Colorado: A Partnership for Student Success

In spring 2025, the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) will provide a school day administration of the digital SAT to public school students in grade 11, PSAT 10 to public school students in grade 10, and PSAT 8/9 to public school students in grade 9.

Topics

• Overview
• Timeline
• Training Opportunities
• Manuals and Guides
• Off-Site Testing Locations
• Accommodations and Supports
• Resources
• Contact Us

Overview

In spring 2025, Colorado public school students will take the following exams:

• Grade 9: Colorado PSAT 8/9
• Grade 10: Colorado PSAT 10
• Grade 11: Colorado SAT or SAT with Optional Essay (student choice)

Students will take the assessment using College Board's secure student testing application, Bluebook™. Bluebook is designed to operate on Windows or Mac devices, iPads, and school-managed Chromebooks. Find more information about Bluebook.

Test coordinators and proctors will use Test Day Toolkit, a web-based application, to administer the tests to students. Educators will receive access to Test Day Toolkit about six weeks prior to the start of Colorado's testing window. Find more information about Test Day Toolkit.

Schools and districts can find more information about network specifications for digital SAT and PSAT.

School Testing Team

For the digital SAT, PSAT 10, and PSAT 8/9, we recommend each school establish a team of staff to plan for and support test administration. Team member roles include:

• School Test Coordinator
  • Responsible for all aspects of the test administration, including assigning students and staff to testing rooms.
  • Monitors all testing on test day(s).
  • Must be a staff member who is authorized to work with student personally identifiable information.
• Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) Coordinator
  • Responsible for communicating with students who need testing accommodations and their families as well as students who require linguistic supports.
  • Requests accommodations and supports for students through SSD Online.
  • Must be a staff member who is authorized to work with student personally identifiable information.
• Technology Coordinator
  • Responsible for making sure the school’s technology and network infrastructure can support digital testing, including student testing devices, test coordinator and proctor devices, and the school's network.
  • Support technical troubleshooting on test day(s).
  • Can be someone at a school or district level.
• Principal
  • Determines when the school should receive their paper score reports and will be the recipient of those reports.
  • Serves as an escalation point for testing issues.

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Timeline

Testing Dates:

• The Colorado spring testing window is April 14–25, 2025.
  • It's recommended that schools test students during the week of April 14.
  • It's recommended that schools reserve the week of April 21 to retest students who experienced testing irregularities and test absentees.
• All testing must be complete by Friday, April 25, 2025.
• The SAT Weekend administration for March 8, 2025, is available for virtual schools to use as well as students who have curricular or religious conflicts with the in-school assessment testing window.

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Training Opportunities

There are numerous opportunities for training and support throughout the year. Visit the Colorado Resource Repository and choose Training Opportunities to view a comprehensive list of upcoming sessions, as well as recordings and decks from past sessions.

Access to the self-paced Online Learning Modules will be available March 3, 2025, and can be accessed through your educator professional login at collegeboard.org.

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Manuals and Guides

All testing manuals, student guides, and supplemental materials will be posted as they become available to the Colorado Resource Repository in early 2025. Note: There won't be printed manuals shipped to schools.

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Off-Site Testing Locations

Most schools will use their building as the test location. However, some schools, such as virtual schools or schools with limited space, may need to use an off-site location for testing their students. Each off-site location must meet the technical specifications necessary to administer the digital SAT Suite of Assessments.

Request an off-site location using this form: sat.org/offsiterequest. Requests should be submitted by February 28, 2025. After the deadline, please contact College Board Colorado Support.

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Accommodations and Supports

If a student has a College Board–approved accommodation for previous paper testing administration, comparable accommodations will be applied to their digital assessments. SSD coordinators can apply for accommodations for students who do not have approved accommodations, or request changes to existing accommodation approvals, through SSD Online.

Linguistic supports are also available for Non-English Proficient and Limited English Proficient (NEP/LEP) students who take the SAT and PSAT-related assessments as part of the Colorado test administration. These students have access to time and one-half, translated test directions, and a list of College Board approved word-to-word bilingual dictionaries. The translated test directions and list of approved word-to-word bilingual dictionaries can be downloaded from the Colorado Resource Repository starting in February.

For parent consent forms for accommodations and EL Supports, please visit the Colorado Resource Repository.

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Resources

Resources for Testing Staff

As resources and materials for district assessment coordinators, test coordinators, and SSD coordinators for the 2024–25 school year become available, they will be posted to the Colorado Resource Repository.

Resources for Students and Families

Resources for schools to provide to students and families such as student guides and flyers will be posted to the Colorado Resource Repository as they become available.

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Contact Us

Call our Colorado Educator Hotline at 866-917-9030 (choose option 1) or email us when you have questions.

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