2016年SAT考试改革：8大主要改变

　　Essay Analyzing a Source 作文 分析给定文章

　　The focus of the Essay section on the redesigned SAT will be very different from the essay on the current SAT. Students will read a passage and explain how the author builds an argument. They’ll need to support their claims with evidence from the passage. This task more closely mirrors college writing assignments.

　　The new Essay section is designed to support high school students and teachers as they cultivate close reading, careful analysis, and clear writing. It will promote the practice of reading a wide variety of arguments and analyzing how authors do their work as writers.

　　The essay prompt will be shared in advance and remain consistent. Only the source material (passage) will change. The Essay will be an optional component of the SAT, although some school districts and colleges will require it.

　　改版后的作文部分较现有的作文部分会有很大的不同。学生将阅读一篇文章，分析作者如何建立一个论点。他们需要用文章中的证据支持自己的主张。这项任务更密切地反映大学的写作任务。

　　新的作文部分的目的是鼓励大学生和教师仔细地阅读，认真地分析，清晰地写作。它将促进广泛阅读各类观点，分析作者的写作手法。

　　作文题目将提前分享并保持不变。只有材料的来源(文章)将改变。作文将改为选考，尽管一些学区或大学会要求作文分数。

　　Math Focused on Three Key Areas

　　The exam will focus in depth on three essential areas of math: Problem Solving and Data Analysis, the Heart of Algebra, and Passport to Advanced Math. Problem Solving and Data Analysis is about being quantitatively literate. It includes using ratios, percentages, and proportional reasoning to solve problems in science, social science, and career contexts. The Heart of Algebra focuses on the mastery of linear equations and systems, which helps students develop key powers of abstraction. Passport to Advanced Math focuses on the student’s familiarity with more complex equations and the manipulation they require.

　　Current research shows that these areas most contribute to readiness for college and career training. They’re used disproportionately in a wide range of majors and careers. The SAT will sample from additional topics in math, but keep a strong focus on these three.

　　考试将深度聚焦在数学的三个关键领域：问题解决能力和数据分析，核心代数，以及向高等数学的过渡。解决问题和数据分析是定量文献。它包括使用比例，百分比，比例推理来解决科学、社会科学和职业中的问题。核心代数侧重线性方程和系统的掌握，有助于培养学生的抽象能力。高等数学过渡部分着眼于让学生的熟悉更复杂的方程及所需的应用。

　　目前的研究表明，这些领域最有助于准备大学和职业培训。他们以不同比例地应用于多种专业和职业当中。SAT数学也将从其它方面取材，但主要集中于这三个方面。

　　Problems Grounded in Real-World Contexts

　　基于现实的问题

　　Throughout the redesigned SAT, students will engage with questions grounded in the real world, questions directly related to the work performed in college and career.

　　In the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing section, reading questions will include literature and literary nonfiction, but also feature charts, graphs, and passages like the ones students are likely to encounter in science, social science, and other majors and careers. Students will be asked to do more than correct errors; they’ll edit and revise to improve texts from the humanities, history, social science, and career contexts.

　　The Math section will feature multistep applications to solve problems in science, social science, career scenarios, and other real-life contexts. Students will be presented with a scenario and then asked several questions about it. This allows students to dig into a situation and think about it, then model it mathematically.

　　在新版的SAT中，学生将面对现实世界中的问题，这些问题与大学学习和职业工作直接相关。

　　基于证据的阅读和写作部分，阅读的问题将包括小说和非小说，也会包含图表以及学生可能会在科学、社会科学和其他专业和职业当中阅读到的文章。学生将要完成纠正错误之外的任务;他们将编辑和改进历史、人文、社会科学以及未来工作中的相关文章。

　　数学部分将采用多步应用解决科学，社会科学，职场及其它真实情境中的问题。这一部分将向学生呈现方案，之后问几个问题。这让学生投入情境并思考，然后建立数学模型。

　　Analysis in Science and in Social Studies

　　分析科学与社会科学

　　When students take the redesigned SAT, they will be asked to apply their reading, writing, language, and math skills to answer questions in science, history, and social studies contexts. They will use these skills — in college, in their jobs, and in their lives — to make sense of recent discoveries, political developments, global events, and health and environmental issues.

　　Students will encounter challenging texts and informational graphics that pertain to issues and topics like these in the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing section and the Math section. Questions will require them to read and comprehend texts, revise texts to be consistent with data presented in graphics, synthesize information presented through texts and graphics, and solve problems based in science and social science.

　　当学生参加新版SAT考试时，他们将被要求应用阅读、写作、语言和数学能力，来回答科学、历史、社会学相关问题。他们将在大学，在工作和生活中使用这些技能来理解新发现、政治发展、全球性事件、卫生和环境问题。

　　学生将在基于的阅读和写作部分和数学部分遇到具有挑战的文章和图像信息。问题需要他们阅读和理解文章，修改文章使其与图像数据一致，综合文章与图像信息，并解决科学和社会科学类的问题。

　　Founding Documents and Great Global Conversation

　　建国文档与主要全球对话

　　America’s founding documents — such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights — are all rather short, but they have inspired a conversation that endures today. Every time students take the redesigned SAT, they will encounter an excerpt from one of the Founding Documents or a text from the ongoing Great Global Conversation about freedom, justice, and human dignity. In this way, we hope that the redesigned SAT will inspire deep engagement with texts that matter and reflect not only what is important for college and career, but what is important for citizenship here and around the world.

　　短篇的美国建国文件，如独立宣言，宪法，和权利法案，但他们引发了持续至今天的谈话。每一次学生参加新版SAT考试时，他们将遇到的一篇的建国文件或正在进行的关于自由、正义和人类尊严的全球谈话节选。以这种方式，我们希望新版的SAT会激发学生对于重要问题的兴趣，这些文章不仅反映大学和职业中的重要问题，而且对于世界各地的公民都有这重要意义。

　　No Penalty for Wrong Answers 答错题不扣分

　　The redesigned SAT will remove the penalty for wrong answers. Students will earn points for the questions they answer correctly. This move to rights-only scoring encourages students to give the best answer they have to every problem.

　　改革后的SAT会取消错误答案的惩罚。只计算正确答案得分。这一举动将鼓励学生对每一个问题给出最佳回答。

　　资料来源：https://www.collegeboard.org/delivering-opportunity/sat/redesign

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