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SAT Subscores--What Do They Mean?


Sample SAT Score Report

https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2017/11/sample-sat-score-report.html 

Expression of Ideas

 https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/sat/new-sat-tips-planning/sat-writing-and-language-test-strategies/a/solving-expression-of-ideas-questions-on-the-sat-writing-and-language-test

 https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/about/alignment/writing-language/subscores

 https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/official-sat-study-guide-writing-language-expression-ideas.pdf

 Standard English Conventions

 https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/sat/new-sat-tips-planning/about-the-sat-writing-language-test/a/writing-and-language-test-standard-english-conventions

 https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sample-questions/writing-language

 https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/official-sat-study-guide-writing-language-standard-english-conventions.pdf

 Words in Context

 https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/sat/new-sat-tips-planning/new-sat-about-sat/a/what-does-the-words-in-context-subscore-measure

 https://blog.prepscholar.com/words-in-context-sat-strategies

 https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/official-sat-study-guide-words-context.pdf

 Command of Evidence

 https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/sat/new-sat-tips-planning/new-sat-about-sat/a/understanding-your-command-of-evidence-subscore

 https://blog.prepscholar.com/command-of-evidence-sat-reading

 https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/official-sat-study-guide-command-evidence.pdf

 Heart of Algebra

 https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/sat/new-sat-tips-planning/about-the-sat-math-test/a/the-sat-math-test-heart-of-algebra

 https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/official-sat-study-guide-heart-algebra.pdf

 https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/about/alignment/math/heart-of-algebra

 Problem Solving and Data Analysis

 https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/sat/new-sat-tips-planning/about-the-sat-math-test/a/the-sat-math-test-problem-solving-and-data-analysis

 https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/official-sat-study-guide-problem-solving-data-analysis.pdf

 https://blog.prepscholar.com/problem-solving-and-data-analysis-sat-math

 Passport to Advanced Math

 https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/sat/new-sat-tips-planning/about-the-sat-math-test/a/the-sat-math-test-passport-to-advanced-math

 https://blog.prepscholar.com/passport-to-advanced-math

 https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/official-sat-study-guide-passport-advanced-math.pdf

Ways to Improve Analysis 

https://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/college-admissions-playbook/articles/2017-08-21/4-ways-to-improve-sat-science-history-analysis-skills 

Explanation of Analysis for Reading in General

https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2013/08/ap-english-analysis-rubric.html 

https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2019/11/analyzing-text-paragraph-by-paragraph.html 

https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2014/08/all-classes-reading-strategies.html 

Sample Questions for Each Aspect of Your Overall Score--Activity to Improve Your Knowledge of Test Questions

Click on the first link to an explanation of scoring on a practice SAT. Scroll down to the pink section, where you will find question types. Then click on the second link (the SAT exam itself). Find the questions. Review the wording. 

https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/scoring-sat-practice-test-1.pdf

 https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/sat-practice-test-1.pdf 

Afterward, review another practice test (https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/practice/full-length-practice-tests). Skim the exam to see if you can identify question types.

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