The digital SAT, also known as the SAT Online, is structured similarly to the traditional paper-and-pencil version of the test. The test is divided into three sections: Reading, Writing and Language, and Math (with Calculator). Each section is scored on a scale of 200-800, with a total possible score of 1600. The test also includes an optional Essay section, which is scored separately. The digital SAT is taken on a computer and is administered by the College Board, the organization that oversees the SAT.

Structural Detail of Digital SAT:

Students have 64 minutes to complete the Reading and Writing section and 70 minutes to complete the Math section for a total of 2 hours and 14 minutes. Each section is divided into 2 equal-length modules, and there is a 10-minute break between the Reading and Writing section and the Math section.

CategoryReading and Writing (RW) SectionMath Section
FormatTwo-stage adaptive test design:
one Reading and Writing
section administered via two
separately timed modules
Two-stage adaptive test design:
one Math section administered
via two separately timed modules
  Test length1st module: 25 operational
questions and 2 pretest questions
2nd module: 25 operational
questions and 2 pretest questions
1st module: 20 operational
questions and 2
pretest questions
2nd module: 20
operational questions and
2 pretest questions
Time per stage1st module: 32 minutes
2nd module: 32 minutes
1st module: 35 minutes
2nd module: 35 minutes
# Of questions54 questions44 questions
Total time
allotted
64 minutes70 minutes
Question
type(s) used
Discrete; four-option
multiple-choice
Discrete; four-option multiple-
choice (?75%) and student-
produced response (SPR) (?25%)
Stimulus topicsLiterature, history/social
studies, humanities, science
Science, social science,
real-world topics
Informational graphics Yes; tables, bar graphs, line graphsYes

Content Specifications:

Reading and Writing:

The SAT Online Reading and Writing section measures students’ college and career readiness in literacy. For college readiness and success, the section focuses on key elements of comprehension, rhetoric, and language use. Below, describes the content domains and question distribution for the Reading and Writing sections.

Content
Domain
Domain
Description
Skill/Knowledge
Testing Points
Operational
Question
Distribution
Craft and
Structure
Measures the comprehension, vocabulary, analysis, synthesis, and
reasoning skills and knowledge.
Words in Context
Text Structure
and Purpose
Cross-Text
Connections
?28% /
13-15
questions
Information
and Ideas
Measures comprehension, analysis, and reasoning skills and
knowledge and the ability to locate, interpret, evaluate, and integrate information.
Central Ideas
and Details
Command of
Evidence
§ Textual
§ Quantitative
Inferences
?26% /
12-14
questions
Standard English ConventionsMeasures the ability to edit texts to conform to core
conventions of Standard English sentence structure, usage, and punctuation.
Boundaries
Form, Structure,
and Sense
?26% /
11-15
questions
Expression of IdeasMeasures the ability to revise texts to improve the effectiveness of
written expression and to meet specific rhetorical goals.
Rhetorical Synthesis
Transitions
?20% /
8-12
questions

Math:


SAT Suite assessments measure students’ knowledge and skills in math needed for college and careers. Geometry and trigonometry are the key elements of the digital SAT Suite Math section.

Math Section Content Domains and Question Distribution is shown below,

Content DomainDomain DescriptionSkill/Knowledge Testing PointsOperational
Question
Distribution
AlgebraMeasures the ability to analyze, fluently solve, and create linear equations and
inequalities.
Linear equations
in one variable
Linear equations
in two variables
Linear functions
Systems of two
linear equations
in two variables
Linear inequalities in
one or two variables.
?35% /
13-15
questions
Advanced MathMeasures skills and knowledge central for progression to more
advanced math courses, including demonstrating an understanding of absolute value,
quadratic, exponential, polynomial, rational, radical.
Equivalent
expressions
Nonlinear equations
in one variable and
systems of equations
in two variables
Nonlinear functions.
?35% /
13-15
questions
Problem-
Solving and
Data Analysis
Measures the ability to apply quantitative
reasoning about ratios, rates, and proportional relationships.
Ratios, rates,
proportional
relationships,
and units
Percentages
One-variable data:
distributions and
measures of center
and spread
Two-variable
data: models and
scatterplots
Probability and
conditional
probability.
?15% /
5-7
question
Geometry and
Trigonometry
Measures the ability to solve problems that focus on area and volume; angles, triangles,
and trigonometry; and circles.
Area and volume
Lines, angles,
and triangles
Right triangles and
trigonometry
Circles.
?15% /
5-7
questions

Downloading the test from the college board website is a good way to get familiar with the test and prepare for it.

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