sat introduction

VEA Online

Briana Songer

2014

A broad

range of

contentHigh stakes

An essay in 25

minutes

Rigidly timed

Know the CONTENT

Know the TEST

Know the

STRATEGIES

instruction

of concepts

and skills

application

of content

knowledge

to the test

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Sections Timing Question Type and (#)

Critical Reading200-800 points

Two 25-min. sectionsSentence Completions (19)Reading Comprehension (48)One 20-min. section

MathematicsTwo 25-min. sections Multiple-Choice (44)

Grid-ins (10)One 20-min. section

Writing

One 25-min. section Identifying Sentence Errors (18)Improving Sentences (25)Improving Paragraphs (6)

One 10-min. section

One 25-min. essay

Experimental One 25-min. section• Questions assess either Critical

Reading, Math, or Writing• Does not count toward score

Raw Score

• Students receive 1 point for every correct answer.

• For every incorrect answer to a MC question, they lose 1/4 point.

• There is no guessing penalty for grid-in questions.

Scaled Score

• Each section is scored 200-800. (Critical Reading, Writing, Mathematics)

• The maximum score is 2400.

• The average score is 1500.

What happens if a student guesses on five questions?

Result:

no gain, no loss.

But if we could eliminate a few answers each time…

norm-referenced vs. criterion-referenced

SAT Distribution Curve

200 300 400 500 600 700 800

Section Score

500400 600200 800

Student Introduction

Provides a brief introduction to the SAT

Unit 1 Reading Comprehension

Unit 2 Sentence Completions

MPT Mini Practice Test: Critical Reading

Unit 3 Grammar and Usage

MPT Mini Practice Test: Grammar and Usage

Unit 4 Essay

MPT Mini Practice Test: Essay

Appendix SAT Grammar & Vocabulary in a Nutshell

Read each statement and use your knowledge of what you know about the S.A.T. at this time to choose the correct answer. Choose true or false. If false, explain why.

1. You can type your response during the essay section of the S.A.T.

2. Answering a multiple choice question correctly earns one point.

3. One point is subtracted for answering a multiple choice question incorrectly.

4. All questions in the Critical Reading and Writing Section are multiple choice.

5. ¼ of a point is subtracted for every mistake made in the essay section.

6. The Critical Reading Section mainly tests

vocabulary.

7. Test takers are allowed to write in the S.A.T.

test booklet.

8. The writing portion of the S.A.T. is divided

into three, 60-minute sections.

9. Questions in the S.A.T. Critical Reading

Section are all arranged in order of difficulty.

10. You must have prior knowledge of the

subjects of reading comprehension passages to

answer the questions correctly.

Congratulations.!

You are finished with the introduction.

Now you are ready to start learning some strategies.