Old SAT vs. New SAT (2016)

	Old SAT	New SAT
Scoring	600 – 2400	400 – 1600 Subscore and Cross-test Scores available
Timing	3 Hours 45 Minutes	3 Hours (+50 minute optional essay)
Sections	· Critical Reading: 200-800 · Writing: 200-800 · Math: 200-800 · Essay (included in Writing score)	· Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 200-800 · Math: 200-800 · Optional Essay (separately scored)
Guessing Penalty	1/4 guessing penalty	no guessing penalty
Format	Available in print	Available in print or on computer

New SAT Structure

 

	Evidence-Based Reading and Writing	Math
Sections	· 65-minute Reading section · 35-minute Writing and Language section	· 25-minute No Calculator section · 55-minute Calculator section
Questions	· 52 Questions (Reading) · 44 Questions (Writing and Language)	· 20 Questions (No Calculator) · 38 Questions (Calculator)
Score Range	200-800	200-800

Timeline of Changes for Test Takers

The new SAT will have no bearing on students scheduled to graduate in 2015 or 2016. However, for students planning to graduate in 2017 or any year after, the new SAT exam will be the exam they have to take (assuming they would prefer to take the exam no sooner than spring of 2016).

The SAT in 2016

So what are the changes that will be implemented to the New SAT? Below you can find a summary of the changes and see that they are far from a simple return to the 1600 scoring. We have outlined the 8 changes you need to know for the New SAT.

Content

SAT Vocabulary words will more closely align with those used in college courses, instead of more obscure and esoteric terms Every exam will have a reading passage containing an expert from either one of the nation’s “founding documents” or a text from the “ongoing Great Global Conversation about freedom, justice, and human dignity.” Every exam will include source documents from a broad range of disciplines in the reading and writing sections, i.e. science and social studies. The math portion of the test will focus on three main areas: Linear equations Complex equations or functions Ratios, percentages and proportional reasoning Instead of receiving an open-ended prompt like the current SAT, test-takers will read a passage before analyzing it in the form of an essay for the optional essay portion of the exam.

 

Scoring

Total exam score will range from 400-1600 Evidence-Based Reading and Writing section 200-800 point scale Math section 200-800 point scale Students will no longer be penalized for incorrect answers The essay will be a separate score and will be optional

 

 

Structural Differences Between the Old and Current SAT

	Old SAT	Current SAT
Number of Sections	11 (With Experimental Section)	5 (With Optional Essay Section)
Critical Reading Tests	3 Sections (20-25 minutes each) 67 questions	One 65 minute Reading Test 52 Questions
Writing Tests	3 Sections (10-25 minutes each) 49 Questions	35-minute Writing and Language Test 44 Questions
Math Tests	3 Sections (10-25 minutes each) 54 Questions	One 25-minute section without calculator (20 Questions) One 55 minute section with calculator (38 Questions)
Essay Tests	1 Required Essay Test (25 minutes)	1 Optional Essay Test (50 minutes)
Experimental Sections	1	0

The Reading Section

Evidence-Based Reading Test

The New SAT Reading Test lasts 65 minutes and is comprised of 4 individual passages and 1 pair of passages. This pair will be made up of two shorter, related passages by different authors that address a similar topic or theme. Each passage or pair will be between 500 and 750 words, for a total of 3250 words overall.

Each passage will have 10 or 11 questions, for a total of 52 questions for the entire section. In every SAT Reading Test there will be 2 passages which are accompanied by graphics, and 1 or 2 graphics for each of those two passages. You will be asked a couple of questions about these graphics and how they relate to the passage. The New SAT does not feature any sentence-completion questions previously used in the SAT.

Passages

The passages you will encounter may include informative passages, persuasive passages, and narrative passages. The passages will contain all of the information needed to answer the questions on the test; you will never need to rely on any of your own prior knowledge about the material.

All passages in the SAT Reading Test will come from previously published sources, and may represent a variety of tones and styles. The chart below shows the specific breakdown of passage types that you will see in each Reading Test.

Passage Type	Topics	Number of Passages
Literature	Classic and contemporary literature from the United States and around the world	1
History and Social Studies	Both basic concepts and recent development in the social sciences and humanities, including anthropology, communication studies, economics, education, human geography, law, linguistics, political science, psychology, and sociology	1
Founding Document or Great Global Conversation	Historically important, foundational texts from the United States (Founding Documents, ie Bill of Rights), other historically and culturally important works dealing with issues at the heart of civic and political life (Great Global Conversation)	1
Science	Both basic concepts and recent developments in the natural sciences, including Earth science, biology, chemistry, and physics	2

 

Questions

The questions associated with the passages will assess whether or not you understand information and ideas in the text, and are able to analyze the author’s use of persuasive language and argument. You will also be tested on combining information from related pairs of passages, as well as from passages and their graphs.

The questions will be presented in a consistent order. However, they are not presented in order of difficulty. You will first be asked more general questions about central ideas, themes, point of view, and the overall text structure. This will be followed by more specific questions that may ask you for the meaning of a particular word or phrase, or to find the specific evidence that supports a claim. Many of these questions will have line references, which will point you to the material being discussed in the question.

You’ll be asked a variety of questions for each passage, but the question types themselves will be repeated often. For example, you may be asked about the text structure of more than one passage on your test. There are also two question types that will appear with every passage. You will always be asked two Words in Context (PDF) questions, and two Evidence (PDF) questions for each passage or pair of passages.

 

The Writing Section

Writing Test

On the New SAT’s Writing and Language Test, you will be asked to revise and edit text from a range of content areas. Your job is to decide whether passages can be improved by making changes to the words, punctuation, or sentence order.

The questions in this section will test your knowledge of grammar rules and of the elements of effective writing. Parts of the passages will contain errors in grammar. You will be asked to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, and punctuation. Other parts of the passages need to be revised to better express the ideas of the author. This will involve improving the development and organization of the passage as well as correcting errors in language use.

Structure

The revised SAT Writing Test is made up of 4 passages and 44 multiple choice questions. You will have 35 minutes to read the passages and answer the questions in this section. This means that you will have on average less than nine minutes to read each passage and answer the 11 questions that follow.

The Passages  

The Writing Test will ask you to read four passages and answer accompanying questions. These passages may be similar to essays you have read in the classroom and are typically four to five paragraphs long. The topics of the passages always include careers, social studies, the humanities, and science.

• The career passages usually present new trends or debates in major fields of work, such as health care, technology, or business.
• Social studies passages discuss figures, movements, or events from history as well as topics in the social sciences. These social science topics might be drawn from anthropology, psychology, sociology, or linguistics, as well as economics, education, geography, law, or political science.
• Humanities passages consider topics in the arts and letters, including figures and trends in fine art, music, dance, poetry, and prose.
• Science passages examine ideas, inventions, and discoveries in the natural sciences, which include earth science, biology, chemistry, and physics.

The passages will be 400-450 words in length, broken up into paragraphs. At least one passage will also contain an informational graphic. The graphic may be a table, graph, or chart that conveys information that is related to the passage topic.

 

The Essay

Essay

One of the biggest changes to the redesigned SAT is the essay, and specifically that the essay will now be optional. This means that you can now choose whether or not you want to write the Essay based on whether the schools you are applying to require it. In addition, your essay score will not enter into your final numerical score for the SAT; instead, it will be reported separately.

During the essay portion of the SAT, you get to demonstrate your ability to comprehend source material, analyze an argument, and write effectively. You can think of the Essay section as the part of the test where you get to write your own answer.

You may already be familiar with essay prompts from the old SAT. The old SAT essay prompt asked you to generate your own argument and evidence in response to a fairly general and subjective question. The new SAT essay prompt is very different. Here is a list of the changes made to the SAT essay prompt and what that means for your own preparation:

• New format: You now get twice as much time to write the Essay—50 minutes instead of 25 minutes. You also get twice as much space to write your essay, with four available answer pages. This allows you to write more as well as have more time for revisions.
• New prompt style: While the old SAT essay prompt asked you wide-reaching, subjective questions, the new SAT essay prompt asks you to read and analyze a provided passage. The prompt itself is nearly the same on every exam—it is the passage that varies from test to test.

Essay Scoring

While the old SAT was scored using a very general holistic rubric, the new SAT essay is evaluated based on three specific criteria: Reading, Analysis, and Writing. Each of these criteria will be scored on a scale of 2-8 yielding a total score range of 6-24. Below is a breakdown of what each of these criteria means and what the College Board expects to see in your essay.

•  Reading: The College Board wants to see evidence in your essay that you read and understood the passage. There is a very simple way to demonstrate this: quote the passage. The best way to prove that you understood all the nuances of the passages is to use pieces of it effectively in your essay.
• Analysis: The College Board wants to see that you can analyze the elements of someone else’s argument and use this analysis to craft an argument of your own. You can achieve this by coming up with interesting, supportable claims and selecting strong, relevant evidence to support them.
• Writing: The College Board wants to see evidence that you can not only come up with a good analysis, but that you can also effectively convey it to your reader. The scorers are evaluating your ability to come up with a coherent organization, use varied sentence structures, and employ good word choice and tone.

The Math Section

Math

The new SAT Math Test will test certain topics in math as well as your ability to use reasoning and critical thinking to solve real-world problems. These concepts and skills provide the foundations for the math you will learn in college and use in everyday life. The SAT groups these concepts into four major areas that you will see on the Math Test: Heart of Algebra, Problem Solving and Data Analysis, Passport to Advanced Math, and Additional Topics in Math.

Format of Math Exam

The SAT Math Test includes two sections and a total of 58 questions. In the first math section calculators are not permitted, there are a total of 20 questions and you have 25 minutes to complete the no-calculator section. Here is a summary of the two sections:

Section	Number of Questions	Amount of Time	Amount of Time Per Question
No-Calculator Section	20 questions	25 minutes	1.25 minutes
Calculator Section	38 questions	55 minutes	1.45 minutes

 

Topics

There are four main content areas covered by the Math Test. Here is a breakdown of the topics and number of questions in each content area:

Content Area	Topics Covered	Calculator Questions	No-Calculator Questions
Heart of Algebra	Fundamental concepts in algebra involving linear equations and inequalities	11	8
Problem Solving and Data Analysis	Interpreting qualitative and quantitative data, analyzing relationships	17	0
Passport to Advanced Math	More advanced concepts in algebra, including quadratic and higher-order equations	7	9
Additional Topics in Math	Geometry, trigonometry, complex numbers	3	3

 

Questions

Both sections on the Math Test will have two types of questions: multiple choice questions and student-produced responses. In total, you will see 45 multiple choice questions and 13 student-produced responses on the Math Test.

Each section will start with the multiple choice questions, then progress to the student-produced responses.

Within each section, the multiple choice questions will be ordered by difficulty, and so will the student-produced responses. For example, in the Calculator Section, you will see 30 multiple choice questions ordered from easy to difficult, then 8 student-produced responses ordered from easy to difficult. The No-Calculator Section has 15 multiple choice questions and 5 student-produced responses.

Some of the questions will include real-world contexts in areas such as science and social studies. These questions will require you to apply reasoning and critical thinking skills to analyze situations, create mathematical models, and find relevant solutions. You will also see graphs, charts, and diagrams in some of the problems and answer choices.

The Scoring

The New SAT Scoring System

The new SAT will have three test scores on a scale from 10 to 40. There will be one test score for each test: the Reading Test, the Writing Test, and the Math Test. The Reading Test score and the Writing and Language Test score will be added together and converted to a single area score in Evidence-Based Reading and Writing; there will also be an area score in Math based on the Math Test Score.

The area scores will be on a scale from 200 to 800. Added together, they will form the composite score for the whole test, on a scale from 400 to 1600. The Essay will be scored separately and will not affect your scores in other areas.

SAT Scoring

SAT Scoring
Test Scores (10 to 40)	· Reading Test · Writing Test · Math Test
Area Scores (200 to 800)	· Evidenced-Based Reading and Writing · Math
Composite Score (400 to 1600)	· Math (Area Score) + Evidenced-Based Reading and Writing (Area Score)
Essay Scores (1 to 4)	· Reading · Analysis · Writing

Cross-test Scores

The College Board will also be reporting new types of scores. Cross-test scores for Analysis in Science and Analysis in History/Social Studies will be based on performance on specific questions across different tests relating to specific types of content. For example, your cross-test score in Analysis in Science will be based on your performance on questions relating to science passages on the Reading Test as well as questions using scientific data on the Math Test. These scores will be on a scale from 10 to 40.

Subscores

There will also be seven subscores based on particular question types within each test section. Subscores will be reported on a scale from 1 to 15. Four will be related to particular questions in the Reading and Writing Test: Words in Context, Command of Evidence, Expression of Ideas, and Standard English Conventions. The other three relate to specific types of questions on the Math Test: Heart of Algebra, Problem Solving and Data Analysis, and Passport to Advanced Math.

The College Board has not released detailed information on how these scores will be calculated.

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Determining Your SAT Schedule

1- Create an SAT plan if you are in your freshman year.

If you are in your first year of high school, you can start to prepare yourself for the SAT by creating an SAT plan. This could be an outline of high school courses you will need to take to get into college, according to the course levels offered at your high school, and when you plan to take your SAT in your junior or senior year.

• During your freshman year, you can start to think about taking SAT Subject Tests in your sophomore year, which are hour long tests that focus on specific subject areas. The SAT Subject Tests will allow you to distinguish yourself when you get to the college admission process in your senior year and provide a more complete picture of your academic background. There are 20 SAT Subject Tests given in five subject areas: English, history, languages, math, and science.

2- Take SAT Subject Tests if you are in your sophomore year.

If you are taking any courses that relate to the SAT Subject Tests in your second year of high school, you should consider taking the SAT Subject Tests. You should plan to take the applicable SAT Subject Test once you have finished a class in a certain subject as the subject material will be fresh in your mind.

• You can access free practice questions for the SAT Subject Tests here: https://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/sat-subject-test-preparation.
• You can also download a free booklet to help you prepare for the SAT Subject Tests here: http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/sat/sat-getting-ready-sat-subject-tests-2015.pdf.

3- Consider taking the SAT in the spring of your junior year. Most high school students take the SAT twice, once in their junior year and once in their senior year. Taking the SAT twice will allow you to improve upon your initial score and give you a better chance at a high overall SAT score. You should take the SAT in the spring of your junior year so you have time to prepare for the SAT during the first half of the school year.

• You can take the SAT or up to three SAT Subject Tests on one test day. If you decide to take both types of tests, you will need to do so on different days.
• If you feel your initial scores on the SAT in your junior year are high, you can send them to colleges you are interested in attending and to scholarship programs. This can be seen as a sign of interest and may qualify you for campus visits programs and information sessions in your area. You may also be considered for scholarships and funding through certain college admission programs.

4- Plan on taking the SAT again in your senior year to improve your scores.

If you are not satisfied with your junior year SAT scores, you can plan to take the SAT a second time. Most seniors do this at the beginning of the senior year. Often, students who take the SAT more than once can improve their score.

• You can access the My SAT Online Score Report online to determine your strengths and the areas you need to improve on for the SAT.
• You can also decide if you want to take the SAT Subject Tests again in your senior year to improve your scores for these tests.
• Once you complete your SAT a second time, and earn scores you are happy with, you should send your SAT scores to colleges and universities by December or January to ensure you meet the application deadlines.