Curve analysis for SAT April 2017 USA exam:
- Reading - The overall difficulty is moderate mainly due to the comparatively easier passages. For the first 3 mistakes, 10 points off for each mistake. For the fourth to the eighth mistakes, 10 points off for every 2 mistakes. Given the lower difficulty of the reading section, the curve is normal.
- Grammar - overall difficulty is normal, there wasn't any arcane concept being tested. 10 points off for 1 mistake; 30 off points for 2 mistakes; 50 points off for 5 mistakes.
- Math - (sorry we don't have enough information on math for this particular test)
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Reading
Passage 1: Questions 1-10 - Literature - May 2017 SAT International Test Question and Answer Service
This passage is adapted from Amit Chaudhuri, A Strange and Sublime Address. ©1991 by Amit Chaudhuri. A ten-year-old boy named Sandeep travels with his mother, his aunt (Mamima), and his uncle (Chhotomama) to visit family in Calcutta, India.
Passage 2: Questions 11-21 - History - May 2017 SAT International Test Question and Answer Service
This passage is adapted from Nicholas Epley, Mindwise: How We Understand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want.©2014 by Nicholas Epley.
Passage 3: Questions 22-32 - Natural sciences - May 2017 SAT International Test Question and Answer Service
This passage is adapted from David Shiga, “Has Pluto Sent Us a Message in Ceres?” ©2008 by Reed Business Information, Ltd
Passage 4: Questions 33-42 -Natural sciences - May 2017 SAT International Test Question and Answer Service
Passage 1, by Patrick Henry, and Passage 2, by Edmund Pendleton, are adapted from speeches delivered to theVirginia ratifying convention in 1788. Both are in response to the proposal by the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia to replace the Articles of Confederation with a new constitution establishing a national government.
Passage 5: Questions 42-52 -Science - May 2017 SAT International Test Question and Answer Service
This passage is adapted from Catherine Clabby, “A Tangled Tale of Plant Evolution.”©2009 by Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.
Writing and Language
Passage 1 The Case for Electronic Health Records
Passage 2 The Beaver as Ecosystem Engineer
Passage 3 The Giant:Michelangelo's Victory
Passage 4 Sharing for Success