The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is required for admission to most undergraduate programs in the United States. By design, the SAT provides a standardized measure of academic performance for all examinees under equivalent conditions. The new SAT includes three sections:

1. Critical Reasoning: 70 minutes. 67 total questions:

Sentence Completion, 19 questions
Passage-based Reading, 48 questions

1. Mathematics: 70 minutes. 54 total questions:

Multiple Choice, Problem Solving, 44 questions
Student-produced Response (Grid-Ins), 10 questions

1. Writing: 60 minutes. 49 total questions plus essay

Identifying Sentence Errors, 18 questions
Improving Sentences, 25 questions
Improving Paragraphs, 6 questions
Essay Writing, 1 essay