SAT Prep Strategies

- Hi, I'm Rachel with Khan Academy.

Are you ready to make a plan
for boosting those SAT scores

but stuck about what to do next?

Let's walk through two strategies

that can help you make
the most of your prep time

and focus on your strengths.

Strategy one is all about
using the SAT prep courses

in Khan Academy.

So how do you obtain your scores?

You can get your scores

and performance spans from a PDF copy

from your school counselor,

the Big Future School mobile app

if you provided your mobile number

or your self-created College
Board student account.

If you took a practice test in Blue Book,

you can get your scores
from the College Board

My Practice Webpage too.

How do you understand your scores?

The report will look a little different

depending on if you are looking at the PDF

or an online report.

There are four content domains
for each section of the test.

For example, algebra is one content domain

assessed in the math section.

The number of questions

and percentage of each
domain will be different

depending on if you took

one of the PSAT related
assessments or the SAT.

You'll notice that the scores
reflect the same structure

as the digital SAT prep
courses in Khan Academy.

Check your performance bands

to know where to place your focus.

If you have one to three bands shaded,

start with foundation units.

For four to five bands,
tackle the medium units,

and if you're at six to
seven bands, you're ready

for advanced content.

With your bands identified,

dive into SAT prep course materials.

Use videos, articles, exercises
and quizzes to level up

and aim for proficiency.

Try unit tests and course
challenges to shoot for mastery.

Strategy two is the
skills insight approach.

Once you have your college board scores

from an online report, use
the Skills Insight tool

to zero in on specific skills
within your performance band

or challenge yourself

with questions from a
higher performance band.

To access your scores,

log into your college
board student account,

or use the Big Future School mobile app

if you registered with your mobile number.

The report will look a little different

depending on if you're
in the Big Future app

or your college board account.

There are four content domains
for each section of the test.

The filled in part of each progress bar

represents your level of mastery

in that content domain and
is called a performance band.

The more performance
bands that are filled in,

the better you did.

The online reports provide
a performance band score,

which aligns to college
board skills insight tool.

Click view skills and example questions

in Next Score Band on your report

to access the Skills tool.

In Skills Insight, select your domain

and performance band score.

Then click go to see the skills

and knowledge you
typically can demonstrate

based on that score band.

Skills and questions

in the next higher score band

are the skills you should work on.

Remember these two strategies,

focused courses and
targeted skills practice

work together to build your strengths

and boost your score.

Let's dive in and make each
practice session count.