The SAT exam is undergoing a big change. The new SAT will make its debut in March 2016 and it will impact students in the class of 2017 or later. Changes include a new structure, new score, new sections, and a new approach to testing. The important thing to note is that the changes are not minor. Here is a comparative table showing what exact changes to expect.
Changes |
Current SAT |
New SAT |
Scoring |
- 1/4th penalty for wrong answers - Score out of 2400
|
- No penalty - Score out of 1600
- Sub-scores and insight scores available - Optional Essay to be scored separately |
Composition |
- 3 Critical Reading sections
- 3 Math sections
- 3 Writing sections
- 1 Experimental test - 5 answer choices for multiple choice questions |
- 1 Evidence-Based Reading and Writing test
- 1 Math test
- 1 Essay test (optional) - 50 minutes - 4 answer choices for multiple choice questions |
Timing |
- Total 3 hours 45 minutes |
- Total 3 hours; 3 hours 50 minutes with essay ( optional) |
Administration |
- Only available in print format - Focused on broad range of content and skills |
- Available in print and digital formats - A greater focus on in-depth analysis of content and evidence |
Essay |
- Essay is required - Students have 25 minutes to draft the essay - Quality, reasoning and accuracy of data not tested - Score combined with Writing section |
- Essay is optional - Students have 50 minutes to analyze a word document and draft the essay - Tests analysis, reading, and writing skills - Factual accuracy is important - Scored separately |
Math |
- Focus on wide array of topics - More emphasis on computational skills - Calculators allowed for all sections - Multiple choice and grid-in questions |
- Concentrated focus on:
- Real-world problem solving accompanied by informational graphics - Calculator allowed for 37 questions; not allowed for 20 questions - Multiple choice and grid-in questions; 1 item set grid-in question |
Reading and Writing |
- Critical Reading
- Writing
|
- Evidence Based Reading
- Writing and Language
|
Like every exam, SAT also has a pattern. The SAT exam pattern is divided over two sections - Reading & Writing and Maths. Each section is further divided intow two modules, that are timed differently. Questions are mostly MCA based, but some may be required to be written down by the applicants. Each section of SAT is scored between 200-800, the overall minimum is 400 and highest score is 1600. There is no negative marking. But this a timed test, and a computer adaptive test too.
SAT exam's scoring pattern is slightly new and each section on SAT is scored equally that is, between 200-800. Where 400 is the minimum score on SAT and the highest is 1600. SAT sections are scored separately but the score report will have an overall analysis along with the sectional-score analysis for applicants and colleges to assess SAT exam performance.
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