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