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Section sizes

Section size for SAT (51 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	10,549	10,549	367	367
Function	14,692	14,692	620	620
Structure	4,537	11,414	333	770
Reading and Writing	829	829	66	66
Mathematics	3,815	3,815	257	257
Style of questions	2,233	2,233	114	114
Logistics	17	3,010	0	236
Frequency	2,278	2,278	144	144
Fees	363	363	49	49
Accommodation for candidates with disabilities	352	352	43	43
Change from paper-based to digital	3,981	3,981	346	346
Scaled scores and percentiles	3,114	9,531	258	431
Percentiles for total scores (2019)	1,036	1,036	0	0
Percentiles for total scores (2006)	2,073	2,073	35	35
Percentiles for total scores (1984)	933	933	0	0
Percentiles for verbal and math scores (1969–70)	1,354	1,354	66	66
Ceilings and trends	1,021	1,021	72	72
SAT–ACT score comparisons	4,252	4,252	193	193
Elucidation	19	115,666	0	7,240
Preparation	14,165	14,165	710	710
Predictive validity and powers	18,332	18,332	1,070	1,070
Difficulty and relative weight	6,796	6,796	429	429
Recognition	427	427	27	27
Association with general cognitive ability	7,973	7,973	475	475
Association with college or university majors and rankings	6,184	6,184	372	372
Association with types of schooling	1,455	1,455	92	92
Association with educational and societal standings and outcomes	5,933	5,933	481	481
Association with family structures	2,375	2,375	211	211
Sex differences	25	16,310	0	960
In performance	11,009	11,009	526	526
In strategizing	1,706	1,706	169	169
In confidence	1,526	1,526	147	147
In glucose metabolism	2,044	2,044	118	118
Association with race and ethnicity	12,979	12,979	868	868
Test-taking population	4,636	4,636	443	443
Use in non-collegiate contexts	40	18,082	0	1,102
By high-IQ societies	1,186	1,186	89	89
By researchers	12,005	12,005	704	704
By employers	4,851	4,851	309	309
Perception	18	22,049	0	1,480
Math–verbal achievement gap	824	824	42	42
Optional SAT	19,211	19,211	1,249	1,249
Writing section	1,996	1,996	189	189
History	10,107	10,107	627	627
Name changes	4,105	4,105	263	263
Reuse of old SAT exams	2,613	2,613	105	105
See also	295	295	0	0
Notes	26	26	0	0
References	30	30	0	0
Further reading	2,200	2,200	0	0
External links	292	292	0	0
Total	214,812	214,812	12,678	12,678

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SAT test Spain

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

SAT test in spain is the only test used in many english language universities or to enter some majors. For example.. to study computer science in the university of murcia UMU the SAT is required with a score of 1500 minimum. To study medicine in barcelona the SAT is required along side the regular spain college entrance exam. The only other country to do that is israel.

Somebody forgot to sign. Nerd271 (talk) 15:46, 16 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Latest comment: 8 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

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Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 18:06, 18 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Question Difficulty Weighting

Latest comment: 7 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

The text in the wiki under Structure>Style of Questions appears to contradict the source it cites. The text states that "Not all questions on each section of the SAT are weighted equally, harder questions are weighted less and easier problems are weighted more." The article cited states that "Questions are assigned different weights based on their level of difficulty, which means that a correct answer on a difficult question will increase a test-taker’s score more than a correct answer on an easy question." Either the text should be corrected or a more appropriate source should be cited, if the information in the wiki is more up-to-date than the article currently cited. ~2025-41441-11 (talk) 23:12, 17 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Done Thank you for your feedback! The problem has been fixed. Nerd271 (talk) 02:22, 18 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

colors

Latest comment: 5 months ago4 comments2 people in discussion

Some of the charts have blue and red lines. I assume one color is for boys and the other is for girls, but is that actually so? And if so, which color is for which? I can't see a key.Kdammers (talk) 03:40, 10 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Which chart(s) are you talking about specifically? Nerd271 (talk) 20:32, 10 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Fig. 1-8, for example. Kdammers (talk) 01:30, 16 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

All graphs in that figure are labeled. Red is for 1992 and blue is for 1987. Nerd271 (talk) 15:49, 16 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

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