<p>I took the pre-test from the Collegeboard; my CR score was 650.</p>
<p>I seemed to miss a lot of reading passage questions. Vocabulary was a noticeable, though relatively minor (c.f. passage) problem.</p>
<p>How can I improve my CR score?</p>
<p>TAKE tons of reading practice tests- 650 was exactly what I had and in two weeks I brought it up with 2 practice tests (a practice test a week) to 710. I did also do a lot of outside drills by everyday after school randomly picking a challenging passage out of the old 10 real sats and doing it and trying to figure out how to reason critically.</p>
<p>Getting the right answer is one thing, doing it under timed conditions takes practice.</p>
<p>Hope this helps.
Also check out other pages of this messageboard topic for reading tips from others in the past.</p>
<p>how accurate are the critical reading tests on sparknotes?</p>
<p>I'm not sure about the critical reading tests provided by sparknotes, but personally, it's BEST that you practice from actual cr questions that have appeared on the test. Do a lot of practice cr. questions using the 10 Real SATs book--it's definetely a great resource.</p>
<p>I posted this on an older thread concerning cr...</p>
<p>On the dual passages, read Passage 1 first, do the questions pertaining to passage 1. The info from that passage will be fresh in your mind then. Then go back and read Passage 2 and do the questions pertaining to that passage. Then do the questions that pertain to both passages.</p>
<p>Also, there should always be be material in the pasage that supports your answer choice--like specific words, phrases, and sentences that prove that the answer you chose is correct.
Keep in mind, that a statement in an answer could be absolutely correct, but could still be the wrong answer. Answer exactly what the question is asking!</p>
<p>Also, read a lot on your own from sophisticated magazines and newspapers like Scientific American, National Geographic, the New Yorker, etc. The passages on the Critical Reading part are very similar in caliber to articles found in academic journals, so reading them, identifying the main idea, and finding details that support it is very good practice indeed.</p>
<p>Also, when you're reading, underline the words you're unfamiliar with, guess the meaning, and look the real definition up later. This strategy can help with the vocabulary-in-context questions.</p>