In the reading part of the new SAT, American history and political articles are added, one is related to the history of the founding of the United States, and the other is articles that embody the basic values of the United States. These articles have never appeared in the old SAT. In order to cope with this kind of articles more easily, students need to systematically study American history and politics and deeply understand basic values such as freedom, justice, equality and human rights. In addition, two new types of questions have been added to the reading part of the new SAT: evidence-based questions and chart questions, which also need students to adapt.
Second, the grammatical difficulty is flat, and the question types change greatly.
The grammar part of the new SAT includes punctuation, vocabulary, phrases and sentence patterns, which is more popular and practical. On the other hand, the examination form of grammar has changed greatly. All grammar questions in the new SAT no longer appear in the form of independent sentences, but in the sentences contained in the article. Similar to the improved paragraph questions in the old SAT, the improved sentences and sentence error identification questions in the old SAT test no longer appear in the new SAT test. For the change of questions, it is suggested that students can do the questions directly without reading the article.
Third, the difficulty of mathematics has increased, and the examination of knowledge points has changed from breadth to depth.
In terms of test questions, the mathematics of the new SAT still retains the multiple-choice questions and the response questions made by students in the old SAT mathematics, but it is divided into two parts: "Math Test-Calculator" and "Math Test-No Calculator". In addition, the mathematics part of the new SAT also adds a series of questions, that is, there are multiple questions in a scene or background.
In terms of examination content, the examination of some knowledge points in the new SAT mathematics has changed from breadth to depth, which involves the simple content of advanced mathematics, so the difficulty has been improved.
Fourth, the form of composition examination has been completely changed, and the preparation method needs to be completely changed.
The composition of the new SAT takes 50 minutes, and the composition of the old SAT takes 25 minutes. From the time dimension alone, the new SAT composition is more difficult.
In addition, the new SAT composition is "summative writing" by reading a long reading article first, and then summarizing the relationship between the viewpoints and arguments of the article, while the old SAT composition is "spontaneous writing" by giving a topic, and then the candidates choose their own opinions and demonstrate it. Their logical thinking is completely different. If students choose the SAT with Essay, they need to completely change the preparation method.