Category
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SAT
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Total Testing Time
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3 hours (plus 50 minutes for the Essay [optional])
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Components
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- Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
- Reading Test
- Writing and Language Test
- Math
- Essay (optional)
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Important Features
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- Focus on the knowledge, skills, and understandings that research has identified as 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 (no penalty for guessing)
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Essay
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- 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
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Score Reporting |
- Scale ranging from 400 to 1600
- Scale ranging from 200 to 800 for Evidence-Based Reading and Writing; 200 to 800 for Math; 2 to 8 on each of three dimensions for Essay
- Essay results reported separately
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Subscore Reporting |
Subscores for every test, providing added insight for students, parents, admission officers, educators, and counselors |