12.Practice.Tests.for.the.SAT_2015-2016_1128p

4 KAPLAN'S GUIDE TO THE SAT CHANGE AND PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AREA SCORES
You will receive two Area, or domain, Scores on the new SAT: an Evidence-Based Reading
and Writing score and a Math score. Each score will range from 200 to 800 points. The
Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Area score is the sum of the Reading Test score and
the Writing and Language Test score.
TEST SCORES
There will be three Test Scores, each ranging from 10 to 40, associated with the 2016 redesign
of the SAT: a Reading Test score, a Writing and Language Test score, and a Math Test score.
CROSS-TEST SCORES
Two Cross-Test Scores will be included in the 2016 SAT score report: Analysis in History/
Social Studies and Analysis in Science. These two scores, each on a scale of 10 to 40, will be
based on specific questions across the SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing and SAT
Math sections related to these fields.
SUBSCORES
Each new SAT test will have its own set of Subscores. Each Subscore is scored on a scale
of l to lS.
EVIDENCE-BA SED READING AND WRITING TEST SUBSCORES
The Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Test will have a Command of Evidence subscore
and a Relevant Words in Context subscore. The Writing and Language Test will have two
additional subscores of Expression of Ideas and Standard English Conventions.
MATH TEST SUBSCORES
The 2016 SAT Math Test will have three subscores corresponding to the three major content
areas on the revised exam: Heart of Algebra, Problem Solving and Data Analysis, and
Passport to Advanced Math.
ESSAY
The SO-minute-long essay portion of the 2016 SAT will be optional and scored separately
from the 1600-point Math/Evidence-Based Reading and Writing tests. You will be asked to
analyze a source document and write an essay in which you explain how the author builds
his or her argument. The Essay will be graded based on your abilities to read, analyze, and
write. Each of these components (Reading, Analysis, Writing) will be scored on a scale of 1
to 4, for a cumulative Essay score of 3 to 12.
For more detailed information about the Essay, please see the Essay Test section.