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?Scoring
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- 1/4 penalty for wrong answers
- Score is out of 2400
- 800 for Math
- 800 for Reading Comprehension
- 800 for Writing
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- No wrong-answer penalty
- Score is out of 1600
- 800 for Math
- 800 for Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
- Subscores and insight scores available
- Optional Essay will be scored separately
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?Anatomy
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- 3 Critical Reading sections
- 3 Math sections
- 3 Writing sections
- 10-25 minutes each
- Includes 1 Essay test (25 minutes)
- 1 Experimental test
- 5 answer choices for multiple-choice questions
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- 1 Evidence-Based Reading and Writing test
- 65-minute Reading section
- 35-minute Language and Writing section
- 1 Math test
- 55-minute section with calculator
- 25-minute section without calculator
- 1 Essay test (optional) – 50 minutes
- 4 answer choices for multiple choice questions
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?Timing
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- 3 hours; 3 hours 50 minutes with optional essay
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Administration
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- Only available in print
- Focused on broad range of content and skills
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- Available in print and digitally*
- Fewer questions with a greater focus on in-depth analysis of content and evidence
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?Essay
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- Essay is required
- Students have 25 minutes to draft a response
- Quality of reasoning and accuracy of data not tested
- Score combined with multiple-choice Writing section
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- Essay is optional
- Students have 50 minutes to analyze a 650-750 word document and draft an essay
- Tests reading, analysis, and writing skills; requires students to analyze a source document and explain how the author builds an argument
- Facts matter
- Scored separately
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?Math
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- Focus on wide array of topics
- More emphasis on computational skills
- Calculators permitted for all sections
- Multiple choice and grid-in questions
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- Concentrated focus on:
- Problem-solving and data analysis
- “The Heart of Algebra”
- “Passport to Advanced Math”
- Real-world problem solving accompanied by informational graphics
- Calculator permitted for 37 questions; not permitted for 20 questions
- Multiple choice and grid-in questions; 1 Item Set grid-in question
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?Reading and Writing
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- Critical Reading
- Sentence Completions
- Passage-based questions
- Passage-based questions from short (100-150 words) and long (400-850 words) passages
- Writing
- Combined score of writing multiple-choice questions and Essay
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- Evidence-Based Reading
- No Sentence Completions
- Tests understanding of passages from U.S. and World Literature, History/Social Studies, and Sciences (500-750 words)
- Writing and Language
- Tests “Expression of Ideas” and “Standard English Conventions” through passages relating to Careers, History/Social Studies, Humanities, and Science
- All questions pull from extended prose (400-450 words)
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