YSK: In the past few years, both the ACT and SAT have been getting dramatically easier

Students taking the online version of both tests can use Desmos.

Desmos trivializes the math test. Desmos removes the need for calculator skills and trivializes many categories of problem.

Desmos can graph implicitly with y. While a student who works with a TI84 needs to isolate a variable to solve their system by graphing (and also needs to know how to navigate several menus), Desmos will instantly solve anything for you as long as you can set it up.

Beyond that, both the SAT and ACT were made shorter. The ACT science is now optional - and this has always been the hardest part of the test IMHO.

The College Board also made Pre Calc an “AP” class. It’s a total cash grab, and it ties into a general sense of “grade inflation” across the board.