argued all along: that high school grades are a better measure for potential college success.