Testing Links
ACT
www.act.org
- 4 Sections, each worth 25%
- Composite Score will be an average of all test portions, except Writing
- No "Guessing Penalty"
- Vocabulary is slightly less important
ENGLISH (1 - 36)
MATHEMATICS (1 - 36)
SCIENCE REASONING (1 - 36)
READING (1 - 36)
Optional WRITING Portion *Required by UC System
SAT Reasoning Test
www.collegeboard.com
SAT I
Writing Component (200 - 800)
- Mulitple Choice: Improve Sentences, Identify Errors
- 25 Multiple Essay: will judge composition and grammar
- 60 Minutes
Critical Reading (200 - 800)
- Reading Passages
- Sentence Completion
- 70 Minutes
Mathematics (200 - 800)
- Multiple Choice
- Number Operations, Functions, etc.
- Algebra, Geometry, Statistics, etc.
- 70 Minutes