How to Improve SAT Reading Score?

The SAT is a high school standardized test, considered by most colleges and universities in the admission process. The purpose of the SAT is to measure a high school student’s readiness for college and provide colleges with one common data point that can be used to compare all applicants. The SAT is a standardized test that assesses a student’s skills in four core areas: Reading, Writing & Language, Math, and Essay (optional). Students of all 4 years from 9th -12th grade takes the SAT to submit their scores to colleges as part of the college application process. Usually, 11th and 12th-grade students take the SAT. SAT scores are valid for 5 years, from the date that they are taken.

Exam Details

SAT Sections	Duration (in min.)	Questions	Content/Skills Covered	Question Types
Reading	65	52	Passages or pairs of passages (literature, historical documents, social sciences, and natural sciences)	Multiple-choice

SAT Reading Scoring System

Section	Total # of Points	Scaled Score	Time/Question (Approx.)	Question Type
Reading	52	10-40	1 Min. 25 Sec.	Multiple Choice
EBRW (Reading + Writing & Language)	96	200-800	NA	NA

Specific SAT Reading tips and strategies

• Raising Your SAT Reading Score: Understand the Stakes
  • If you raise your score to 600 (or 30) in EBRW (or Reading), your chance of admission goes up to 60%—that’s a really good chance of admission!
• Smart strategy to get higher score in SAT Reading
  • Finding your strong topics in Reading: You take the mock-up test without preparation with any institutes or online tools like Socrato, which provides the diagnostic/analytical reports etc.
  • Setting the targeted score such as 30: To figure out your SAT target score, look up the score range requirements of colleges.
  • Reading Area & Topic-Wise Analysis to Improve Total Points: Download SAT e-Book to prepare for SAT in a smarter way.

Approaches to Improve Your Low SAT Reading Score

• Save time on reading Passages by switching your reading approach.
• Learn to eliminate the three wrong answers.
• Find your reading skill strength and drill them.
• Only use high-quality SAT Reading resources.
• Don’t focus on vocab.
• Skip the most problematic, time-consuming questions.
• Know all your reading mistakes.
• Guess on each question you don’t know because you will get 1 point for each correct answer no negative marking for incorrect answer.

To score high students can use Socrato to practice online and get insights beyond scores. Socrato’s Companion Series helps you get the most from your Official Study Guide.

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