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    Content Alignment

    Learn how content evolves throughout the tests in the SAT Suite of Assessments.

    Content Alignment: Overview

    The tests in the SAT Suite of Assessments measure the same skills and knowledge in ways that make sense for different grade levels.

    Reading

    Reading Tests contain increasingly complex passages.

    Reading Content Alignment
    Compare PSAT 8/9 to PSAT 10 and PSAT/NMSQT: Reading
    Compare PSAT 10 and PSAT/NMSQT to SAT: Reading

    Writing and Language

    Writing and Language Tests ask students to make increasingly sophisticated choices in vocabulary, sentence structure, and more.

    Writing and Language Content Alignment
    Compare PSAT 8/9 to PSAT 10 and PSAT/NMSQT: Writing and Language
    Compare PSAT 10 and PSAT/NMSQT to SAT: Writing and Language

    Math

    Progressing through the SAT Suite, Math Tests present more multistep math problems and more problems that involve complicated concepts and equations.

    Math Content Alignment
    Compare PSAT 8/9 to PSAT 10 and PSAT/NMSQT: Math
    Compare PSAT 10 and PSAT/NMSQT to SAT: Math