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primary test day

wednesday, october 9th, 2024 at sma  

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You must bring Ms. McElrea your PSAT intention form signed by a parent + 25$ CAD by SEPTEMBER 23rd! 2024

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The PSAT is highly relevant to your future success because they focus on the skills and knowledge at the heart of education. They’ll measure:

  • What you learn in high school

  • What you need to succeed in post-secondary 

 

The best way to prepare for the test is to:

  • Take challenging courses

  • Do your homework

  • Prepare for tests and quizzes

  • Ask and answer lots of questions

 

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Total Testing Time 2 hours and 45 minutes  (online)

Components 

  1. Evidence-Based Reading and Writing

    • Reading Test

    • Writing and Language Test

  2. Math

 

Important Features

  • Focus on the knowledge, skills, and understandings that research has identified as most important for college and career readiness success

  • Greater emphasis on the meaning of words in extended contexts and on how word choice shapes meaning, tone, and impact

  • Rights-only scoring (no penalty for guessing)

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The Reading Test focuses on the skills and knowledge at the heart of education. It’s about how you take in, think about,

and use information. 

 

Quick Facts

  • All Reading Test questions are multiple choice and based on passages.

  • Some passages are paired with other passages.

  • Informational graphics, such as tables, graphs, and charts, accompany some passages—but no math is required.

  • Prior topic-specific knowledge is never tested.

  • The Reading Test is part of the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing section.

 

Writing and Language Test

You’ll do three things that people do all the time when they write and edit:

  1. Read.

  2. Find mistakes and weaknesses.

  3. Fix them.

 

Quick Facts

  • All questions are multiple choice and based on passages.

  • Some passages are accompanied by informational graphics, such as tables, graphs, and charts—but no math is required.

  • Prior topic knowledge is never tested.

  • The Writing and Language Test is part of the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing section.

 

Instead of testing you on every math topic there is, they ask you to use the math that you’ll rely on most in all sorts of situations. Questions on the Math Test are designed to mirror the problem solving and modelling you’ll do in:

  • College math, science, and social science courses

  • The jobs that you hold

  • Your personal life

 

For instance, to answer some questions you’ll need to use several steps—because in the real world a single calculation is rarely enough to get the job done.

 

Quick Facts

  • Most math questions will be multiple choice, but some—called grid-ins—ask you to come up with the answer rather than select the answer.

  • The Math Test is divided into two portions: Math Test–Calculator and Math Test–No Calculator.

  • Some parts of the test include several questions about a single scenario.

 

 

MORE Info

https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/psat-nmsqt-psat-10/inside-the-test/key-features

 

PRACTICE

https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/psat-nmsqt-psat-10/practice

 

BEST FREE OPTION

https://www.khanacademy.org/sat

 

 

 

 

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