The SAT Essay
This is an optional SAT section which is scored separately. Successful students must work to craft responses that identify and connect evidence. The essay question will not ask for student’s personal opinion of the provided passage or require providing personal stories. Its emphasis will shift from the previous argument-based format that asks students to justify their opinion of a given prompt. Instead, students will be required to critically analyze an extended passage.Fortunately, students will now have 50 minutes to write their responses, which is double the old time allowance.
Students’ essays
They are evaluated in terms of reading, analysis, and writing. Every SAT Essay will be read by two scorers. Each scorer will award 1 to 4 points each in reading, analysis, and writing. The scores will be combined for a total of 2 to 8 points in each of the three categories.
Test length and timing:
Redesigned SAT will be for 3 hrs with additional 50 minutes for the optional Essay. A total of 154 questions/tasks are covered in the tests whereas the old SAT is for 3 hours 45 mins with 171 questions/tasks.
To know more about SAT
- Reading Test
- Math Test
- Score Reporting
- Writing and language test