An announcement from Khan Academy

We’re excited to announce today that studying for the SAT for 20 hours on Khan Academy’s free Official SAT Practice is associated with an average score gain of 115 points. That’s nearly double the average score gain compared to students who don’t use our free test prep.

- Hi, I'm Sal Khan, founder of the

not-for-profit Khan Academy,

and I have some very exciting news.

The data is in from our first year

of the partnership between
us and the College Board

around Khan Academy being the
official practice for the SAT.

And what we're seeing is,

students who spent an average

of 20 hours of practice on Khan Academy

are seeing roughly 115-point gain

between the PSAT and the SAT.

And to put that into perspective,

that's roughly twice the point gain

that students typically see
between the PSAT and the SAT.

And what's especially heartening

is that we're seeing that gain
be consistent across gender,

race, and socioeconomic groups.

And so this makes us feel really good,

not just from the Khan
Academy point of view,

or the College Board point of view,

but just in the overall theme

of being able to help
level the playing field.

Students take the PSAT, they can sync

those accounts with the Khan Academy,

Khan Academy software then
has the information necessary

to essentially do weak point training.

Know where you need
practice, not just in math,

but in reading and writing as well.

And you get that practice so that

you can put your best foot forward

not just on the SAT, but to be

optimally prepared for
college, and for life.

So this is exciting news,
it's also just the beginning,

and we hope to work with all of you,

students, parents, teachers,

to further level the playing field

for college and life access.