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Each member of a research group visited either the Virgin Islands or Hawaii...
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So What?
Math questions involving two equations and two unknowns can usually be combined into one equation with one unknown.
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The
test in question is the SAT I: Reasoning Test, commonly referred to as just the
plain old SAT. The modified SAT will be introduced in March 2005. If you will
be a high school senior graduating and looking to enter college in 2006, you
will take the new exam. If you will be a high school senior graduating and
looking to enter college before 2006, you will take the current version of
the exam.
The
Verbal Section Changes
The
first change to the Verbal section is its name. On the new SAT, this section
will be called Critical Reading. The second change to the Verbal section is the
elimination of the analogy questions. This question type is being eliminated so
that this section on the new exam will consist entirely of critical reading
questions that will test reading skills at the sentence, paragraph, and passage
level. The third change to the Verbal section is the addition of paragraph-length
critical reasoning questions, to supplement the existing question types of
sentence completions and reading comprehension passages. The topics of the
given texts will represent a wide range of subjects, including science,
literature, humanities, and history.
The
Math Section Changes
The
Math section of the SAT will also change. Algebra II material will be tested on
the new exam in order to better align the SAT with the math curriculum being
taught in high school classrooms. The second change to the Math section is the
elimination of quantitative comparisons. The other two current math question
types, 5-choice multiple-choice and student-produced responses, will remain on
the exam.
The
New Writing Section - Essay
The
biggest change to the SAT will be the introduction of a new Writing section.
The Writing section will consist of two parts: an essay and a multiple-choice
section. Students will be given 25 minutes to respond to a prompt and construct
a well-organized essay that effectively addresses the task. The essay question
may require students to complete a statement, to react to a quote or an
excerpt, or to agree or disagree with a point of view. In any case, a good
essay will support the chosen position with specific reasons and examples from
literature, history, art, science, current affairs, or even a student's own
experiences.
Essays
will be scored based on the procedures for the current SAT II: Writing Test.
Essays will be graded by two independent readers on a scale of 1 - 6, and their
two scores will be combined to form an essay subscore that ranges from 2 to 12.
Should the readers' scores vary by more than 2 points, a third reader will
score the essay. The readers will be high school teachers and college
professors who teach composition. To ensure that essays will be scored in a
timely manner, they will be scanned and made available to readers on the
Internet for grading purposes.
The
New Writing Section - Multiple-Choice
The
Writing section will also include multiple-choice grammar and usage questions.
Some of these questions will call upon students to improve given sentences and
paragraphs. Others will present students with sentences and require them to
identify mistakes in diction, grammar, sentence construction, subject-verb
agreement, proper word usage, and wordiness.
The
highest possible score on the new Writing section will be 800. Scores on the
essay and multiple-choice section will be combined to produce a single score. A
writing subscore will also be assigned. The highest possible scores on the
Critical Reading and Math sections will remain 800 each, making 2400 a perfect
score on the new SAT.
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