New Digital SAT tutoring

The Digital SAT will cover the same content as the current paper test but will:

• be shorter — 2 hours 14 mins
• contain fewer types of sections: two (2) Reading & Writing sections and two (2) Math sections
• allow for the use of a calculator on all Math sections
• provide a short passage for each Reading & Writing question
• be computer adaptive – everyone will take the same first Reading & Writing and Math sections, but, depending on your performance, you will get an appropriately leveled second section for Reading & Writing and Math.

• Reading & Writing 
  • 2 sections (or “modules”), 32 minutes each, 27 questions each
  • Passages are 25-150 words
  • All questions are multiple choice (4 answers each)
  • Each question addresses a separate passage (25-150 words) and/or graph/table, i.e. one question per passage
• Math 
  • 2 sections (or “modules”), 35 minutes each, 27 questions each
  • 75% 4-answer multiple choice, 25% free response
  • Calculator allowed throughout
  • Questions are in order of difficulty
• Order of sections
  • 2 Reading/Writing modules back-to-back (timed separately)
  • 10 minute break
  • 2 Math modules back-to-back (timed separately)
• Adaptive nature
  • 1st module of each Reading/Writing and Math section will be mixed difficulty
  • 2nd module will be one of two options based on performance on first module
• Scoring
  • Reading/Writing and Math are each scored from 200-800 points
  • No cross-test scores or subscores
  • No guessing penalty for wrong answers

Official Digital SAT Resources

• Practice application with 4 adaptive tests
• Linear (non-adaptive) pdf tests
• Khan Academy (Digital SAT offerings are still limited)

Reading/Writing

• “Craft and Structure” (13-15 questions)
  • Words in context
  • Text structure/purpose
  • Cross-text connections
• “Information and Ideas” (12-14 questions)
  • Central ideas
  • Command of evidence
  • Inferences
• “Standard English Conventions” (11-15 questions)
  • Sentence structure
  • Grammar
  • Punctuation
• “Expression of Ideas” (8-12 questions)
  • Rhetorical synthesis
  • Transitions

Math

• Algebra (13-15 questions)
  • Linear equations/functions
  • Systems of linear equations
  • Linear inequalities
• Advanced math (13-15 questions)
  • Equivalent expressions
  • Nonlinear equations and systems of equations
• Problem-solving and data analysis (5-7 questions)
  • Ratios & proportions
  • Percents
  • Distributions and measures of center & spread
  • Inference from sample statistics and margin of error
  • Evaluation of statistical claims (studies and experiments)
  • Scatterplots
  • Probability
• Geometry and trigonometry (5-7 questions)
  • Area and volume
  • Angles & triangles
  • Trigonometry (right triangles)
  • Circles