About

The SAT Reasoning Test is required by most United States colleges and universities as an admissions examination, testing students' writing, reading, and mathematics skill levels. In addition, it is an assessment of students' critical thinking and problem-solving abilities, as well as an indicator of their aptitude to succeed in higher education.

The SAT is composed of three sections: Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing. Each of the three sections is scored on a scale of 200-800, culminating towards a combined score between 600 and 2400, with the Writing section including one subscore for multiple-choice questions and another for the essay. The score report will include this scaled score as well as a percentile rank, which indicates the student's performance relative to other students who took the examination.

Critical Reading
The Critical Reading component includes two 25-minute sections and one 20-minute section containing sentence completions and reading comprehension questions.

Mathematics
The Mathematics component consists of two 25-minute Math sections that contain both multiple-choice questions and "grid-ins" (student-produced response questions) and one 20-minute Math section that includes only multiple-choice questions.

Writing
The Writing component consists of one 25-minute Essay section that requires students to present and support their viewpoint on a given topic and a 25-minute multiple-choice section that includes error identification questions, improving sentences questions, and improving paragraphs questions.

Experimental
In addition to the graded Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing sections mentioned above, each SAT Reasoning Test also includes one ungraded 25-minute Experimental section, which may be either a Critical Reading, Mathematics, or Writing section. It is unknown which section is Experimental, so students should still complete each section to the best of his/her ability.

For more information regarding the SAT Reasoning Test, visit the College Board website: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/about/SATI.html