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Using SAT Skills Insight

SAT Skills Insight demonstrates how the SAT is linked to the knowledgeand skills taught in the classroom. Educators can use Skills Insight to see

the skills typically mastered at each score band and develop strategies or

improvement, with a clear ramework or integrating essential academic

skill insights into classroom instruction and curriculum to increase college

readiness.

Skills Insight provides:

Skills and scores

Detailed inormation on the academic skills related to students scores

Real test questions and answers

Suggestions by score band to help improve college readiness skills that are

needed to succeed on the SAT, in the classroom, and in college

Step 1: Review student data

Find the student score data you would like to review. I youre interested in

viewing state and/or total group aggregate reports, you can fnd these at

http://proessionals.collegeboard.org/data-reports-research/sat/ under the tab

College-Bound Seniors. I youre interested in viewing reports or your studentsparticular high school and/or district, go to http://proessionals.collegeboard.

org/testing/sat-reasoning/scores/cb-seniors-k-12 or a description o the types o

reports available.

Step 2: Use Skills Insight

Once youve gauged your students general level o perormance on the SAT, you

can use Skills Insight to understand how students, as individuals or a group,

are perorming in specifc academic skill areas. This valuable eedback helps

identiy the strengths and weaknesses o students in a given SAT score band.

Step 3: Review skills and suggestions for improvementThe listed suggestions not only provide ways in which students can move into

a higher score band. These can be woven into lesson and curricular planning.


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No matter what your role, Skills Insight can be a valuable tool.

For state-level policymakers

Once you identiy your states average scores, you can use the skills and

suggestions or improvement to align curriculum and instruction with college

readiness goals.

For superintendents/principals

You can use the skills and suggestions or improvements to inorm curriculum

and instruction in order to increase the level o college readiness at your school

or district.

For classroom teachers

You can use Skills Insight to:

Determine students individual skill strengths and weaknesses

Understand the links between the skills being taught in the classroom and

the skills covered on the SAT

Focus instruction on areas where students need improvement, and adjust

lesson plans accordingly

Look at the types o skills tested in each score band and have students

answer sample questions


4/16*Real SAT Questions and Answers are available on the Web: www.collegeboard.org/SATSkillsInsigh

SAT SKILLS INSIGHT

Critical ReadingAcademic Skills at Each Score Band and Suggestions or Improvement

200290 300390 400490Determining the Meaning of Words

AcademicSkills*A typical student in thisscore interval can do theollowing:

Determinethemeaningofwordsina

simplesentencebyusingcontextclues

includingfamiliarphrasesandothervocabularyinthesentence

Usecontextclueswhenselectingmissingvocabulary

at the sentence level

Useknowledgeofrootwords,prexesandsufxeswhenselectingmissingvocabularyatthesentence

level

Usethecontextofasentenceorashortsectionof

texttoclarifythemeaningofunknownwordsorto

selecttheappropriatemeaningoffamiliarandsimple

wordsthathavemultiplemeanings

Useknowledgeofrootwordstodeterminethemeaningofwords

neededtocompleteacompoundorcomplexsentence

Recognizeandunderstandlesscommonwordsandspecializedvocabulary(termsusedinaparticularoccupationoreldof

study)

Usecontextclues(suchasanembeddeddenition)toselect

missingvocabularyatthesentencelevel

Usethecontextofasentenceorashortsectionoftexttoclarifythemeaningofunknownwords(whendenitionsmayormayno

beembeddedinthetext)ortoselecttheappropriatemeaningof

familiarandsimplewordsthathavemultiplemeanings

Usesentencestructuretonegotiatethemeaningofthesentence

Makesenseofcomplexsentenceswithlogicalconstructions

thatincludetermssuchasbut,although,or,if,thenand not

Suggestions forImprovementToadvancetothenexthighestscoreband,students should ocus on

thefollowingskills:

Whilereading,lookforwordswith

familiarroots.Thinkabouthowroots,

prexesandsufxesworktogether.

Whilereading,usethecontextofthe

restofthesentencetodetermine

themeaningsofunknownormultiplemeaningwords(suchas lightor run).

Whenreading,considerrootwordstohelpdetermine

themeaningofanunknownordifcultword.

Whenencounteringanunknownordifcultwordinatext,trytondoutifthatwordisjargon,orthe

specializedvocabularyofaspeciceld.

Whenencounteringanunknownwordorawordwithmultiplemeanings(suchas lightor run)inatext,lookatthecontextofthesentenceforcluestowhatthe

wordmeans.

Whenreading,pickoutalongsentenceandbreakitdownintosmallerparts.Thinkabouthowthe

structure o the sentence crea tes relationshipsamongtheideasinthesentence.Thinkabouthow

wordslikebut,although,andalsocreate certain

relationships.

Whenreadingatext,identifyacompoundorcomplexsentence

andbreakitdownintosmallerparts.Thinkabouthowthose

partsworktogetherandconsiderhowthestructureofthe

sentencesetsuprelationshipsamongtheideasinthesentence.

Whenencounteringanunknownwordorawordwithmultiple

meanings(suchas lightor run)inatext,lookatthecontextofthesentenceforcluestowhatthewordmeans.

Whenreadingatext(suchasanewspaperormagazinearticle)

aboutanunfamiliarsubject,lookforwordsthatmightbepart

ofaspecializedvocabularythatis,wordsthatareprimarily

usedwithinacertaineldanddeterminetheirmeaning.

Chooseasubjectandndabookwrittenbyaspecialistforother

specialistsinthateld,lookingforspecializedvocabularywords

inthetext.

Understanding Literary Elements

AcademicSkills*

Thisparticularskillgroupisnotrepresented

inthisscoreband.However,itisan

importantacademicskilltestedontheSAT.

Weencouragestudentstoreviewtheskills

andexamplesinthenexthighestscore

bandwherethisparticularskillgroupdoes

appear.

Thisparticularskillgroupisnotrepresentedinthis

scoreband.However,itisanimportantacademicskill

testedontheSAT.Weencouragestudentstoreview

theskillsandexamplesinthenexthighestscoreband

wherethisparticularskillgroupdoesappear.

Thisparticularskillgroupisnotrepresentedinthisscoreband.

However,itisanimportantacademicskilltestedontheSAT.We

encouragestudentstoreviewtheskillsandexamplesinthenext

highestscorebandwherethisparticularskillgroupdoesappear.

Suggestions forImprovement

Therearenospecicsuggestionsfor

improvementforthisskillgroupinthis

particularscoreband.However,we

encourage students to review thesuggestionsandexamplesinotherscorebands.

Therearenospecicsuggestionsforimprovementfor

thisskillgroupinthisparticularscoreband.However,

we encourage students to rev iew the suggestions andexamplesinotherscorebands.

Whenreadinganovel,shortstoryorplay,trytoidentifythe

differentwaysauthorscreatecharacter.Whatisrevealedabout

a character through his or her dialogue and interactions with

other characters?

Organization and Ideas

Academic

Skills*



importantacademicskilltestedontheSAT.Weencouragestudentstoreviewtheskills



appear.



testedontheSAT.Weencouragestudentstoreviewtheskillsandexamplesinthenexthighestscoreband


Understandthecentralidea(s)inasimpletextorinashort

sectionofalongertext

Determinethemainideaofatextandapplyittoadifferentcontext

Understandtherelationshipofideaswithinandacrossdifferent

texts

Integrateinformationfromshortsectionsofdifferenttexts





encourage students to review thesuggestionsandexamplesinotherscorebands.

Whenreadingatext(suchasabook,anessay,

anewspaperoramagazinearticle),identifythe

authorsideasandthinkabouttherelationships

amongthoseideas.Identifythemainideaandthesupportingideas.

Whenreadingtwotextsbydifferentauthorsonthe

sametopicoronrelatedtopics,identifyeachauthors

ideasandthinkabouthowthoseideasrelatetoeachother.

Whenreadingalongertext,noticehowitspartsworktogether.

Consider how the author introduces and concludes his or her

idea.Considerwhatsupportorevidencetheauthorprovides.

Lookfortwotextsaboutthesametopicbydifferentauthors.

Compareandcontrasthoweachauthorfeelsaboutthetopicand

howeachauthoraddressesthetopic.

Afterreadinganessay,anewspaperarticleoramagazine

article,considerwhatconclusionsandpredictionscanbemade.

Considerwhatmightcomenextiftheessayorarticlewereto

continue.



Critical Reading, continued

500590 600690 700800Determining the Meaning of Words

AcademicSkills*

Usethecontextofasentenceorlargersectionof

texttodeterminethemeaningofunknownwordsor

todifferentiateamongmultiplepossiblemeaningsof

words

Understandhowsyntax(thearrangementof

words and phrases in a sentence) infuences the

relationshipamongwordsandideaswithina

sentence

Demonstrateincreasedcomprehensionofspecializedvocabulary

Understandfamiliarwordsinunfamiliarcontextsand

differentiateamongmultiplepossiblemeaningsfor

wordsinunfamiliarcontexts

Understandsophisticatedandspecializedvocabulary

Determinethemeaningofawordwhenthereislittle

ornosupportingcontext

Negotiatecomplexsyntax(thearrangementofwords

andphrasesinasentence),andintegrateideas

within and across sentences

Understandhowwordscansometimesbeusedin

unusualwaysthatdirectlyrefutecommonusage

Accessbroadandextensivevocabularywithin

complexsyntacticalstructuresandinavarietyof

contexts

Analyzethecontextofasentenceorlargersections

oftexttoclarifythemeaningofunknownwords,

differentiateamongmultiplepossiblemeaningsof

words,detectnuancesandinferconnotations


Whenreadingatextaboutanunfamiliartopic,

lookforfamiliarwordstohelpdeterminewhatany

unknownwordsmightmean.

Whenencounteringanunknownwordoradifcult

wordinatext,lookitupinadictionarythatprovides

informationontheoriginsandhistoryofaword.

Whenencounteringadifcultsectionoftext,break

downtheideassentencebysentenceandeven

withinsentences.Thinkabouthowtheideaswork

together.

Whenreadingadifculttext,lookforfamiliarwords

thatareusedinunfamiliarways.

Whenreadingatextaboutanunfamiliartopic,

lookforfamiliarwordstohelpdeterminewhatany

unknownwordsmightmean.

Whenencounteringadifcultwordinatext,usethe

contextofthesentenceandsurroundingsentences

todeterminethewordsmeaning.Alsoconsiderthe

contextwhendetermininghowawordisbeingused.

Forexample,doestherestofthesentenceindicate

thatawordisbeingusedwithacertainconnotation?

Toimprovevocabulary,readadifculttextandlook

upanyunfamiliarwordsinadictionarythatprovides

informationontheoriginsandhistoryofaword.

Thisisthetopscorebandandstudentswhoscoreat

thislevelwilllikelyhavemasteredtheskillslistedat

allotherlevels.However,studentscanalwaysbenet

frommorepractice.Weencouragestudentstoreview

theskillsandexampleslistedinthe500590and

600690scorebands.

Understanding Literary Elements

AcademicSkills*

Identifynuancesandattitudesofcharacters

Determinecharacterizationfromdialogue,thoughts

andactions,interactionsamongcharacters,and

narrative perspective

Analyzecharactersfunctioninanarrative

Interpre tdialoguefromacharactersorthenarrator s

perspective

Analyzetherolesandrelationshipsamong

charactersandbetweencharactersandthenarrator


Whenreadinganovel,shortstoryorplay,choosea

characterandthinkaboutwhatpurposeheorshe

serves.Consider:Isthecharacteraprotagonist,an

antagonistoranimportantminorcharacter?Isthe

characterafoiloratragichero?Doesthecharacter

providecomicrelief?Howdoesthecharacterrelate

tothestorystheme?Howdoesthecharacteraffect

the plot?

Whenreadinganovel,shortstoryorplay,pickoutalineofonecharactersdialogue.Thinkabouthow

other characters would react to what that charactersays.Keepinmindwhatisknownabouteach

character.

Whenreadinganovel,shortstoryorplay,identify

thewaysinwhichthecharacters(includingthe

narrator)contributetotheworksoverallmeaningor

message.Considerthewaysinwhichthecharacters

relatetoeachotherandtothenarrator.





theskillsandexampleslistedinthe500590and

600690scorebands.

Organization and Ideas

AcademicSkills*

Integrateideaswithinandacrosssentencesand

texts

Comprehendgeneralizationsabouttexts

Analyzeandcompareconceptsacrosstexts

Drawtext-basedconclusionsbeyondthemainidea

Determinethefunctionofaselectedportionoftext

withinalongertext

Analyzemainideasandconceptswithinandacross

complexandsometimesopposingtexts

Compareandcontrastexplicitandimplicitsupporting

ideasacrosstexts

Recognizecomponentsofanauthorsargument

withinatext

Analyzecontext,sentencestructureandsentence

variationtoconstructmeaningwithinandacrosssentencesandtexts

Interpretmultiplelayersofatext

Suggestions for

Improvement

Findtwochallengingessaysbydifferentauthorson

thesametopic.Considerhoweachauthoraddresses

thetopic.Thinkabouthoweachauthortreatsthemainidea.Considerwhethertheauthorsusesimilar

evidenceandsupportingideasoruseothermethods

tosupporttheirmainideas.

Whenreadinganargumentativetext,identifythe

partsoftheauthorsargument.Consider:Whatis

thethesis?Whatevidencedoestheauthorprovide?

Doestheauthorciteothers?Howdoesheorshe

concludetheargument?

Whenreadingatext,lookatitsorganizationandits

style.Considerhowtheorganizationandstylework

togethertocontributetotheworkseffectiveness. Whenreadingatext,thinkaboutthestatedtopicand

alsoconsideritslargermeaningorpurpose.Consider

whetherornotthetexthasameaningbeyonditsstatedintention.



allotherlevels.However,studentscanalwaysbenetfrommorepractice.Weencouragestudentstoreview

theskillsandexampleslistedinthe500 590and

600690scorebands.




200290 300390 400490Authors Craft

AcademicSkills*

Usevocabularycluestodeterminethe

toneofatext(theauthorsattitude

towardthesubjectofthetextandtoward

the audience)

Recognizeelementsofgurative

language(suchasmetaphor)inatext

Thisparticularskillgroupisnotrepresentedinthisscoreband.

However,itisanimportantacademicskilltestedontheSAT.

Weencouragestudentstoreviewtheskillsandexamplesin

thenexthighestscoreband,wherethisparticularskillgroup

doesappear.

Identifyanauthorspurposeforwriting

Identifyanddescribetheeffectsofliterarydevicesused

toachieveaspecicpurpose

Infertheauthorsopinionconcerningthecentralideasin

atext

Usetonetoinferanauthorsunstatedassumptions

Usecontextcluestoidentifyanauthorsrhetorical

purpose(forexample,topersuadetheaudience)ina

shortsectionoftext





encourage students to review the

suggestionsandexamplesinother

scorebands.

Whenreadingatext,thinkabouttheauthorspurposeor

writing(forexample,toexpresshisorherfeelingsabouta

subject,toinformthereader,topresentanargument).

Whenreadingatext,lookforliterarydevicessuchas

personication,metaphorandhyperbole;thinkaboutwhat

effectthesedeviceshaveonthetext.

Whenreadingatext,considertheauthorstone.Look

forspecicwordsandphrasesthatmakethetextsound

humorous,angry,earnestorobjective.Considerwhythe

authorhaschosentousethistone.

Whenreadingatext,thinkabouthowtheauthoruses

rhetoric.Forwhomistheauthoriswriting?Identify

howheorshehooksthereadersinterest,andhow

theauthortriestomakehimselforherselfbelievable.

Consider how the author uses evidence to suppor t his or

herpoint.

Whenreadingalongertext,pickoneparagraphand

carefullyanalyzethevocabulary,sentencestructures

anddevicesinit.Thinkabouthowanauthoruses

languagetoachieveapurposeinjustashortsectionoftext.

Whenreadinganovel,shortstoryorplay,thinkabout

theauthorsstyle.Considerwhatkindoflanguagetheauthorusesowerylanguageorstraightforward

language,forexample.Thinkabouthowthestyle

affectsthetext.

Whenreadingatext,lookforliterarydevicessuchas

symbolismandirony.

Reasoning and Inferencing

AcademicSkills*



importantacademicskilltestedontheSAT.Weencouragestudentstoreviewtheskills



appear.

Performclear,simplestepsofreasoning

Recognizeageneralidea,suchasaparaphrase,thatis

supportedbyseparatebutrelatedpointsindifferent

sentences

Performmultiplestepsofreasoning

Makemultiple,layeredinferences


Whilereadingatext,thinkabouthowthe

authorsupportshisorhermainidea.

Whilereadingatext,chooseasentence

andrestateit,andthenchooseawhole

paragraphandrestateit.

Whenreadingatextandconsideringtheideasinit,think

abouthowconclusionsarereachedbasedonthoseideas.

Thinkaboutwhatcanbeguessedabouttheauthorandhisor

herfeelingsaboutatopicbasedonwhatisinthetext:Isthe

author suggestingrather than statingacertainidea?Does

itseemthattheauthorissayingsomethingorbelievesin

somethingevenifitisnotdirectlystated?Canconclusions

bedrawnorpredictionsmadebasedoncluesinthetext?

Afterreadingatextanddetermininghowtheauthor

feelsaboutacertaintopic,considerhowheorshe

wouldfeelaboutarelatedargument.Thinkabouthow

someonewithanopposingviewpointwouldrespondtothetext,andhowtheauthorwouldrespondtoan

opposingargument.

Whenreadingalongertext,noticehowtheauthordevelopsanidea.Thinkabouthowtheideaisintroduced

andhowtheideaisdevelopedthroughoutthetext.




500590 600690 700800Authors Craft

AcademicSkills*

Inferanauthorspurposeforwriting

Recognizetheuseofironyandtheeffectsofother

sophisticatedliterarydevices,suchassymbolism,

inatext

Determinethefunctionofwordsanddevicesin

limitedsectionsoftext

Analyzehowanauthorachievesspeciceffects

using rhetorical devices and strategies

Analyzeanauthorsexplicitandimplicitpurposesfor

writing

Analyzetheeffectsofanauthorsrhetoricalandstylistic

choices

Distinguishamongopinion,fact,conjectureand

hypothesisinatext

Recognizehowanauthorusesevidencetosupporta

particular position

Recognizesubtletiesanddifferencesintone,suchastheuseofhumororironytoachieveaspeciceffect

Analyzetheoverallpurposeofanauthorstext

Analyzehowsophisticatedrhetoricaldevices

support an authors purposes

Analyzehowthesophisticateduseofliterarydevicesandgurativelanguage(suchasextended

metaphors,complicatedanalogiesandsymbolic

images)achievespeciceffects


Whenreadingatext,thinkaboutwhytheauthor

chosetowriteit.Considerbothwhattheauthor

saysinthetextandwhatcanbeinferred.

Whenreadingatext,considerhowtheauthors

languageandthestructureofthetextaffect

thewaytheauthormakeshisorherpoint.Think

aboutwhatkindofsupporttheauthorprovides.

Consider:Doestheauthorspeculate,citefactsor

expressanopinion?Howdoestheauthorstone

relate to the topic?

Whenreadingatext,considertheauthorsuseof

rhetoric.Thinkabouthowtheauthortriestomake

himselforherselfbelievableandhowtheauthoruses

evidencetosupporthisorherpoint.Thinkabouthowthe

authorsuseofrhetoricsupportshisorherpurpose.

Whenreadingatext,considerhowtheauthorcarefully

usesliterarydevices(suchasunderstatement,mood,

allusion,allegory,paradox,voiceandauthorialpersona)

andgurativelanguage.Thinkabouthowtheauthors

languageanduseofdevicesaffectthetext.






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Reasoning andInferencing

AcademicSkills*

Makelayeredinferencesandapplythose

inferencestodifferentbutrelatedsituations

Makeaconnectionbetweenonepartofatext

andalaterpartofthatsametexttoenhance

comprehension

Performcomplexreasoningtasksonshortsectionsof

text

Determineanauthorsunstatedassumptionsanddevelop

inferencesfromexplicitevidenceindifferentsectionsof

atext

Drawmultipleextendedinferencesthatrequireseveral

steps o reasoning

Drawinferencesbasedonimplicationsthroughoutatext

Considertheentiretextwhenmakinginferences,linking

informationtoideasbothbeforeandafteraspecicsection

Integratebothgeneralanddetailedinformationacross

texts

Makeinferenceswhenthereisnoexplicit

reinforcementinthetextorwheninformationismissing,andusethoseinferencestodrawfurther

conclusionsaboutthetext

Applyconclusionsdrawnfromatexttoothercontexts,understandingsimilaroranalogous

situations in the process

Identifyanauthorsunstatedassumptionsanddrawfurtherconclusionsaboutthetextbasedon

theseassumptions Analyzeandrelatemultipleperspectivesonsimilar

topicsacrosstexts

Compareandcontrastdeeplyembeddeddetailsor

ideasacrosstexts


Whenreadingatext(suchasanessayor

newspaperarticle),thinkaboutwhattheauthor

istryingtosay,eitherdirectlyorindirectly.Think

aboutwhattheauthorstates,andwhatcanbe

guessedaboutwhatheorshethinksorfeels.

Identifytheevidenceinthetextthatsupportsany

assumptions.

Findtwochallengingtextsbydifferentauthors

onthesametopic.Synthesizethemainideasand

supportingdetailsfromeachtext.Thinkabout

whatconclusionscanbedrawnfrombothtexts.

Afterreadingatext,thinkabouttheconclusionsthatcan

bedrawnfromthattext.Considerhowtheseconclusions

mightapplytoadifferentscenarioorsituation.Think

aboutothertextstheseconclusionsbringtomind,and

considerhowtheseconclusionsmightrelatetothem.

Whenreadingachallengingtext,thinkaboutthe

assumptionsthatunderlietheauthorsposition.Think

aboutwhattheauthorassumesabouttheworld.Consider:

Aretheauthorsassumptionslogical?Arehisorher

assumptionsdefensible?Doesthereadersviewofthe

authorandhisorherassumptionsaffectthereaders

understandingofthetext?

Readessaysbydifferentauthorsonthesametopicorrelatedtopics.Analyzetheessayssimilaritiesand

differencesfrommanydifferentperspectives.Consider

thingssuchaseachauthorsreasoning,evidenceand

logicalappeals.






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SAT SKILLS INSIGHT

MathematicsAcademic Skills at Each Score Band and Suggestions or Improvement

200290 300390 400490NUMBER AND OPERATIONS

AcademicSkills*A typical student in thisscore interval can dothe ollowing:

Identifyfactorsofwholenumbers

Solvewordproblemsusingaddition,

subtraction,multiplicationanddivisionofwholenumbers

Recallbasicmathematicalfacts/denitionsabout

exponentialnotation,includingscienticnotation

Identifyarulethatdescribesanumericalpatterninasequence

Identify,useandrepresentfractionsandpercentsinarithmetic

andalgebraicsettings

Usepropertiesofevenandoddnumbers,multiplesandfactors Identifyandusethenamesforplacevaluesinsolvingproblems

involvingdecimalrepresentations(e.g.,tenthsandhundredths)

Usepropertiesofinequalitiestocompareandordernumbers

Suggestions forImprovementToadvancetothenexthighestscoreband,students should ocusonthefollowingskills:

Recallbasicmathematicalfacts/

denitionsaboutexponentialnotation,

includingscienticnotation

Identifyarulethatdescribesa

numericalpatterninasequence

Identify,useandrepresentfractionsandpercentsin

arithmeticandalgebraicsettings

Usepropertiesofevenandoddnumbers,multiples

and actors

Identifyandusethenamesforplacevaluesinsolving

problemsinvolvingdecimalrepresentations(e.g.,

tenths and hundredths)

Usepropertiesofinequalitiestocompareandorder

numbers

Solveproblemsusingideasfrombasicsettheoryandbasicnumber

theory

Recognizeandapplyratio,proportionorpercentinsolving

problems

Usepropertiesofrealnumberoperations,orderingandthezero-

product property

Solveproblemsinvolvingcountingtechniques

ALGEBRA AND FUNCTIONS

AcademicSkills*

Uselettersasplaceholdersfor

unknownvalues

Treatexpressionssuchasa+ basasinglequantityin

linearproblemsituations(e.g.,solving2( a+ b) = 6 tondthevalueofa+ b)

Verifythatavalueisasolutiontoalinearor

quadraticequation(e.g.,substituteandsimplify)

Usefunctionnotationinsimplesituations(e.g.,evaluation)

Usevariablesinmultistepabstractsettings(e.g.,applythedistributivepropertyacrossseveralvariables)

Solveproblemsinvolvingpositive-integerexponents

Solvewordproblemsinvolvinglinearrelationships

Substitutevaluesinandsimplifysystemsofequationsintwo

variables

Solvetwo-steplinearequations

Evaluateanoperationintwovariablesrepresentedbyunfamiliar

symbols


Treatexpressionssuchasa+ bas

asinglequantityinlinearproblem

situations(e.g.,solving2( a+ b) = 6 to

ndthevalueofa+ b)

Verifythatavalueisasolutionto

alinearorquadraticequation(e.g.,

substituteandsimplify)

Usefunctionnotationinsimplesituations(e.g.,

evaluation)

Usevariablesinmultistepabstractsettings(e.g.,

applythedistributivepropertyacrossseveral

variables)

Solveproblemsinvolvingpositive-integerexponents

Solvewordproblemsinvolvinglinearrelationships Substitutevaluesinandsimplifysystemsof

equationsintwovariables

Solvetwo-steplinearequations

Evaluateanoperationintwovariablesrepresented

byunfamiliarsymbols

Formulateandsolveproblemsinvolvingproportions

Solvemultistepproblemsinvolvinglinearandquadratic

relationships

Useandinterpretgraphs,includinggraphsofstepfunctions

Solveproblemsinvolvingalgebraicinequalities

Solveproblemsinvolvingexponentialgrowthanddecay

Evaluateanoperationinthreevariablesrepresentedbyunfamiliarsymbols

GEOMETRY AND MEASUREMENT

AcademicSkills*

Solvegeometryproblemsinvolving

basicshapes(e.g.,triangles,circlesandsegments)

Recallbasicmathematicalfactsabouttriangles(e.g.,

propertiesofisoscelestrianglesandthe180anglesumproperty)

Applypropertiesoftriangles,includingcongruence

Applyanglerelationships,includingthoseinpolygonsandcircles

Solveproblemsinvolvingthelengthoflinesegments

Suggestions for

Improvement

Recallbasicmathematicalfactsabout

triangles(e.g.,propertiesofisosceles

trianglesandthe180anglesum

property)

Applypropertiesoftriangles,includingcongruence

Applyanglerelationships,includingthosein

polygons and circles

Solveproblemsinvolvingthelengthoflinesegments

Recognizeandusethefollowing: Simpleinscribedandcircumscribedgures ThePythagoreanTheorem Coordinategeometry(e.g.,slopecalculations) Parallelismandperpindicularity Two-andthree-dimensionalgures Figurescomposedoftwoormoresimpleshapes

Interpretandsolvetwo-stepproblemsinvolvinggeometric

proportions



Mathematics, continued

500590 600690 700800NUMBER AND OPERATIONS

AcademicSkills*

Solveproblemsusingideasfrombasicsettheoryand

basicnumbertheory

Recognizeandapplyratio,proportionorpercentin

solvingproblems

Usepropertiesofrealnumberoperations,ordering

andthezero-productproperty

Solveproblemsinvolvingcountingtechniques

Determinevaluesorpropertiesofnumbersinasequence

whengivenadescriptionofthesequence

Createanduseratios,fractionsorpercentsinsolving

problems

Solvemore-complexcountingproblems(e.g.,permutations,

combinationsandinclusion/exclusion)

Useinalgebraicandgeometriccontexts

Createanduseratios,fractionsorpercents,

includingalgebraicexpressions,insolvingprob


Determinevaluesorpropertiesofnumbersina

sequencewhengivenadescriptionofthesequence

Createanduseratios,fractionsorpercentsinsolving

problems

Solvemore-complexcountingproblems(e.g.,

permutations,combinationsandinclusion/exclusion)

Useinalgebraicandgeometriccontexts

Createanduseratios,fractionsorpercents,including

algebraicexpressions,insolvingproblems

Thisisthetopscorebandandstudentswhoscore

thislevelwilllikelyhavemasteredtheskillslisteda

otherlevels.However,studentscanalwaysbene

morepractice.Weencouragestudentstoreview

skillsandexampleslistedinthe500590and600scorebands.

ALGEBRA AND FUNCTIONS

AcademicSkills*

Formulateandsolveproblemsinvolvingproportions

Solvemultistepproblemsinvolvinglinearand

quadraticrelationships

Useandinterpretgraphs,includinggraphsofstep

unctions

Solveproblemsinvolvingalgebraicinequalities

Solveproblemsinvolvingexponentialgrowthand

decay

Evaluateanoperationinthreevariablesrepresented

byunfamiliarsymbols

Applytheconceptofabsolutevaluetoalgebraic

expressions

Identifyandanalyzethequalitativebehaviorofgraphsof

nonlinear unctions

Solveproblemsinvolvingnonlinearfunctionsandequations(e.g.,quadratic,exponentialandrational)

Solveproblemsinvolvingfractionalandnegativeexponents

Identifysolutionsetsinalgebraicsituationsinvolving

inequalities

Solveproblemsinvolvingcompositionoffunctions(e.g.,use

theoutputofonefunctionastheinputtobeevaluatedina

second unction)

Solveproblemsinvolvingvariableswithoperations

representedbyunfamiliarsymbols

Generalizeanexponentialpatternfromageometric

sequence

Solveforonevariableorexpressionintermsofanother

Workwithsystemsofequationsinvolvingthreeormore

variables

Solveproblemsinvolvingcomplexfractions

Solveproblemsinvolvingfunctionsdenedwithunfamiliarsymbolsinoneormorevariables

Identify,applyandrepresenttransformationso

functions,graphicallyandalgebraically

Applypropertiesofnon-integerexponents

Solvemultistepproblemsinvolvingalgebraic

inequalities

Solvewordproblemsinvolvingrateofchangein

nonlinearorpiecewise-linearsettings

Identifyandusetherelationshipbetweenthes

ofalineandalgebraicrateofchange

Interpretandsolvewordproblemsusingmultist

proportional reasoning

Transformanequationorexpressionbyraising

power


Applytheconceptofabsolutevaluetoalgebraic

expressions

Identifyandanalyzethequalitativebehaviorof

graphs o nonlinear unctions

Solveproblemsinvolvingnonlinearfunctionsand

equations(e.g.,quadratic,exponentialandrational)

Solveproblemsinvolvingfractionalandnegativeexponents

Identifysolutionsetsinalgebraicsituationsinvolvinginequalities

Solveproblemsinvolvingcompositionoffunct ions

(e.g.,usetheoutputofonefunctionastheinputtobe

evaluated in a second unction)

Solveproblemsinvolvingvariableswithoperations


Generalizeanexponentialpatternfromageometric

sequence

Solveforonevariableorexpressionintermsof

another

Workwithsystemsofequationsinvolvingthreeor

morevariables

Solveproblemsinvolvingcomplexfractions

Solveproblemsinvolvingfunctionsdenedwithunfamiliar

symbolsinoneormorevariables

Identify,applyandrepresenttransformationsoffunctions,graphicallyandalgebraically

Applypropertiesofnon-integerexponents

Solvemultistepproblemsinvolvingalgebraicinequalities Solvewordproblemsinvolvingrateofchangeinnonlinear

orpiecewise-linearsettings

Identifyandusetherelationshipbetweentheslopeofaline

andalgebraicrateofchange

Interpretandsolvewordproblemsusingmultistep


Transformanequationorexpressionbyraisingittoapower





skillsandexampleslistedinthe500590and600

scorebands.

GEOMETRY AND MEASUREMENT

AcademicSkills*

Recognizeandusethefollowing: Simpleinscribedandcircumscribedgures ThePythagoreanTheorem Coordinategeometry(e.g.,slopecalculations) Parallelismandperpindicularity Two-andthree-dimensionalgures Figurescomposedoftwoormoresimpleshapes

Interpretandsolvetwo-stepproblemsinvolvinggeometricproportions

Recognizeandusevolumeinsolvingmultistepproblems Usetherelationshipsbetweentheslopesofparalleland

perpendicular lines in the coordinate plane

Determinetheeffectofchangesinthelineardimensionsofagureonothermeasuresofthe

gure,suchasarea

Interpretandsolvemultistepproblemsinvolvin

geometricproportions

Solveproblemsinvolvingnetworks


Recognizeandusevolumeinsolvingmultistep

problems

Usetherelationshipsbetweentheslopesofparallel

and perpendicular lines in the coordinate plane

Determinetheeffectofchangesinthelineardimensionsof

agureonothermeasuresofthegure,suchasarea

Interpretandsolvemultistepproblemsinvolvinggeometric

proportions

Solveproblemsinvolvingnetworks





skillsandexampleslistedinthe500590and600

scorebands.




200290 300390 400490DATA, STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

AcademicSkills*

Readsimpledatadisplays

(e.g.,bargraphs,linegraphs,pictogramsand

tables)

Readandinterpretbargraphs Extractanduserelevant informationfromtables,graphsanddiagrams


Readandinterpretbar

graphs

Extrac tanduserelevantinformationfromtables,

graphsanddiagrams

Interpretandsolveproblemsinvolvingdatadisplays(e.g.,circlegraphs)

PROBLEM SOLVING

AcademicSkills*

Setupandsolveone-step

problemsinvolvingrates

Applyasimpleprocedure

tosolveanarithmetic

problem

Solveone-stepproportionalreasoningproblems Read,extractanduserelevantinformationfromwrittendescriptionsand

geometricgurestosolveaproblem

Solvesomemultisteproutineproblems

Solveproblemsinvolvingratesandunitconversions


Solveone-step


problems

Read,extractanduserelevantinformationfrom

writtendescriptionsandgeometricgurestosolvea

problem

Solvesomemultisteproutineproblems

Solveproblemsinvolvingratesandunitconversions

Usemultistepstrategiestosolveaproblem,suchasthefollowing: Drawingauxiliarylines Breakingalargerproblemdowntosmallercomponents

Solvemultistepnonroutineproblems(e.g.,bytrialanderror)

Solvemultistepgeometryproblemsinvolvingthefollowing: Anglemeasuresandrelationships Triangles

REPRESENTATION

AcademicSkills*

Readpictorialandtabular

representations to

identiy an answer

Selectanappropriate

representation or a

proportion

Translateverbalstatementsintoalgebraicexpressions Createandapplyanappropriaterepresentationforarate

Visualizeorcreateageometricrepresentationtosolveaproblem

Translatebetweenverb alandsymbolicrepresentat ionsoflinearexpressions

Translatebetweenequivalentsy mbolicrepresenta tionsoflinearexpressions


Translateverbal

statementsintoalgebraic

expressions

Createandapplyanappropriaterepresentationfora

rate

Visualizeorcreateageometricrepresentationtosolvea

problem

Translatebetweenverbalandsymbolicrepresentationsoflinearexpressions

Translatebetweenequivalentsymbolicrepresentationsof

linearexpressions

Recognizeandtranslateamonginformationrepresentedverbally,graphically,

numericallyandsymbolically

Visualizeorsketchagurebasedonaverbaldescriptiontosolveaproblem

Interpretfunctionsandgraphsasmodelsinappliedsituations

REASONING

AcademicSkills*

Applyreasoningin

solving straightorward

problemsinfamiliar

settings

Reasonabout,str uctureandsolveproblemsaboutrat es

and proportions

Considerandcomparediffer entcasesinreasoningaboutaproblemsituation


Reasonabout,structure

andsolveproblemsabout

rates and proportions

Considerandcomparedifferentcasesinreasoning

aboutaproblemsituation

Makeandtestconjecturesinvolvingbasiclogicandsettheory

Usebasicnumbertheorytoinvestigateconjectures(e.g.,conjecturesaboutodd

even,positive/negativeandconsecutiveintegers)

CONNECTIONS

AcademicSkills*

Makeconnectionsbetween

dataanalysisandnumber

andoperations(e.g.,use

numericaljudgmentin

readingasimpledata

display)

Usevariablesinageometriccontext(e.g.,workwith

unknownanglesidentiedbyxand y)

Usevariablesinareasotherthanalgebra


Usevariablesina

geometriccontext(e.g.,

workwithunknownanglesidentiedbyxand y)

Usevariablesinareasotherthanalgebra Useconnectionsbetweenareasofmathematics,suchasthefollowing:

Algebraandgeometry(e.g.,connectgeometricslopewithanalgebraic

expression) Dataandalgebra(e.g.,computemeanofalgebraicexpressions) Applyingproportionsingeometricsituations

COMMUNICATION

AcademicSkills*

Usethefollowing

notationandterms: Factor(wholenumber) Radius

Usethefollowingnotationandterms: Congruent angles

Usethefollowingnotationandterms: Function notation Parallel


Usethefollowingnotationandterms: Congruent angles

Usethefollowingnotationandterms: Function notation Parallel

Usethefollowingnotationandterms: Consecutive integers NOT,CANNOT,must,whichofthefollowing Arcs Anglebisector


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500590 600690 700800DATA, STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

AcademicSkills*

Interpretandsolveproblemsinvolvingdatadisplays(e.g.,

circle graphs)

Interpretandsolvemultistepproblemsinvolvingdatadisplays

Interprettheeffectofchangesindataonmeasuresofcenter

Solveproblemsinvolvingprobability

Solveconditionalprobability

problems

Solvegeometricprobabilityproblems


Interpretandsolvemultistepproblemsinvolvingdata

displays

Interprettheeffectofchangesindataonmeasuresof

center

Solveproblemsinvolvingprobability

Solveconditionalprobabilityproblems

Solvegeometricprobabilityproblems

Thisisthetopscorebandandstudents

whoscoreatthislevelwilllikelyhave

masteredtheskillslistedatallother

levels.

PROBLEM SOLVING

AcademicSkills*

Usemultistepstrategiestosolveaproblem,suchasthe

ollowing: Drawingauxiliarylines Breakingalargerproblemdowntosmallercomponents

Solvemultistepnonroutineproblems(e.g.,bytrialand

error)

Solvemultistepgeometryproblemsinvolvingthe

ollowing: Anglemeasuresandrelationships Triangles

Solveproblemsusing

multiplestrategies,

including the ollowing: Visualization Estimationskills Recognizingrelevant

information Function notation

Useinsightinsolvingnonroutine

geometricproblemsinvolving

the ollowing: Triangles Patterns Perimeter ThePythagoreanTheorem Propertiesofcircles

Solvetherststageofaproblem,

and then apply that solution to solvethenextstageoftheproblem

Recognizecomplexityinproblems

thatappearatrsttoberoutine

Developandapplyaneffective

strategyandkeeptrackof

informationinsolvinganonroutine

problem

Identifyrelevantandirrelevant

informationwhenchoosingasolution

strategy

Solvemultistepproblemsinvolving

properties o integers


Solveproblemsusing

multiplestrategies,

including the ollowing: Visualization Estimationskills Recognizingrelevant

information Function notation

Useinsightinsolving

nonroutinegeometricproblemsinvolvingthe

ollowing: Triangles Patterns Perimeter ThePythagorean

Theorem Propertiesofcircles

Solvetherststageofaproblem,andthenapplythatsolutionto

solvethenextstageoftheproblem

Recognizecomplexityinproblemsthatappearatrsttobe

routine

Developandapplyaneffectivestrategyandkeeptrackof

informationinsolvinganonroutineproblem

Identifyrelevantandirrelevantinformationwhenchoosinga

solution strategy

Solvemultistepproblemsinvolvingpropertiesofintegers



masteredtheskillslistedatallotherlevels.

REPRESENTATION

AcademicSkills*

Recognizeandtranslateamonginformationrepresented

verbally,graphically,numericallyandsymbolically

Visualizeorsketchagurebasedonaverbaldescription

tosolveaproblem

Interpretfunctionsandgraphsasmodelsinapplied

situations

Translateverbaldescriptionsintoalgebraicrepresentationsin

solvingcomplexproblems

Translateamongequivalentrepresentationsofexpressions

involvingexponents

Compareandcontrastalgebraicand

geometricrepresentations

Translateverbaldescriptionsinto

nonlinearalgebraicrepresentations

insolvingcomplexproblems


Translateverbaldescriptionsintoalgebraic

representationsinsolvingcomplexproblems

Translateamongequivalentrepresentationsof

expressionsinvolvingexponents

Compareandcontrastalgebraicandgeometricrepresentations

Translateverbaldescriptionsintononlinearalgebraic

representationsinsolvingcomplexproblems




levels.

REASONING

AcademicSkills*

Makeandtestconjecturesinvolvingbasiclogicandset

theory

Usebasicnumbertheorytoinvestigateconjectures

(e.g.,conjecturesaboutodd/even,positive/negativeand

consecutive integers)

Recognizeandusecounterexamples

Considermultiplecases

Investigateandcoor dinatemultipleconjecturestodrawalogical

conclusion

Decidewhichcasestoconsiderinorderto

reach a conclusion

Makeandtestconjecturesabout

properties o operations represented

byunfamiliarsymbols


Recognizeandusecounterexamples

Considermultiplecases

Investigateandcoordinatemultipleconjecturestodrawa

logical conclusion

Decidewhichcasestoconsiderinordertoreachaconclusion

Makeandtestconjecturesaboutpropertiesofoperations





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500590 600690 700800CONNECTIONS

AcademicSkills*

Useconnectionsbet weenareasofmathematics,such

as the ollowing: Algebraandgeometry(e.g.,connectgeometric

slopewithanalgebraicexpression) Dataandalgebra(e.g.,computemeanofalgebraic

expressions) Applyingproportionsingeometricsituations

Useconnectionsbetweenareasofmathematics,suchas

the ollowing: Coordinategeometryandalgebra Numberandoperations,anddata,statistics,and

probability Numberandoperations,andgeometry Numberandoperations,andalgebra Data,statistics,andprobability,andgeometryand

measurement Algebraandfunctions,anddata,statistics,and

probability

Solvenonroutineproblemsinvolvingthe

applicationofconceptsfromthefollowing: Algebraandfunctions,andnumberandopera

tions Geometryandmeasurement,andalgebraand

unctions Data,statist ics,andprobability,andnumberand

operations


Useconnectionsbet weenareasofmathematics,such

as the ollowing: Coordinategeometryandalgebra Numberandoperations,anddata,statistics,and

probability Numberandoperations,andgeometry Numberandoperations,andalgebra Data,statistics,andprobability,andgeometryand

measurement Algebraandfunctions,anddata,statistics,and

probability

Solvenonroutineproblemsinvolvingtheapplicationof

conceptsfromthefollowing: Algebraandfunctions,andnumberandoperations Geometryandmeasurement,andalgebraand

unctions Data,statistics,andprobability,andnumberand

operations


atthislevelwilllikelyhavemasteredtheskills

listedatallotherlevels.

COMMUNICATION

AcademicSkills*

Usethefollowingnotationandterms: Consecutive integers NOT,CANNOT,must,whichofthe

following Arcs Anglebisector

Usethefollowingnotationandterms: Median Random

Usethefollowingnotationsandterms: Tangent(linetoacircle;circletoacircle) morethan Symmetryabouttheorigin


Usethefollowingnotationandterms: Median Random

Usethefollowingnotationsandterms: Tangent(linetoacircle;circletoacircle) morethan Symmetryabouttheorigin


atthislevelwilllikelyhavemasteredtheskills

listedatallotherlevels.



SAT SKILLS INSIGHT

WritingAcademic Skills at Each Score Band and Suggestions or Improvement

200290 300390 400490

Manage Word Choice and Grammatical Relationships Between WordsAcademic Skills*A typical student in thisscore interval can do theollowing:

Recognizesimplepronounreferences

Recognizeincorrectpronouncase

Recognizevaguepronounusage(i.e.,thepronoun

hasnoclearorspecicreferent)

Recognizeappropriatepronounusage(i.e.,pronounagreeswithreferentintermsofnumber)

Recognizesubjectverbdisagreementwith

briefinterrupterthatdoesnotalterthenumber

considered and that does not shit t he ocus awayfromthepropersubject

Recognizeinappropriatesequenceofverbtenses

Recognizeredundancy(e.g.,Annuallyeach

year...)

Recognizevaguepronounusage

Recognizeshiftinperson(e.g.,fromthirdpersonto

second)

Recognizesubjectverbagreementwithbrief

interrupterthataltersnumberandshiftsfocusaway

fromthepropersubject

Recognizewhenasubordinateclausemustincludea

subjectandaverb

Suggestions forImprovementToadvancetothenext

highestscoreband,students should ocus onthefollowingskills:

Whenreading,focusonspecicparagraphsthat

contain pronouns in order to see how writers use

pronounsappropriately.Whenwriting,checkto

see that any pronouns reer appropriately to a noun

earlierinthesentenceorinapriorsentence. Whenreading,chooseaparagraphandidentify

thesubjectsandverbsinthesentenceswithinthat

paragraph in order to see that writers pay careulattentiontogender,numberandperson.When

reading,noticethatwritersuseconsistentverb

tenseandactivevoice.Whenwriting,checktosee

thatsubjectsandverbsagreeingenderandnumber.

Whenreading,focusonspecicparagraphsthat

containpronouns,notingthatpronounsmustagree

innumberandperson,andmustrefertospecic

nouns.Whenwriting,besuretousepronouns

appropriately. Whenreading,chooseaparagraphandidentify


paragraph in order to see that writers pay careulattentiontogender,numberandperson.When

writing,payattentiontosubjectverbagreement,

evenwhenthesubjectandverbarenotnexttoeach

other,toensurethatsubjectsandverbsagree.

Whenreading,chooseaparagraphandexaminethe

relationshipbetweenthepronounsandtheirlogical

antecedents.Whenwriting,makesurethatany

pronounsreferspecicallytologicalantecedents.

Whenreading,trytobecomeawareofidiomaticexpressions,especiallytheuseofprepositions.

Whenwriting,peereditorproofreadforthe

idiomaticuseofprepositions.

Whenreading,payattentiontohowtemporal

elements(dates,times,etc.)dictatetheappropriate

verbforms.Whenwriting,besuretouseconsistent

verbtense.

Manage Grammatical Structures Used to Modify or Compare

Academic Skills* Thisparticularskillgroupisnotrepresentedinthisscoreband.However,itisanimportantacademicskill




Recognizeproperusesofadverbsandadjectives

Recognizeappropriatecomparativestructures

Recognizeimpropermodication(e.g.,introductory

clausedoesnotlogicallymodifythesubjectofthe

sentence)







Whenreading,chooseaparagraphandidentifytheadjectivesandadverbsinthesentencesand

thewordstheymodify.Whenwriting,checktoseethatadjectivesareusedtomodifynounsandthat

adverbsareusedtomodifyverbs.

Whenreading,focusonsentencesthatcontaincomparativephrases(e.g.,asstrongasor

moretthan).Whenwriting,checktoseethat

appropriatestructuresareusedtocomparethings

andideas.

Whenreading,payattentiontohowwritersuse

introductoryclausestologicallymodifythesubject

ofasentence.Whenwriting,checktoseethat

introductoryclausescorrectlyandlogicallymodify

thesubjectofasentence.

Therearenospecicsuggestionsforimprovementforthisskillgroupinthisparticularscoreband.However,

we encourage students to r eview the suggestions andexamplesinotherscorebands.

Whenreading,payattentiontohowwritersuseintroductoryphrasestologicallymodify

whatfollows.Whenwriting,checktoseethatallmodiersandmodifyingphrasesareused

appropriately.



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500590 600690 700800Manage Word Choice and Grammatical Relationships Between Words

Academic Skills* Recognizetheantecedentofapronoundespitemultipledistractorsthatchangethenumberand/or

thesubjectofthereferentwithinthesentence

Recognizetheinappropriateuseofapluralpronoun

torefertoasingular,collectivenoun

Recognizehowtemporalelementsinuenceverb

formsinasentence

Recognizesubjectverbagreementdespitemultiple

distractorsandcomplexitiescausedbypassive

construction

Recognizetheneedfortheeffectiveuseof

concision

Recognizesubjectverbagreementevenwhenthe

distractorstoagreementoccurinasubordinate

clause


Whenreading,chooseaparagraphandidentify


paragraph in order to see that writers pay careul

attentiontosubjectverbagreement,evenwhen

aword,phraseorclauseintervenesbetweenthe

subjectandtheverb.Whenwriting,checktosee

thatsubjectsandverbsagreeinnumber.



we encourage students to r eview the suggestions and

examplesinotherscorebands.






600690scorebands.

Manage Grammatical Structures Used to Modify or Compare

Academic Skills* Recognizeillogicalsentencescausedbydanglingmodiers

Recognizeinappropriatecorrelativeconstructions

(e.g.,neithernor)

Recognizenounnoundisagreement

Recognizeidiomaticuseofadjectives/adverbs

Recognizesophisticatedcomparativestructures

Recognizeappropriateplacementandwordingof

parallelinformationincorrelativeconstructions(e.g.,notonly...butalso)

Recognizethatillogicalsentencescausedby

danglingmodierscanbecorrectedbyusingthe

passive voice

Recognizetheunidiomaticuseofprepositions


Whenreading,chooseaparagraphandidentify

theadjectivesandadverbsinthesentencesand

thewordstheymodify.Whenwriting,checktosee

thatadjectivesareusedtomodifynounsandthatadverbsareusedtomodifyverbs.

Whenreading,focusonsentencesthatcontain

comparativephrases(e.g.,asstrongasormoretthan).Whenwriting,checktoseethat

appropriatestructuresareusedtocomparethings

andideas.

Whenreading,payattentiontotheplacement

ofmodifyingwords,phrasesandclauses.When

writing,checktoseethatmodiersareused

appropriately.



we encourage students to r eview the suggestions and





frommorepractice.Weencouragestudentstoreviewtheskillsandexampleslistedinthe500 590and

600690scorebands.



200290 300390 400490Manage Phrases and Clauses in a Sentence

Academic Skills* Recognizeawkward/unidiomaticconnectives Understandbasiclogicalcomparisons

Recognizeappropriaterelationshipsbetween

clausesincompoundsentencesanduseconnectives

correctly

Recognizesimpleparallelstructure

Recognizesentencefragments

Recognizeappropriateandlogicalrelationshipsbetweenpartsofasentence


Whenreading,examinecompoundsentencesto

lookattherelationshipbetweentheclausesandthe

ideasexpressedbythoseclauses.Whenwriting,payattentiontohowrelationshipsbetweenclauses

andideasarebeingpresented.

Whenreading,chooseaparagraphandexamine

howwritersusesubordinationandcoordination

toconstructcompletesentencesthatclearlyexpresstherelationshipsamongtheideaswithin

asentence.Whenwriting,usesentencevariety,

employingbothsubordinationandcoordinationto

constructsentences.

Whenreading,chooseaparagraphandbeableto

distinguishgerundsfrommainverbs,especially

whenbothendining.Whenwriting,besuretousegerundsandparticiplesappropriately.

Recognize Correctly Formed Sentences

Academic Skills Thisparticularskillgroupisnotrepresentedinthisscoreband.However,itisanimportantacademicskill

testedontheSAT.Weencouragestudentstoreviewtheskillsandexamplesinthenexthighestscoreband


Recognizecorrectlyformedsentences Recognizecorrectlyformedsentences


Inyourreading,payattentiontothepar tsofspeech

andhowtheyagreeinwell-formedsentences;notice

modifyingwordsandphrasesandhowtheyfunction

whenusedcorrectly;andnotetherelationships

betweenphrasesandclausesinwell-formed

sentences.Inyourownwriting,makesurethat

subjectsagreeinnumberwiththeirassociatedverbs

andthatmainverbsareusedtoconstructcomplete

sentences;thatpronounsagreeinnumber,genderandpersonwiththeirlogicalantecedents;andthat

verbformsareusedconsistentlyandlogically.Be

suretousecorrectlyformedmodifyingwords,and

makesurethatmodifyingwordsandphrasesare

placedcorrectlytoshowlogicalmodication.Use

propersubordinationandcoordinationtojoinideas

andtoformcompletesentences.















andtoformcompletesentences.















andtoformcompletesentences

Manage Order and Relationships of Sentences and Paragraphs

Academic Skills* Thisparticularskillgroupisnotrepresentedinthisscoreband.However,itisanimportantacademicskill


theskillsandexamplesinthenexthighestscoreband,





theskillsandexamplesinthenexthighestscoreband,


Recognizethefunctionofapieceoftext(e.g.,adds

supportingdetail,servesasatransitionfromone

ideatothenextorfromoneparagraphtothenext)

Recognizecontextbeyondthesentenceinquestion

inordertomaketheappropriatecorrection

Recognizetheneedforspecicexamplesinorderto

develop ideas appropriately




we encourage students to review the suggestions and


Whenreading,developanawarenessofhow

writersconnectideaslogicallytooneanother.

Whenwriting,besuretoconnectideaslogically

whendevelopingparagraphs.

Whenreading,beabletorecognizecoherence,even

inparagraphswithacomplexdevelopment.When

writing,developmultiplemeansofelaboratingideas

logicallywithinaparagraph.

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Academic Skills* Recognizethedifferencebetweenmainverbandparticiple/gerundwhileworkingwithparallel

structure

Recognizewaystocombineideasusingappropriate,

concise syntactic structures

Recognizesyntacticalstructuresthatinclude

parallelelements

Recognizerelationshipsbetweenphrasesand

clausesintermsofpunctuation,subordination/

coordinationandsemanticrelationship

Recognizeproperplacementofmultipleparallel

structures within a single sentence

Recognizethecorrectuseofthecolontojoinideas

in a sentence


Whenreading,chooseaparagraphfromamoredifcultpieceofnonctionprosethatcontains

complexsyntacticalstructures.Whenwriting,

attempttoemploymoresophisticatedsyntactical

structureswhenappropriate.

Whenreading,examinetextsthatcontainsophisticatedanddifcultsentencestructures.

Whenwriting,developsophisticatedtechniquesfor

developingideasinmultipleways.

Whenreading,learntorecognizethatsubjectverb

agreementisnotconnedtothemainclauseofa

sentencebutmayoccurinembeddedsubordinate

clausesatanypointinthesentence.Whenwriting,

learntousecomplexsentencesthatmayembed

importantideasinembeddedsubordinateclauses.

Thisisthetopscorebandandstudentswhoscoreatthislevelwillhavelikelymasteredtheskillslistedat




600690scorebands.

Recognize Correctly Formed Sentences

Academic Skills Recognizecorrectly formedsentences Recognizecorrectly formedsentences Recognizecorrectly formedsentences















propersubordinationandcoordinationtojoinideasandtoformcompletesentences.














propersubordinationandcoordinationtojoinideasandtoformcompletesentences.


thislevelwillhavelikelymasteredtheskillslistedat

allotherlevels.However,youcanalwaysbenetfrom

morepractice.Weencourageyoutoreviewtheskills

andexampleslistedinthe500590and600690score

bands.

Manage Order and Relationships of Sentences and Paragraphs

Academic Skills* Recognizecoherencebetweensentencesandllingaps when needed

Recognizetheneedfortransitionwordstolink

sentences in a paragraph

Thisparticularskillgroupisnotrepresentedinthisscoreband.However,itisanimportantacademicskill


theskillsandexamplesinotherscorebands,where

thisparticularskillgroupdoesappear.

Thisparticularskillgroupisnotrepresentedinthisscoreband.However,itisanimportantacademicskill


theskillsandexamplesinotherscorebands,where

thisparticularskillgroupdoesappear.




we encourage students to rev iew the suggestions and




we encourage students to review the suggestions and



thislevelwillhavelikelymasteredtheskillslistedat




600690scorebands.

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