1. Sat prep/ reading and writing
Dunmore School District

2. What does the SAT Measure?
How prepared students are for college reading, analyzing and comprehending challenging literature and informational text
How effectively students can revise and edit a variety of texts for both content and conventions
How effectively students use math skills to solve problems in science, social studies and career-related contexts
How students analyze texts through reading and writing
How students analyze data via graphs, tables, charts, etc.
How well students understand words in context and how word choice shapes meaning and tone

3. How can a student best prepare for the test?
Take the most challenging courses available, and actively engage in those classes.
Continue to develop and focus on the college and career readiness skills:
Reading comprehension
Writing
Analysis of text and data
Problem solving

4. How do the recent changes benefit the student?
As of March 2016

5. Learning, Not Memorizing
The redesigned SAT will require students to have a stronger command of fewer topics.
No more “cramming” to learn vocabulary students soon forget will not be a part of the redesigned SAT.
Students will be asked to apply deep understanding of the skills and concepts most important for college and career readiness.

6. Connection to Classroom Learning and Experience
The new SAT is closely connected to standard classroom experience, and rewards focused work and the development of valuable, durable knowledge, skills, and understandings.
The questions and approaches will be more familiar because they will be modeled on the best work of classroom teachers.

7. Rights-only Scoring
Scoring for the new test will be based only on questions that students answer correctly.
There is no point deduction for wrong answers.
This encourages students to give the best answer for every question rather than skip questions about which they are unsure.

8. Free Resources for Practice and Review
In the months leading up to the test, students will have access to free resources that introduce them to the SAT and give them a chance to enhance their preparation with targeted review and authentic practice.
The College Board is partnering with Khan Academy to provide free practice materials that will be personalized, interactive, and engaging to help students prepare for the redesigned SAT.
This particular course has been designed based upon the Khan Academy program.

9. Comparing the old and current tests

10. COMPARISON OF THE MAJOR FEATURES; FORMER SAT AND REDESIGNED SAT Source: College Board: The Redesigned SAT® Teacher Implementation Guide
CATEGORY
FORMER SAT
CURRENT SAT
Total Testing Time
3 hrs. 45 min.
3 hours (plus 50 min. for optional essay)
Components
a) Critical Reading
b) Writing
c) Mathematics
d) Essay
a) Evidence-Based Reading and
Writing
*Reading Test
*Writing and Language Test
b) Math
c) Essay (optional)
Important Features
*Emphasis on general reasoning
skills;
*Emphasis on vocabulary, often in
limited contexts;
*Complex scoring (a point for a
correct answer and a deduction for
an incorrect answer; blank
responses have no impact on
scores).
*Continued emphasis on reasoning,
alongside a clearer, stronger focus
on the knowledge, skills and
understandings most important for
college and career readiness and
success:
*Greater emphasis on the meaning
of words in extended contexts and
on how word choice shapes
meaning, tone, and impact;
* Rights-only scoring (a point for a
correct answer but no deduction
for an incorrect answer; blank
Essay
Required and given at the beginning of the SAT; 25 minutes to write the essay. Tests writing skill; students take a position on a presented issue.
Optional and given at the end of the SAT; postsecondary institutions determine whether they will require the essay for admission; 50 minutes to write the essay. Tests reading, analysis, and writing skills; students produce a written analysis of a provided source text.

11. COMPARISON OF TEST LENGTH AND TIMING: FORMER AND CURRENT SAT Source: College Board: The Redesigned SAT® Teacher Implementation Guide
Component
Former Time Allotted (min.)
Former Number of Questions/Tasks
Current Time Allotted (min.)
Current No. of Questions/Tasks
Critical Reading 70 67
Reading 65 52
Writing 60 49
Writing and Language 35 44
Essay 25 1
Essay (optional) 50
Mathematics 54
Math 80 58
Total
225
171
180 (230 with essay)
154 (15 with essay)

12. Current Scoring?

13. The SAT Essay…
The SAT Essay is scored using a three-part rubric detailing criteria in reading, analysis, and writing. It is an optional part of the redesigned SAT, and scores will be reported separately; these scores do not factor into the total SAT score.
BE SURE TO RESEARCH WHETHER OR NOT THE SCHOOLS TO WHICH YOU APPLY REQURE THE ESSAY TEST!