SAT: READING & WRITING
54 questions split into two 32-minute modules (27 questions each)
64 minutes

Content:

  • Multiple choice passage-based questions.

  • Some paired passages.

  • Informational graphics, such as tables, graphs, and charts, but no math required.

Specifics:

  • Classic or Contemporary work of U.S. or World Literature.

  • History/Social Studies with passages focusing on anthropology, communication studies, economics, education, human geography, law, linguistics, political science, psychology, sociology.

  • Humanities: art, film, music, philosophy, theater, and dance.

  • Behavioral sciences, earth science, life science, and physical science.

  • Standard English Conventions: grammar, punctuation, boundaries.

  • Expression of Ideas (rhetorical synthesis from notes)

     

SAT: MATH

Two Sections:
70 minutes total
 44 questions

           Two 35-minute sections
              22 questions each

Content:

  • Algebra

  • Advanced Math

  • Problem Solving and Data Analysis

  • Geometry and Trigonometry

Multiple Choice questions and Student-produced responses.
Questions generally increase in difficulty.

ACT: READING
36 questions in one section
40 minutes


Content:

  • Multiple choice questions based on four reading passages.
     

  • One paired passage.

 


Specifics:

  • The four reading passages are always in the areas of Literary Narrative (prose fiction), Social Science, Humanities and Natural Sciences (in that order). Occasionally, a passage may be accompanied by a graph, figure, or table, and some questions will ask you to interpret or integrate that visual information alongside the text.

  • Prose Fiction: Excerpts from fiction or literary memoirs.

  • Social Science: Excerpts from areas such as Psychology, Sociology and Education.

  • Humanities: Excerpts from personal essays or memoirs, as well as on humanities subjects such as Arts, Literature, Media, or Philosophy.

  • Natural Science: Non-fiction passages on such subjects as Bio, Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy, Technology, or Medicine.


    ACT: ENGLISH
    50 questions in 1 section (Test 1)
    35 minutes

  • Six passages: four with 10 questions each and two with 5 questions each.

Content:

  • Usage/mechanics
    (punctuation, grammar, sentence structure).

  • Rhetorical skills
    (writing strategy, organization, style).

 

ACT: MATH


45 questions in one section (Test 2)
50 minutes




Content:

  • Pre-algebra

  • Algebra I

  • Algebra II

  • Geometry

  • Trigonometry

Multiple Choice Questions

Questions generally increase in difficulty.