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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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