New and Updated Features
Here’s a roundup of changes to Bluebook and Test Day Toolkit for the 2025–26 school year.
Student Experience in Bluebook
New in Spring 2026
Practice and preview: A new full-length SAT practice test will be available in Bluebook.
AP calculator options: The Desmos calculator is embedded in Bluebook for all AP Exams that allow or require the use of calculators—including AP Statistics. Students can access any option their exam allows or requires, including graphing, scientific, and 4-function (basic). The same options are available in AP Classroom. AP calculator policies haven't changed.
Introduced in Fall 2025
New calculator option: All students taking SAT and PSAT 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.
Coordinator and Staff Experience in Test Day Toolkit
Get tips for using the features listed below.
New in Spring 2026
Test Day Live: Use this Test Day Toolkit dashboard to watch as students in all rooms progress through the test. Test Day Live makes it easy to spot proctors and students who need help getting started, troubleshooting a technical issue, or submitting answers.
Practice test access: Educators can now sign in to Bluebook with their College Board professional account and take full-length practice tests.
Introduced in Fall 2025
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 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:
- Verified mode must now be enabled on Chromebooks: 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 ended support in October 2025 poses a security risk. Starting in fall 2026, Bluebook won’t work on Windows 10.
Learn more about Device Requirements.