and skills developed by the student in school course work. The new SAT will improve the
alignment of the test with current curriculum and institutional practices in high school.
Major changes include:
Writing
- Multiple-choice questions (grammar and usage)
- Student-written essay
Critical Reading
- Analogies eliminated
- Short reading passages added to existing long reading passages
Mathematics
- Math content expanded to include topics from third-year college preparatory math
- Quantitative comparisons eliminated
