Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Changes to the DAT for 2015

2015 Changes to Quantitative Reasoning Test (QRT) Specifications
In order to enhance testing of critical thinking skills, the detailed specifications of the Quantitative Reasoning Test (QRT) are being changed as follows:   


New: Data Analysis, Interpretation, and Sufficiency; and Quantitative Comparison (includes, but is not limited to, conversions; probability and statistics; geometry; and trigonometry)


2015 Changes to Biology Test Specifications
The Biology specifications will change slightly in 2015 as follows: 


New: Biomolecules - within Cell and Molecular Biology,
Relationships - within Diversity of Life, Experimental embryology will be removed from Developmental Biology.
Cladistics will be removed from Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior.

The QRT will still contain 40 questions in total. Biology will still contain 40 questions in total. These changes will be implemented during Calendar Year 2015.