ABOUT OUR ONLINE SAT I
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Practice test taking is essential to any successful course of test preparation;
however, our online tests do much more than simply offer students practice. Our
test analysis and score report service provides valuable and specific insight
into each student’s independent performance. Our score report furnishes
students with the following information:
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A raw score for The Critical Reading, the Math, and the Writing Sections
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A converted score for each of these sections on a 200-800 scale
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A projected percentile ranking for the Critical Reading and Math sections
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An analysis per section of the number of answers correct/incorrect/omitted
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A breakdown of those questions into types: sentence completions, critical
reading for long and short passages, multiple-choice math, free-response math,
identifying sentence errors, improving sentences, improving paragraphs
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A breakdown of those types into subtypes, e.g., geometry, algebra, arithmetic,
subject/verb agreement, pronoun agreement, etc.
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An analysis of each question rated by difficulty on a scale from 1-5 (with 5 as
the most difficult).
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A detailed written analysis of each student’s essay response for those students
who take the Writing section of the SAT I
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A list of solutions with detailed explanations for all questions answered
incorrectly
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A record of how much time a student spent between beginning a section and
submitting his or her answers; this timing data will help students analyze
their performance under time constraint
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Through our detailed score report, students can draw meaningful inferences
about their performances. They can determine whether the majority of their
errors result from careless mistakes on easy to medium difficulty questions or
whether they need to study more sophisticated materials to score the most
difficult questions. They will also be able to study trends in their responses
to certain specific question types in the math and the grammar while observing
the effect of timing on their performances. If a student consistently misses
questions toward the end of each section, then that student needs to work on
endurance training and timed drilling. Our essay graders will also help
students address issues of structure, evidence, and argument in order to
improve the logic and rhetoric of their expository prose.
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We have designed our service to provide students with a more thorough and
exhaustive evaluation than any other online SAT I test provides. Below are
tables detailing the contents and format of our online full-length and
reduced-length SAT I tests:
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THE FULL-LENGTH SAT I
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Test |
Number of Sections |
Time |
Number of Questions |
| Writing |
1 essay section
2 multiple-choice sections |
25 minutes
1 25-minute section;
1 10-minute section |
1 essay question
49 multiple-choice grammar questions |
| Critical Reading |
3 multiple-choice sections |
2 25-minute sections;
1 20-minute section |
67 multiple-choice questions:
· 19 sentence completions
· 48 reading comprehension questions |
| Math |
3 multiple-choice sections |
2 25-minute sections;
1 20-minute section |
54 questions:
· 44 multiple-choice questions
· 10 grid-ins (student-produced response) |
The total time for the full-length SAT I is 3 hours and 20 minutes.
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THE REDUCED-LENGTH SAT I
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Test |
Number of Sections |
Time |
Number of Questions |
| Writing |
No essay section
1 multiple-choice section |
35 minutes |
No essay section
52 multiple-choice grammar questions |
| Critical Reading |
1 multiple-choice section |
25 minutes |
25 multiple-choice questions:
· 8 sentence completions
· 17 reading comprehension questions |
| Math |
1 multiple-choice section |
25 minutes |
21 multiple-choice questions:
· 13 multiple-choice questions
· 8 grid-ins (student-produced response) |
The total time for the reduced-length SAT I is 1 hour and 25 minutes.
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ABOUT OUR ONLINE WRITING
PROGRAM
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One of the more challenging aspects of the SAT I is its grammar and essay
requirement. For those students who have never taken grammar courses or
expository essay writing classes, this portion of the test can be daunting.
Yet, even the very best student writers can benefit from a program that deepens
their understanding of the technical rules of grammar and enhances their
mastery of logic and rhetoric in essay composition.
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To that end, we have created three online full-length SAT I Writing sections, each with an
essay writing sample. Students should space out the administration of each
test, leaving approximately a week for the test to be graded and then another
week to study closely the detailed analysis, grammar solution texts, and
extensive essay commentary we provide. Students will then log back in, complete
the second test, review the results thoroughly, and then complete the third
test approximately a week after receiving the results from the second. The
third and final test exposure should then be a much more focused, effective and
strategic effort.
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After reviewing the complete results—the scores, solution texts, and essay
analysis—from these three Writing test sections, students will have a clear
sense of the range of grammar knowledge required on the SAT I and a very
thorough understanding of the particular genre of expository essay writing that
the test demands. Moreover, students will have acquired a confident knowledge
in a core set of grammar rules essential to effective proofreading and obtained
a more rigorous understanding of the power of logic and rhetoric in
constructing cogent arguments. Below is a table detailing the contents and
format of each one of our three online SAT I Writing sections:
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THE SAT I WRITING SECTION
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Section |
Time |
Number of Questions |
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25 minutes |
One essay question |
| 2 Reading |
25 minutes |
25 multiple-choice questions:
· 11 improving sentences questions
· 18 identifying sentence errors questions
· 6 improving paragraphs questions |
| 3 |
10 minutes |
14 multiple-choice improving sentences questions |
The total time for each of the SAT I Writing sections is 1 hour.
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the production of, and does not endorse, this exam.
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