1. The New SAT at Warren Township High School
THE REDESIGNED
SAT
collegereadiness.collegeboard.org
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2. About the Redesigned SAT®
The New SAT at Warren Township High School
About the Redesigned SAT®
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Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
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Math
Essay
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About the Redesigned SAT
The redesigned SAT consists of two sections: Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, and Math. The Essay is an optional component of the SAT.
The length of the SAT is three hours, with an added 50 minutes for the essay.
Score Highlights
The redesigned SAT is on a 400- to 1600-point score scale.
The Evidence-Based Reading and Writing section and the Math section are each scored on a 200- to 800-point scale.
Scores for the Essay section are reported separately.
The redesigned assessment gives credit for every correct response but does not deduct points for incorrect answers (rights-only scoring).
Rich score reports provide a more detailed view of student achievement in specific skills.
3 Hours
50 Minutes
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3. Overall Test Structure
Total Time: 3 hours (plus 50 minutes for writing)
Test
Total Questions
Time
Reading
52 questions
65 minutes
Writing and Language
44 questions
35 minutes
Math Test--No Calculator
20 questions
25 minutes
Math Test--Calculator
38 questions
55 minutes

4. Eight Key Changes to the SAT®
The New SAT at Warren Township High School
Eight Key Changes to the SAT®
Words in Context
Command of Evidence
Essay Analyzing a Source
Math that Matters Most
The redesigned SAT asks students to apply a deep understanding of the few things shown by current research to matter most for college readiness and success. They’ll find questions modeled on the best work of classroom teachers and perform tasks practiced in challenging course work. The SAT redesign is centered on eight key changes.
Words in Context
Many questions on the redesigned assessments focus on important, widely used words and phrases found in texts in many different subjects. The focus of these questions is on determining the meaning or implications of these words and phrases in the contexts in which they are used. This is demanding but rewarding work centered on words and phrases that students use throughout their lives — in high school, college or workforce training, and beyond.
No longer will students use flashcards to memorize obscure words, only to forget them the minute they put their test pencils down. The redesigned assessments engage students in close reading and honor the best work of the classroom.
Command of Evidence
When students take the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing sections of the assessments and the Essay section of the redesigned SAT, they’ll be asked to demonstrate their ability to interpret, synthesize, and use evidence found in a wide range of sources. These sources include informational graphics, such as tables, charts, and graphs, as well as multiparagraph passages in the areas of literature and literary nonfiction, the humanities, science, history, and social studies, and on topics about work and careers.
For every passage or pair of passages students read on the Reading Test, at least one question asks them to decide which part of the text best supports the answer to the previous question. In other cases, students are asked to integrate the information conveyed through words and graphics in order to find the best answer to a question.
Questions on the Writing and Language Test also focus on command of evidence. Students are asked, for example, to analyze sequences of sentences or paragraphs to make sure they are logical. In other questions, students are asked to interpret graphics and to edit a portion of the accompanying passage so that it clearly and accurately conveys the information in the graphics.
Essay Analyzing a Source
The focus of the Essay on the redesigned SAT is very different from that of the essay on the old SAT. In the new format, students will read a passage and explain how the author builds an argument to persuade an audience. Students may analyze such aspects of the passage as the author’s use of evidence, reasoning, and stylistic and persuasive elements. This task more closely mirrors college writing assignments.
The new Essay is designed to support high school students and teachers as they cultivate close reading, careful analysis, and clear writing. It promotes the practice of reading a wide variety of arguments and analyzing how authors do their work as writers.
The Essay prompt will remain consistent; only the source material (passage) will change. The Essay is an optional component of the SAT, although some school districts and colleges may require it. The SAT is the only assessment in the suite that includes the Essay.
Math that Matters Most
The assessments focus in depth on three essential areas of math: Problem Solving and Data Analysis, Heart of Algebra, and Passport to Advanced Math. Problem Solving and Data Analysis is about being quantitatively literate. It includes using ratios, percentages, and proportional reasoning to solve problems in science, social science, and career contexts. The Heart of Algebra focuses on the mastery of linear equations and systems, which helps students develop key powers of abstraction. Passport to Advanced Math focuses on the student’s familiarity with more complex equations and the manipulation they require.
Current research shows that these areas most contribute to readiness for college and career training. They’re used disproportionately in a wide range of majors and careers. In addition to these areas, the SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, and PSAT 10 will include questions on other topics in math, including the kinds of geometric and trigonometric skills that are most relevant to college and careers.
Problems Grounded in Real-World Contexts
Throughout the assessments in the suite, students will engage with questions grounded in the real world and directly related to the work performed in college and career.
The Evidence-Based Reading and Writing section includes questions on literature and literary nonfiction, but also features charts, graphs, and passages like the ones students are likely to encounter in science, social science, and other majors and careers. Students are asked to do more than correct errors; they need to edit and revise to improve texts from the humanities, history, social science, and career contexts.
The Math section features multistep applications to solve problems in science, social science, career scenarios, and other real-life contexts. Students are presented with a scenario and then asked several questions about it. This allows students to dig in to a situation and think about it, then model it mathematically.
Analysis in Science and in History/Social Studies
When students take the assessments in the SAT Suite, they are asked to apply their reading, writing, language, and math knowledge and skills to answer questions in science, history, and social studies contexts. In this way, the assessments call on the same sorts of knowledge and skills that students will use in college, in their jobs, and throughout their lives to make sense of recent discoveries, political developments, global events, and health and environmental issues.
Students will encounter challenging texts and informational graphics that pertain to the aforementioned issues and topics in the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing section and the Math section. Questions require them to read and comprehend texts, revise texts to be consistent with data presented in graphics, synthesize information presented through texts and graphics, and solve problems grounded in science and social science contexts.
U.S. Founding Documents and the Great Global Conversation
The U.S. founding documents, including the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the Federalist Papers, have been inspired by and have helped to inspire a conversation that continues to this day about the nature of civic life. Authors, speakers, and thinkers from the United States and around the world, including Edmund Burke, Mary Wollstonecraft, Nelson Mandela, and Mohandas Gandhi, have broadened and deepened the conversation around such vital matters as freedom, justice, and human dignity. Every time students take an assessment in the suite, they will encounter a passage from a text from this global conversation. In this way, the assessments will inspire a close reading of these rich, meaningful, often profound texts, not only as a way to develop valuable college and career readiness skills but also as an opportunity to reflect on and deeply engage with issues and concerns central to informed citizenship.
No Penalty for Guessing
The SAT Suite of Assessments does not deduct points for incorrect answers. Students earn points for the questions they answer correctly. This move to rights-only scoring encourages students to give the best answer they have to every question.
Problems Grounded in Real-World Contexts
Analysis in Science and in History/Social Studies
U.S. Founding Documents and the Great Global Conversation
No Penalty for Guessing
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5. The SAT® Suite of Assessments
The New SAT at Warren Township High School
The SAT® Suite of Assessments
Our research clearly tells us that college and career readiness is NOT a point in time – in fact it is a process that requires students to focus on what matters most to be on track for college readiness. That is why we have designed a suite of three assessments that are tied to each other not only through common content but through a common scale that measures student growth in readiness. Working together, our assessments provide useful benchmarks and consistent feedback for measuring student progress over time – allowing teachers to accelerate students who are either ahead or behind.
The PSAT 8/9 replaces the old ReadiStep assessment and will serve as the foundation for understanding students’ progress as they enter high school. The PSAT 8/9 provides benchmarks and norms for both 8th and 9th grades.
PSAT/NMSQT and PSAT 10 provide a “check in” on student progress and pinpoints areas for improving readiness.
Finally, SAT provides a powerful connection to college.
Readiness
Baseline
Check-in
and Focus
Connect to
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6. The New SAT at Warren Township High School
Scores
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7. SAT® Scores and Subscores
The New SAT at Warren Township High School
SAT® Scores and Subscores
One this slide, we are looking at the SAT scores and score ranges. The PSAT/NMSQT and PSAT 10 will report the same scores, and the PSAT8/9 will report all but the Passport to Advanced Math subscore.
SAT scores reported include:
Total score (400 – 1600; sum of two section scores)
Section scores (200 – 800 each)
Test Scores (10 – 40 each; Reading Test and Writing Test make up the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Section; Math Test makes up Math Section)
Cross-test scores (10 – 40; items from each of the three tests contribute to these scores)
Subscores (1 – 15 each; subscores specific to each test; items from both the Reading Test and the Writing and Language Test contribute to Words in Context and Command of Evidence scores)
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8. The New SAT at Warren Township High School
Concordance
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9. Additional Student Benefits

10. The New SAT at Warren Township High School
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11. Personalized SAT® Practice Through Khan Academy
The New SAT at Warren Township High School
Personalized SAT® Practice Through Khan Academy
In addition to offering free practice resources through our partnership with Khan Academy, we’re providing personalized practice plans to every student so that they can strengthen essential readiness skills.
By collaborating with teachers and community based organizations such as the Boys & Girls Club, we’re ensuring that as many students as possible can take advantage of these resources.
Send score data. Students are able to link their College Board and Khan Accounts in order to create personalized practice plans. Students will need to have taken a redesigned assessment (PSAT 8/9, PSAT 10, PSAT/NMSQT, or SAT) in order to be able to create a personalized plan. Scores for the current test cannot be used to create redesigned SAT practice. If a student has not completed a redesigned College Board assessment, or chooses not to share scores, Khan Academy will administer a diagnostic in order to create a practice plan. Note that Khan Academy will use more than just the scores to create personalized study plans – they’ll receive the full item-level metadata (but no personal student data.) (eg.; Question 1 was a high difficulty geometry question and Jeff missed it.)
Personalized Roadmap. This is constantly evolving and based on student results, progress, and new learnings that Khan Academy will have from other students.
Practice tests (with scoring). The College Board has written practice tests for the Khan Academy platform, written by the same team that is writing the operational assessment. Students will be able to take these practice tests online, or in paper and pencil format (through downloading/printing PDFs, or the published retail book). If they take paper and pencil tests they’ll be able to take a picture of the grid through a smartphone app that the College Board is building which will give them an immediate score and integrate the results into their Khan Academy profile, feeding further adaptation and personalization.
Note that this will replace the My SAT Study Plan portion of My College Quickstart.
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12. Steps to Link College Board and Khan Academy Accounts
The New SAT at Warren Township High School
Steps to Link College Board and Khan Academy Accounts
Log into Khan Academy account
When prompted, agree to link accounts
Sign in to College Board account
When prompted, click “send” to authorize
Start Official SAT Practice through Khan Academy
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13. The New SAT at Warren Township High School
Step 1: Download “Daily Practice for the New SAT” for your iPhone or Android device
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14. Additional District Resources
Books
Links
18 new titles related to SAT, including texts supporting vocabulary development, mathematics skill improvement, and test-taking strategies.
eBooks are available for several titles.
Multiple copies of each book have been ordered and are currently on display in the IMC.
How to Study for the New SAT
College Board Resources
Testing and Education Reference Center (Must have ZB Public Library Card---also includes scholarship searching)
Video tutorials with strategies and tips
To access our District 126 catalog of all books and ebooks, please click here.

15. District 126 2016-17 Assessment Schedule
October 19, 2016
PSAT 8/9 –Freshmen
PSAT/NMSQT – Sophomores & Juniors
April 5, 2017
P-PSAT/NMSQT—Freshmen
PSAT 10—Sophomores
SAT+Writing – Juniors

16. Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Which college entrance exam (ACT or SAT) do colleges and universities prefer?
A: All colleges and universities will accept either the ACT or SAT.
Q: Will the SAT (plus Writing) be provided? A: Yes. The state’s SAT will include Writing.
Q: Will colleges and universities accept a “super score”--a combination of a student’s best scores on the two sections? A: It depends on the college or university. Very few schools accept “super scores”.
If you have additional questions about specific college requirements, please contact Allison Zameck, ZBTHS College and Career Counselor, at or Laura Schuda, NT Counselor, at
If you have any other general questions regarding the SAT or District 126’s assessment schedule, please contact or

17. For More Information
SAT Suite of Assessments: