For years, as applicants weighed whether their scores on the ACT or SAT were better (and which would make them more attractive to colleges), they used a "concordance table" that ACT and the College Board produced to show how to make such comparisons.
So naturally many have been waiting to see how the table would change now that the College Board is using a new version of the SAT. The College Board this month released a new version of the table. But while there is a table, there is no concordance between the College Board and the ACT. And with SAT scores on the new test veering higher than has been the case in the past, admissions officials are also considering how people will view the numbers students submit.
The discussions take place amid scrutiny for the College Board’s new SAT and intense fighting between the College Board and ACT for market share on college admissions tests.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/05/16/act-and-college-board-offer-conflicting-views-how-compare-sat-and-act-scores