The Reading and Writing questions are now entirely passage-based, giving more opportunities to test a deeper understanding of how the passage is logically constructed and to draw connections between different parts of the passage. Instead, the new SAT emphasizes higher-level logical and reasoning skills. Math questions would test a single math concept for a question of limited scope. Writing questions would often test a single grammatical rule in a single sentence. Vocabulary-based questions would basically evaluate whether the student knew the common definition of that word (like 'expropriate'). Historically the SAT has tested skills in isolation. Greater Emphasis on Reasoning Skills and Context, Not Skills in Isolation

We find generally that the SAT changes in 2016 accomplish this goal. The College Board has promised that the new SAT test will test skills that are more predictive of success in college and beyond. I recommend you read through the entire article to get a full grasp of how the new SAT works. Here's a table of contents in case you want to find a specific section. We’ll also be showing example questions that best illustrate these changes. You'll see questions that are new to the SAT and questions that will never appear again.

Is the College Board living up to its promises?.

How will these changes affect how students should prepare for the SAT?.

What are the meaningful changes from the old SAT?.

We'll dig deeper than most of the guides out there, which seems preoccupied with superficial changes like easier vocabulary and the shift to a 1600 scale.īy reading our guide, you'll know answers to the following questions: This article is a new SAT guide that will go through the most relevant points for students, parents, and educators to understand about the new SAT test. We’ve read through this document page by page so you don't have to.

In 2014, the College Board released a giant 210-page specification for the redesigned SAT which first started being implemented in the Spring of 2016.

Will there be a prototype 3 2016