Changes to the SAT

This is big news for students taking the PSAT in the fall of 2015 and students taking the SAT in the spring of 2016.

The College Board has not released all of the changes but here is an update including revisions.

Scoring and Format

• The SAT will return to a 1600 point score .
• The SAT will eliminate penalties for wrong answers.
• The essay will be optional
• The test will take around 3 hours; the essay will be 50 minutes .
• The SAT will be offered in print and digital forms

Math

• Some math sections will be taken without a calculator.
• There will be more problem solving questions

Evidence – based reading and writing

• Critical reading and writing sections will be combined into one score
• Sentence completion questions will be eliminated. Vocabulary questions will be asked ” in context “.
• One passage will be a “Founding Document” taken from a historical text .

The essay

• Students will be asked to analyze a given text.
• It will be score desperately – not factored in reading/ writing score.

We will keep our students posted as the College Board releases updates.
As new material becomes available, we will modify our materials.

Stay tuned!