New and Updated Features

Here’s a roundup of fall 2025 changes to Bluebook and Test Day Toolkit.

Student Experience in Bluebook

New calculator option: All students taking SAT and PSAT-related assessments can now toggle between scientific and graphing options in the embedded Desmos calculator. Students can switch options at any point in the exam.

Timer paused upon exit: The timer will pause for a limited time if students exit Bluebook, giving them a chance to recover from technical issues.

Text-to-speech voice options: Students who test on Macs or iPads and are approved for embedded text-to-speech can now choose from any voices previously downloaded to the device in addition to standard Bluebook options.

Reminder: Starting in spring 2025, students with approved accommodations for extended time may choose to end early. Once standard testing time elapses, students can click a Next button to move ahead or end the test. Before the section ends, they’ll see a confirmation screen that warns them they won’t be able to return to it later.

Coordinator and Staff Experience in Test Day Toolkit

Get tips for using the features listed below.

Proctor preview: Encourage staff to sign in to Test Day Toolkit as soon as they get access so they can practice the script and walk through the test day experience. They can’t save changes or see students until their coordinator grants them full access, usually on or just before test day. 

Accommodation filter and key word search: Identify students with the same accommodation quickly the next time you assign them to rooms or check your supply of related materials and resources.

Other student data options: Date of birth is now a customizable column option on the All Students page for all test administrations. For SAT School Day and PSAT-related assessments only: school, district, and state IDs are also available as column options, and the data export now includes all student IDs as well as grade level.

Monitor–No Access role: Assign staff this new role if they don’t use Test Day Toolkit on test day. All staff must sign the Testing Staff Agreement in Test Day Toolkit before each administration. New staff will then be invited to enroll with our payment vendor. (SAT Weekend only.)

Bluebook Technology 

Share the news about these changes with school and district technology staff:

• Starting in January 2026, verified mode must be enabled on Chromebooks; if it’s not, Bluebook won’t work. This setting enhances test security and your school’s technology staff can configure it in the Google Workspace Admin console. Encourage them to do it before your next test administration—share these instructions for enabling verified mode.  
• We raised our minimum versions of MacOS and iPadOS and certified new ones.
• Our recommended version of Windows is now Windows 11. If necessary, students can test on Windows 10, but using it after Microsoft ends support in October poses a security risk. Starting in fall 2026, Bluebook won’t work on Windows 10. 

Learn more about Device Requirements.