“I know both of the tests well. The math is only up through trig and, even then, very few questions are trig. The writing section on both tests just requires learning a bunch of grammar and punctuation rules that either the kids learned in middle school or need to review. The reading sections require the kids to read really quickly and then the questions are written specifically to make them second guess themselves.”
A lot of people on c/c think the tests are easy, but for many kids, they’re not of course. First is that they’re scaled so even if everyone knows grammar and algebra, there will be a curving down on that test, and they’re timed.
"The writing section on both tests just requires learning a bunch of grammar and punctuation rules that either the kids learned in middle school or need to review. "
Well both tests require good vocabulary to do well which should have been picked up by figuring out what a word means by context, among other methods, but it’s not like every hs English class is going to that.
The expectation of “learned in middle school” and “read really quickly” to be blunt, smacks of privilege.