How does the new SAT english and reading sections compare to the ACT english and reading sections?
the writing part of the reading sat is literally the english part of the ACT. The reading on the new sat is different
Yea so the grammar/english is the same, but now how is the reading different?
Grammar isn’t really the same. There are a few rules that differ. Reading is very similar, but one major difference is the ACT’s bonehead way of producing timing pressure: The questions aren’t sequential (they don’t follow the order their answers appear in the text). That said, the ACT’s reading answers are trivially easy if you have time to find them–they’re rarely paraphrased and are usually just verbatim restatements of the information in the passage. Totally dumb.
So how would you describe the new SAT reading?
@mklaben15
more analytical and less time constraints so students actually think through the questions. The answers are rarely verbatim restatements.The text are definitely more challenging and reflect more of what you will see in college (college reading is harder, though). ACT reading is honestly like 9th grade level text?
@YoLolololol is correct.
@marvin100 , when you say the rules differ, do you really mean that the rules differ, or do you just mean that the tests have different emphases (for example, the new SAT Writing seems to have more subject/verb and pronoun/antecedent errors than does ACT English)? If the former, can you elaborate?
No, I mean there are a couple rules tested on the ACT that aren’t tested on the rSAT. I’m sure someone on here has figured that out already, though.
Oh, I see. Thanks.
@marvin100
Just curious. If you were a college admission officer would you prefer a student with high SAT reading score over ACT reading?
I feel like it takes more skills to answer SAT reading questions than ACT reading questions and students who struggle to answer SAT reading questions are going to have trouble in college for reading assignments.
@YoLolololol - I probably wouldn’t have much of a preference. The basic principle is the same: kids who achieve high results in a big test that everyone takes are probably pretty good bets.