The Davidson Institute has partnered with Northwestern University’s Center for Talent Development (CTD) to offer two different eligibility assessment opportunities—an official PSAT 8/9 for 3rd-8th grade students and an official practice SAT for 6th-10th grade students.
Based on the eligibility testing accepted by Davidson programs, this opportunity is open to students in 3rd-8th grades.
This is an official PSAT 8/9 test administration hosted by the Davidson Institute and the Center for Talent Development. There is a $100 registration fee. You can learn more about CTD’s PSAT 8/9 Program.
A limited number of fee waivers are available to families who qualify for federally subsidized programs. If your family would like to request a fee waiver, please email YSApplications@davidsongifted.org for more information.
Please note, while CTD hosted PSAT 8/9 testing dates are typically open to students in grades 3-6, given that Davidson programs accept the PSAT 8/9, this Davidson-hosted testing opportunity is open to 3rd-8th grade students.
Currently, there are no testing dates open for registration. Future testing dates will be listed here as they open for registration.
In the interest of equity and access, please do not register for more than one date. Space is limited. We’d like as many eligible student to be able to participate as possible.
This is an in-person testing opportunity. It will take place at the Davidson Academy in Reno, Nevada. More specific location information will be provided to testers once they have registered.
Currently, there are no testing dates open for registration. Registration directions will be posted here when additional testing dates open for registration.
Due to the eligibility testing accepted by Davidson programs, this opportunity is open to students in 6th-10th grades. Any student in grades 6-10 who is planning to apply to a Davidson program—Davidson Young Scholars Program, Davidson Academy, Reno, Davidson Academy Online, and/or Davidson Institute’s THINK Summer Institute—can register for this testing opportunity.
This is an Official Practice SAT, powered by Khan Academy and administered by CTD.
This test administration is not an official SAT and is not hosted by the College Board. These scores can be used for eligibility for Davidson-affiliated organizations or CTD programs but are not guaranteed to be a substitute for SAT scores required by other programs requiring eligibility. We have worked with CTD to establish a remote, online testing environment that is in line with the testing and eligibility requirements of Davidson programs.
There is a $50 test registration fee.
This Davidson-specific testing opportunity is limited to the dates listed above. We have worked with CTD to establish a remote, online testing environment that is in line with the testing and eligibility requirements of Davidson programs. As a result, we will only be accepting CTD Khan SAT program results from Davidson-specific testing dates.
To ensure that this opportunity is open and available to as many eligible testers as possible, testers are not allowed to participate in two consecutive testing dates.
That is, if you register your child to take the CTD Khan SAT and then want them to retest, you must wait one testing session before doing so.
Ex. If your child tests during the January test date, they cannot immediately test again during the February test date.
We will update these dates as quickly as possible as testing dates fill up and close to registration. However, if you attempt to register for one of these dates and it is not showing available on the CTD registration site, that means that testing date is full and no longer open for registration.
This is a fully remote testing experience.
Currently, there are no testing dates open for registration. Registration directions will be posted here when additional testing dates open for registration.
Based on the eligibility testing accepted by Davidson programs, the PSAT testing opportunity described on this page is open to students in grades 3-8. The SAT testing opportunity described on this page is open to students in grades 6-10.
The available registration dates are listed above.
For the CTD Khan SAT program in particular, We have worked with CTD to establish a remote, online testing environment that is in line with the testing and eligibility requirements of Davidson programs. As a result, we will only be accepting CTD Khan SAT program results from Davidson-specific testing dates.
To ensure that this opportunity is open and available to as many eligible testers as possible, testers are not allowed to participate in two consecutive testing dates.
That is, if you register your child to take the CTD Khan SAT and then want them to retest, you must wait one testing session before doing so.
Ex. If your child tests during the January test date, they cannot immediately test again during the February test date.
Test registration for the in-person PSAT 8/9 is $100. Learn more about the CTD PSAT 8/9 program here: CTD PSAT 89
Test registration for the official practice SAT is $50. You can learn more about the CTD Khan SAT program here.
Based on the eligibility testing accepted by Davidson programs, the PSAT testing opportunity described on this page is open to students in grades 3-8. The SAT testing opportunity described on this page is open to students in grades 6-10.
Currently, we do not have a specific Davidson-hosted testing opportunity for younger students. Should that change, information will be posted on the website. In the meantime, you can learn more about the other accepted testing options by checking the admissions page of the Davidson program(s) you’re interested in.
To ensure that this opportunity is open and available to as many eligible testers as possible, testers are not allowed to participate in two consecutive testing dates.
That is, if you register your child to take the CTD Khan SAT and then want them to retest, you must wait one testing session before doing so.
Ex. If your child tests during the January test date, they cannot immediately test again during the February test date.
No. Test scores are no automatically applied to applications, as families have the opportunity to use scores from these testing opportunities for several Davidson programs, including Davidson Institute’s Young Scholars Program, Davidson Institute’s THINK Summer Institute, Davidson Academy – Reno, and Davidson Academy Online. Each of these programs has their own application and process. Therefore, families must upload their scores to any Davidson application they wish to submit.
For the PSAT 8/9: You will receive a testing report from College Board with your student’s PSAT 8/9 scores. Please upload that report to any the Davidson program application you are filling out.
For the official practice SAT: Test scores will be available to you via your CTD dashboard. Please take a screenshot of those scores or “print to PDF.” From there, please upload the file with your child’s scores to the Davidson program application you are filling out.
If you have a question about registration for this testing opportunity, please contact CTD: ctd-assessment@northwestern.edu.
If have a question about this testing opportunity, the Young Scholars Program, or the Young Scholars application process, please contact: ysapplications@davidsongifted.org.