The reading section of the SAT, which contains humanities-based, as well as history/social studies and science passages, is not strictly limited to written text. The SAT's reading passages sometimes ...

Rhetoric, or the study of the effective use of language, is one of several areas tested on the SAT reading section. Within this area, question types are divided into five sub-areas: word choice, point ...

The fall testing season is coming to a close for both the ACT and SAT. Seniors hoping to top their previous scores and juniors planning to get a test in before the start of the spring semester are the ...

While every college admissions department evaluates applicants a bit differently, standardized test scores are a big piece of ...

Coming in with an average SAT reading score of 496, 2012's graduating seniors have the dubious distinction of having attained the worst reading score since 1972. (For those test-takers of a certain ...