New SAT Digital (starting 2023) |
The digital SAT is composed of two sections: Reading and Writing and Math. Students have 64 minutes to complete the Reading and Writing section and 70 minutes to complete the Math section for a total of 2 hours and 14 minutes.
Each section is divided into 2 equal length modules, and there is a 10-minute break between the Reading and Writing section and the Math section. The first module of each section contains a broad mix of easy, medium, and hard questions. Based on how students perform on the first module, the second module of questions will either be more difficult or less difficult.
Most of the questions are multiple choice, though some of the math questions ask you to enter the answer rather than select it.On all questions, there's no penalty for guessing: if you're not sure of the answer, it's better to guess than leave the response blank.
Each section is divided into 2 equal length modules, and there is a 10-minute break between the Reading and Writing section and the Math section. The first module of each section contains a broad mix of easy, medium, and hard questions. Based on how students perform on the first module, the second module of questions will either be more difficult or less difficult.
Most of the questions are multiple choice, though some of the math questions ask you to enter the answer rather than select it.On all questions, there's no penalty for guessing: if you're not sure of the answer, it's better to guess than leave the response blank.
The Reading & Writing Section
The Reading and Writing section presents short reading passages (or passage pairs) followed by a single multiple-choice question. Questions on the Reading and Writing section represent one of four content domains—Craft and Structure, Information and Ideas, Standard English Conventions, and Expression of Ideas. To help you budget your time, questions that test similar skills and knowledge are grouped together and arranged from easiest to hardest.
The test is divided into 2 modules, each of which includes questions from all four different domains.
What the Reading and Writing Passages Are Like
The passages in the Reading and Writing section range from 25 to 150 words. Passages represent the subject areas of literature, history/social studies, the humanities, and science.
What the Reading and Writing Questions Are Like
The test is divided into 2 modules, each of which includes questions from all four different domains.
What the Reading and Writing Passages Are Like
The passages in the Reading and Writing section range from 25 to 150 words. Passages represent the subject areas of literature, history/social studies, the humanities, and science.
What the Reading and Writing Questions Are Like
- Information and Ideas: Measures comprehension, analysis, and reasoning skills and knowledge and the ability to locate, interpret, evaluate, and integrate information and ideas from texts and informational graphics (tables, bar graphs, and line graphs).
- Craft and Structure: Measures the comprehension, vocabulary, analysis, synthesis, and reasoning skills and knowledge needed to understand and use high-utility words and phrases in context, evaluate texts rhetorically, and make connections between topically related texts.
- Expression of Ideas: Measures the ability to revise texts to improve the effectiveness of written expression and to meet specific rhetorical goals.
- Standard English Conventions: Measures the ability to edit text to conform to core conventions of Standard English sentence structure, usage, and punctuation.
The Math Section
The Math section focuses on the areas of math that play the biggest role in college and career success:
Approximately 30% of Math questions are set in context. These in-context ("word") questions require you to consider a science, social studies, or real-world scenario and apply your math skills and knowledge, along with an understanding of the context, to determine the answer to each.
There's Desmos calculator embedded the test and you'd use through out the whole section, though it's not necessary for each question.
Types of Math Tested
The math questions are divided into four categories. Questions from all four categories appear in each test module. Across each module, questions are arranged from easiest to hardest, allowing you to have the best opportunity to demonstrate what you know and can do.
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- Algebra
- Advanced Math
- Problem-Solving and Data Analysis
- Geometry and Trigonometry
Approximately 30% of Math questions are set in context. These in-context ("word") questions require you to consider a science, social studies, or real-world scenario and apply your math skills and knowledge, along with an understanding of the context, to determine the answer to each.
There's Desmos calculator embedded the test and you'd use through out the whole section, though it's not necessary for each question.
Types of Math Tested
The math questions are divided into four categories. Questions from all four categories appear in each test module. Across each module, questions are arranged from easiest to hardest, allowing you to have the best opportunity to demonstrate what you know and can do.
- Algebra: 13–15 questions
- Advanced: Math 13–15 questions
- Problem-Solving and Data Analysis: 5–7 questions
- Geometry and Trigonometry: 5–7 questions
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New SAT's Updates
- The test time is shorter 2 hours 15 minutes, instead of 3, with fewer questions across 2 Sections instead of previous 4 sections. On average, students will have more time on each question.
- Reading passages are shorter with 1 question tied to each
- Questions are more concise.
- Non Calculator Math has been cancelled.
- Test software is incorporated with calculator and timer.
- A graphing calculator will be built into the testing app or students can bring their own on the entire math section.
- Each test is unique
- Students can test on a personal device, such as laptop or tablet, or a school-issued device. If students don't have a device, College Board will provide one on test day.
- Faster delivery of scores: Students and educators will get the score and other information they need quicker, in days, not weeks.
- Students will get more relevant information, including two-year colleges, careers, and workforce training programs.
- Each student will see a unique version of the test—and schools, districts, and states will have more flexibility in when to test.
Other Things You Should Know about SAT
- The digital SAT Suite will continue to measure the knowledge and skills that students are learning in school and that matter most for college and career readiness.
- The SAT will be scored on the same 1600 scale, with the Math and Verbal sections scored between 200 and 800. and educators and students can continue to track growth across the suite over time.
- Still no penalty for wrong answers
- The digital SAT will still be administered in a school or in a test center with a proctor present—not at home. Test centers will continue to be open to all students, not just those enrolled in that school.
- Students will still have free world-class practice resources on Khan Academy® and full-length practice tests on the digital testing application.
- Students will continue to connect directly to scholarships.
- Supports continues available for all students, including those who need accommodations on test day.
- The SAT is administered seven times a year in the U.S. and six times a year in Taiwan. In Taiwan, the SAT is offered in October, November, December, January, May and June.
Why is the SAT important?
The SAT is an entrance exam used by most U.S. colleges and universities to make admissions decisions. Schools also consider your high school GPA, academic transcript, letters of recommendation, interviews, and personal essays. Though there are schools make SAT waived or optional, most prestigious or high-ranked universities still require SAT or prefer SAT as part of the application portfolio.
How do I register?
Registration for the spring 2023 digital SAT will be available for international students this fall. Here’s how to make sure you find out when that happens:
- If you don’t already have one, create a College Board account here.
- Check the box that says “Email me information about College Board programs.”
- Add your parent’s name and email address, and check the boxes that say, “CC a Parent Email Service” and “College Board Emails”
- Practice test: Around the same time that registration opens, you’ll be able to start practicing with sets of questions and full-length tests right in the digital testing application.
When should I take the SAT? How many times should I test?
We recommend that you take the SAT once or twice during the spring semester of your junior year. If you're not satisfied with your score, take it one last time fall semester of your senior year. While schools will allow you to choose which score you send, it's best to avoid burnout and not take the SAT too many times.
Our thoughts
From TrinityScholar's point of view, the main purpose of these changes are to prevent cheating, and to avoid more privileged kids with more resources for prepping. However, SAT would after all be testing on the same stuff, reading comprehension, grammar and math.
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