SAT (College Entrance Examination Board)

About the course

This course is designed to help Sixth Form KTJ students prepare effectively for the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing sections of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), an examination that is used for university admissions throughout the United States. Students are first given a diagnostic test so that their strengths and areas for improvement may be identified accurately. The course then focuses on providing students with the guidance they need to maximise their scores by helping them set individual targets, develop personalised study plans and make successful use of various test-taking strategies. Finally, while working tactically through sample questions and practice tests from the test-maker (the College Board), students develop competent techniques for vocabulary-building, structuring grammatically correct sentences, reading critically, speed-reading and writing essays. As strong critical thinking skills are crucial for success in both the Writing and Reading sections of the SAT, students are given plenty of opportunities to work jointly with teachers and peers, and then independently, on text analysis, topic development and sound argument construction.

Assessment

Duration

3 hours (plus 50 minutes for the essay - optional)

1.Evidence-Based Reading and Writing

-Reading Test

Components

-Writing and Language Test

2.Math

3.Essay (optional)

Important features

-Focus on the knowledge, skills, and understandings that research has identified as most important for college and career readiness and success

-Greater emphasis on the meaning of words in extended contexts and on how word choice shapes meaning, tone, and impact

-Rights-only scoring (no penalty for guessing)

-Optional and given at the end of the SAT; postsecondary institutions determine whether they will require the Essay for admission

Essay

-50 minutes to write the essay

-Tests reading, analysis, and writing skills; students produce a written analysis of a provided source text

-Scale ranging from 400 to 1600

Score reporting

-Scale ranging from 200 to 800 for Evidence-Based Reading and Writing; 200 to 800 for Math; 2 to 8 on each of three dimensions for essay

-Essay results reported separately

Key resources

Cambridge International www.cambridgeinternational.org

Learn more about the Cambridge IGCSE subjects, qualifications and recognition.

Pearson Edexcel qualifications.pearson.com

Learn more about the Pearson Edexcel IGCSE Mathematics.

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