From 4 January 2020, some small changes of IELTS format are being introduced to the instructions and layout of the paper-based Listening test:

1. The word ‘Sections’ will be changed to ‘Parts’ – The paper-based test will now be divided into Part 1, 2, 3, 4.
2. The Part 1 example will be removed.
3. The page number references will be removed. Eg.  ”look at questions 1-4 on page 3” will be shorten as ”look at questions 1-4”.

More information: https://www.ielts.org/about-the-test/test-format

There are some changes to the SAT, starting 2020-2021, announced by CollegeBoard

1. The test dates will be in the following months: August, October, December, March, May, and June. College Board moved the test in November to August.
2. No SAT II (SAT Subject tests) in March, and no SAT I in June
3. The language with listening test will be moved to May; however there's no Chinese test in May 2020 published on CollegeBoard's website yet.

So, the SAT I test will be available in August, October, December, March and May, while the SAT II Subject Test will be available in August, October, December, May, and June. 
 
This will impact current 10th graders who plan to take the Chinese test but haven't done so, especially. If you need help with the arrangement of test taking schedule or other information, feel free to contact TrinityScholar by Live Chat, leaving us a message, Line, Email, or call 886-2-27716002 

   Starting next September, high schooler could retake ACT individual sections, instead of the entire exam.
Officials at ACT said on Oct. 8 that starting next September, students who want to improve their scores would be able to retake single sections of the five-part test, including reading, math, science, English and optional writing, which lasts about three hours, instead of sitting for all of them again. The change would allow students to avoid getting worse marks on sections they had taken earlier and students will get a new “superscore” that combines their highest scores on the subsections from each time they took the test.
There’s already discussion about whether this change eases students’ anxiety or further disadvantages students without access to extra test-prep resource/ coaching.
However, one thing is for sure—College Board, owner of SAT, the other dominant of this game, would have to come up with some similar changes in reaction to this new policy of ACT.
​Read the full news here.

(Updates on Nov. 27)
Starting from the test at September 2020, students who take the ACT at US test centers will be able to:

• Retake just one (or two or three) section(s) at a time after completing one full ACT.
• Directly submit their ACT superscore by choice to colleges and universities if they have taken the full ACT more than once or participated in section retests.
• Choose between online testing and traditional paper testing. If students choose online testing, they will get scores back in as soon as two days.
• Registration for ACT Section Retesting and online testing will be open approximately 1week after the July 2020 test date.

However, for students outside the US,

• Only superscores will be available to them, beginning in Sept. 2020.
• Section retesting will NOT be offered at international test centers in 2020 but ACT is evaluating the availability in the future.

For higher education institutions who determine and maintain their own admissions score policies, ACT will provide test results from an entire ACT test, along with the best scores. More info