The digital SAT
SAT
Reading and Writing and Math for the digital SAT, with original lessons and practice.
AI-drafted · awaiting expert reviewThe digital SAT for the 2026–27 testing year, as specified in College Board's Assessment Framework for the Digital SAT Suite, version 4 (September 2026), and the Fall 2026 Bluebook test directions. Facts verified on College Board's site on 9 November 2026.
A complete, original course for the digital SAT. Lessons follow College Board's published specification skill by skill: the four Reading and Writing domains (Information and Ideas, Craft and Structure, Expression of Ideas, Standard English Conventions) and the four Math domains (Algebra, Advanced Math, Problem-Solving and Data Analysis, Geometry and Trigonometry). Each lesson teaches the rules with worked examples and common traps, and is followed by practice questions in the test's own formats, including typed-in Math answers, with full explanations. A full-length practice test mirrors the real sections, modules, question counts, domain mix and timing. Use it alongside College Board's free official practice in Bluebook.
About the exam
- The SAT has two sections, Reading and Writing and Math. Each is given in two equal-length, separately timed modules, with a 10-minute break between the sections: 2 hours 14 minutes of testing in all.How the SAT Is Structured · Assessment Framework for the Digital SAT Suite, version 4 (September 2026)
- Reading and Writing: 54 questions in 64 minutes, as two 32-minute modules of 27 questions. In each module, 25 questions are scored and 2 are unscored pretest questions that look like the others.Assessment Framework for the Digital SAT Suite, version 4 (September 2026) · Reading and Writing Specifications (SAT Suite, K–12 educators) · How the SAT Is Structured
- Math: 44 questions in 70 minutes, as two 35-minute modules of 22 questions. In each module, 20 questions are scored and 2 are unscored pretest questions.Assessment Framework for the Digital SAT Suite, version 4 (September 2026) · Math Specifications (SAT Suite, K–12 educators) · How the SAT Is Structured
- The test is multistage adaptive. The first module of each section mixes easy, medium and hard questions; how you do on it decides whether the second module is, on average, harder or easier. You may move freely within a module, but once a module ends you cannot return to it.Assessment Framework for the Digital SAT Suite, version 4 (September 2026) · How the SAT Is Structured · SAT Weekend: Understanding Scores for Students and Families (Fall 2026)
- Every Reading and Writing question is four-option multiple choice with a single best answer and its own short passage (or pair of passages) of 25 to 150 words, drawn from literature, history/social studies, the humanities or science. Some passages include a table, bar graph or line graph.Assessment Framework for the Digital SAT Suite, version 4 (September 2026) · The SAT Reading and Writing Section · Fall 2026 SAT School Day Bluebook Test Directions
- Reading and Writing domains, as shares of the scored questions: Information and Ideas about 26% (12–14 questions), Craft and Structure about 28% (13–15), Expression of Ideas about 20% (8–12), Standard English Conventions about 26% (11–15).Assessment Framework for the Digital SAT Suite, version 4 (September 2026) · Reading and Writing Specifications (SAT Suite, K–12 educators)
- Math domains, as shares of the scored questions: Algebra about 35% (13–15 questions), Advanced Math about 35% (13–15), Problem-Solving and Data Analysis about 15% (5–7), Geometry and Trigonometry about 15% (5–7).Assessment Framework for the Digital SAT Suite, version 4 (September 2026) · Math Specifications (SAT Suite, K–12 educators) · The Math Section: Overview
- About 75% of Math questions are four-option multiple choice and about 25% are student-produced responses, where you type your own answer. About 30% of Math questions are set in a science, social studies or real-world context.Assessment Framework for the Digital SAT Suite, version 4 (September 2026) · The Math Section: Overview
- Typed Math answers: up to 5 characters for a positive answer and 6 (including the minus sign) for a negative one. Enter a fraction that does not fit as a decimal; truncate or round a long decimal at the fourth digit; enter a mixed number as an improper fraction or a decimal; type no symbols such as a percent sign, comma or dollar sign. If more than one answer is correct, enter one.Fall 2026 SAT School Day Bluebook Test Directions
- A calculator is allowed on every Math question. Bluebook has a built-in Desmos calculator with graphing and scientific modes, and you may bring an approved handheld calculator (calculators with a computer algebra system are not allowed). A reference sheet of common formulas is available throughout the Math section.SAT Suite of Assessments Calculator Policy · Fall 2026 SAT School Day Bluebook Test Directions · Bluebook Testing Tools
- Scores: Reading and Writing and Math are each reported on a 200–800 scale, and the total score is their sum, on a 400–1600 scale, in 10-point intervals. Only the scored (non-pretest) questions count.Assessment Framework for the Digital SAT Suite, version 4 (September 2026) · SAT Weekend: Understanding Scores for Students and Families (Fall 2026) · Score Structure (SAT Suite, K–12 educators)
- Scoring uses item response theory: whether you answer correctly, how difficult the questions are, and whether your pattern of answers suggests guessing. There is no question-by-question guessing penalty, and College Board advises that for most students it is better to guess than to leave a question blank.Assessment Framework for the Digital SAT Suite, version 4 (September 2026) · SAT Weekend: Understanding Scores for Students and Families (Fall 2026)
- College Board's College and Career Readiness Benchmarks for the SAT are 480 in Reading and Writing and 530 in Math.SAT Weekend: Understanding Scores for Students and Families (Fall 2026) · Assessment Framework for the Digital SAT Suite, version 4 (September 2026)
Syllabus
23 lessons, 239 practice questions and 1 timed practice exam.
Getting Started
How the digital SAT works
The two sections and their modules, timing, the adaptive design, question formats and the rules for typing Math answers, the Bluebook tools, the calculator and reference sheet, and how scores are reported.
- How the digital SAT worksFree sample30 min
Reading and Writing
Information and Ideas
About 26% of Reading and Writing: finding a text's central idea and key details, choosing the textual or quantitative evidence that best supports a claim, and completing a text with the most logical inference.
- Central ideas and details(included with the course)35 min
- Command of evidence, textual and quantitative(included with the course)45 min
- Inferences(included with the course)35 min
Craft and Structure
About 28% of Reading and Writing: choosing the precise word for a context, describing a text's structure and purpose, and connecting two texts on a related topic.
- Words in contextFree sample40 min
- Text structure and purpose(included with the course)40 min
- Cross-text connections(included with the course)35 min
Expression of Ideas
About 20% of Reading and Writing: choosing the transition that fits the logic of a text, and combining a student's notes into a sentence that meets a stated goal.
- Transitions(included with the course)35 min
- Rhetorical synthesis(included with the course)35 min
Standard English Conventions
About 26% of Reading and Writing: punctuating sentence boundaries, and the form, structure and sense of words in a sentence (agreement, possessives, verb forms and tenses, modifier placement).
- Sentence boundaries(included with the course)50 min
- Agreement and possessives(included with the course)45 min
- Verbs and modifiers(included with the course)45 min
Math
Algebra
About 35% of Math: linear equations in one and two variables, linear functions, systems of two linear equations, and linear inequalities, in and out of context.
- Linear equations and linear functions(included with the course)45 min
- Systems of linear equations and linear inequalities(included with the course)45 min
Advanced Math
About 35% of Math: equivalent expressions, nonlinear equations and systems, and quadratic, exponential, polynomial and rational functions.
- Equivalent expressions(included with the course)40 min
- Nonlinear equations and systems(included with the course)50 min
- Nonlinear functions(included with the course)50 min
Problem-Solving and Data Analysis
About 15% of Math: ratios, rates, units and percentages; one- and two-variable data; probability; inference from samples; and what a study can and cannot show.
- Ratios, rates, units and percentages(included with the course)40 min
- Data distributions and scatterplots(included with the course)40 min
- Probability, sampling and statistical claims(included with the course)40 min
Geometry and Trigonometry
About 15% of Math: area and volume; lines, angles and triangles; right triangles and trigonometry; and circles, including radians and circle equations.
- Lines, angles, triangles, area and volume(included with the course)45 min
- Right triangles and trigonometry(included with the course)40 min
- Circles(included with the course)45 min
Practice exams
- SAT Practice Test 1 (full length)98 questions · 134 minutesIncluded with the course
Free official resources
Use these alongside the course. They are free, and they are the final word.
- Full-length practice tests in BluebookCollege Board's free, scored, adaptive practice tests in the same app and interface you will use on test day. Review your results and every answer in My Practice. Take at least one before test day.
- Bluebook, College Board's testing appDownload it and try the test preview to get comfortable with the timer, calculator, reference sheet, highlighting and answer entry.
- Bluebook testing toolsWhat each on-screen tool does: timer, Desmos calculator, reference sheet, highlights and notes, mark for review, option eliminator, line reader and zoom.
- Paper practice testsFree downloadable nonadaptive practice tests with scoring guides and answer explanations. College Board recommends them only for students who will test with paper-based accommodations.
- Student Question BankThousands of official practice questions, filterable by section, domain, skill and difficulty. Useful for targeted work after each unit of this course.
- Official SAT Prep on Khan AcademyFree practice developed with College Board, linked to your Bluebook practice results.
- Calculator policyWhich handheld calculators are allowed, and how the built-in Desmos calculator works.
- How the SAT is structuredCollege Board's own summary of the sections, modules, timing and adaptive design.
SAT is a trademark registered by College Board, which is not affiliated with and does not endorse Lumenary Prep. Every lesson and question here is original; use College Board's free official practice tests alongside it. Every source this course cites.