Digital SAT® test prep

What one test
can tell us.

A score is a starting point. The thinking behind it is where the plan begins.

What did your student highlight? Why did Math feel harder this time? Which questions used the most time? Our digital testing platform gives your student’s tutors a closer look, from the first module to the last answer.

From a baseline exam to a mock test four weeks later, see how the same evidence guides what to practice next.

Their highlights. Their notes. A window into their thinking.Riley’s question review with their highlight and note, their answer and the module-by-module question navigator.
Real platform view, illustrative student data. Select any screenshot to enlarge it.

01 · See the whole picture

One student.
A story across tests.

The profile brings the baseline exam, mock tests and homework together. Tutors can see where Riley started, how things have changed and where there is still room to grow.

The latest score has company.

Riley starts at 1210 and reaches 1270 four weeks later. The best, latest and superscore sit together, with a target of 1300.

Best and latest

1270 is Riley’s strongest full test and their most recent result.

Superscore

The best Reading and Writing score plus the best Math score across tests. Here, both come from the mock test.

Many colleges consider superscores; each college sets its own rules. College Board explains superscoring.

Riley’s profile: baseline 1210, best and latest 1270, target 1300, superscore 1270 and four tests including two sectionals.
Four entries include two full tests and two sectionals. The platform lists sectionals as “Module.”
Progress over time, with counts behind the percentages
Score progression from 1210 to 1270, with Riley’s target at 1300.
The same views remain available after each test.
Riley’s strongest and weakest skills across tests, with answered-question counts.
Probability at 1 of 1 is one question. Text Structure & Purpose at 3 of 8 offers more to investigate.

Effort is visible

4 hours 17 minutes of full-length testing, alongside the results.

Accuracy has a denominator

73% means 142 right of the 195 questions Riley answered across both full tests.

The target stays in view

Thirty points remain between the latest example score and Riley’s goal.

What a baseline exam records, including testing conditions

The full test, start to finish.

Riley takes two Reading and Writing modules, a break, then two Math modules. The report keeps the result and the conditions together.

The baseline exam report header with Overview, Reading and Writing, Math and Session Logs tabs.
Baseline summary showing 1210, 97 questions answered out of 98, 70 correct and 72 percent accuracy.
Accuracy and completion are different
Riley answers 97 of 98 questions, with 70 correct. Accuracy counts answered questions; the unvisited question is recorded separately.
Timing gives the result context
Each module has its own clock. Riley finishes the first Reading and Writing module with 1 minute 40 seconds remaining.

The session behind the score

The session log records module starts, answers, breaks and other testing events. Riley’s example includes a 10 minute 5 second break, no tab switches and one brief exit from full screen.

These details help tutors assess the conditions before comparing one test with another.

Baseline exam integrity flags, including no tab switches and one full-screen exit.
A recorded flag is context to investigate, not a conclusion about the student.

Two sections. Two routes.

Reading and Writing reaches the harder second module; Math reaches the easier one. The section cards show the score, the route and the underlying skill groups together.

Reading and Writing 620 on the harder route; Math 590 on the easier route, with domain counts and one unvisited Reading and Writing question.

02 · Find what matters

Why progress can
make a test feel harder.

A stronger first module can lead to a harder second one. Fewer correct answers can then feel like a setback, even while the score rises. Riley’s Math results show why the route matters.

First Math module14 of 22 · 64%

Below the platform’s 70% rule

Second Math moduleEasier route

18 of 22 correct

Math score estimate590

32 correct across both modules

Riley’s baseline Math breakdown: first-module weighted accuracy 64 percent and the easier adaptive module.
A harder module

Fewer right can still mean progress.

Riley goes from 18 of 22 to 14 of 22 in the second Math module. The harder route helps explain why the estimated Math score still rises by 30 points.

The same difficulty

A drop can reveal a real gap.

If fewer answers are right on questions of the same difficulty, tutors look for the skill or habit behind the change. The route and the question details belong in the same conversation.

How the first module chooses the second, in both sections

Each section has two separately timed modules. On our platform, at least 70% on the first module leads to the harder second module. The report calls this first-module score “weighted accuracy.”

Reading and Writing baseline breakdown: 22 of 27 correct, 81 percent weighted accuracy and the harder second module.
Riley’s first Reading and Writing module is 22 of 27, or 81%, so the second module is harder. The 70% cutoff shown is the platform’s practice rule.

College Board’s explanation of digital SAT® adaptive testing describes the official two-module structure.

Two quick misses that changed Riley’s Math route
Math first-module pacing chart, showing quick wrong answers on Questions 1 and 4 and a long wrong answer on Question 6.
One row per question. Green ends right, red ends wrong; the dashed line shows an even pace.

Easy questions deserve attention, too.

Question 1 takes 21 seconds; Question 4 takes 17. Both are easy linear equations, and both are wrong. Riley needs 16 of 22 to route up on this platform, but gets 14.

Math Question 4 detail card: easy linear equation, incorrect in 17 seconds.

A rushed opening

A brief accuracy check may protect points before the harder work begins.

A basic-skill gap

The skill map shows 1 of 3 on linear equations in one variable. Tutors can check the method directly.

Which skills need work, and at what difficulty?

A low percentage begins a question; the counts, difficulty and actual attempts help answer it. Riley’s grammar is strong, while text structure and hard algebra deserve a closer look.

The job a sentence is doing.

Text Structure & Purpose is 1 of 4, including 0 of 3 on hard questions. Command of Evidence with quantitative data is 0 of 3, all hard. Standard English Conventions is 13 of 14.

Those are different needs: interpreting a text’s structure, matching a claim to data and maintaining an existing grammar strength.

See how Riley’s own note reveals a misread
Reading and Writing skill map with counts for text structure, quantitative evidence and grammar at different difficulties.

Follow the clock

The last minutes
tell their own story.

The pacing chart preserves each visit and return. Tutors can see when time ran short, which second looks helped and whether every question got a first look.

A closer look at the chart

Each row follows one question through time. These larger indicators explain the marks in the chart below.

  • Ended rightA green visit ends with a correct answer.
  • Ended wrongA red visit ends with an incorrect answer.
  • A return fixed the answerA dashed green line connects wrong to right.
  • A return kept the answerA dotted blue line connects visits without a change.
  • Never reachedA hatched row has no visit or time recorded.
  • An even paceThe diagonal dashed line is a timing reference.
Riley’s harder second Reading and Writing pacing chart, with late return visits, a rushed Question 26 and unvisited Question 27.
Choose a note to outline the corresponding part of this unchanged platform screenshot.

Select a detail

The module’s timing summary
The harder Reading and Writing module’s timing summary.
Module timing adds context to the question-by-question pacing chart. Select the image to enlarge it.
When does a long answer mean careful work, and when does it mean being stuck?

The platform groups questions by time used. Riley gets 12 of 17 right in the 91-to-150-second band, but only 1 of 6 right beyond two and a half minutes. A blanket instruction to speed up would miss that difference.

Time-band results: Riley gets 12 of 17 right in 91 to 150 seconds and 1 of 6 right above 150 seconds.

Time that earns its place

A longer solution can be worthwhile when the method works and the module clock allows it.

Time that stops paying back

A stuck student may need a stopping rule, a best guess and a return later. The underlying skill may need teaching as well.

Each section has its own time view, so a habit in one section need not become advice for every section.

The thinking behind the answer

Go back to
the actual question.

An answer key shows the result. The review can also show Riley’s note, first choice, return visit, typed answer and tools. That gives tutors a specific place to begin.

Their own words can reveal the turning point.

In Reading and Writing, students highlight passages and leave notes. Tutors see both afterward with Annotations turned on; pointing at a highlight opens its note. Math has no highlighting.

A note that worked

Riley highlights the disagreement between two texts and notes: T2 disagrees, gradual, not sudden.
“T2 disagrees: gradual, not sudden.” Riley identifies the disagreement and answers correctly.

The useful habit is visible: Riley names what the text is doing. Tutors can build on it.

A note that exposed the misread

Riley’s note asks whether the Romans designed walls for seawater, alongside their incorrect C answer and correct D answer.
“Romans designed it for seawater?” Riley’s note shows an inference the passage never makes.

The session can start from Riley’s own question and work back to the passage’s structure.

Explore the whole question screen
Complete question-review screen with result, whiteboard, tools, annotations and Questions panel.

Response, Answer, Solution, Feedback and Annotations can be shown separately, so the student’s thinking can be discussed before revealing the explanation.

Make the reasoning visible

Work the question
together.

The whiteboard keeps the question and the student’s response in view while tutors circle a slip, write out a method or check an answer. Here, it brings Riley’s typed Math answer back into the conversation.

Native whiteboard on Math Question 6 with the minus-two response circled, a check and the solution method in the margin.
The check and the method stay beside the original response. Select a note to outline its feature.

Before a session

Tutors can prepare the questions worth another look, so session time goes to the thinking.

During a session

Tutors and the student can work the question live. The whiteboard is available from review sets too.

The whiteboard in a review set
The platform’s whiteboard button within a review set.
Open the question on a whiteboard while reviewing the set. Select the image to enlarge it.
Which tools were used, and what can that tell tutors?

Reading and Writing

Highlights and notes, a line reader and an answer eliminator.

Math

Graphing and scientific calculators, a reference sheet, a line reader and an answer eliminator. There is no Math highlighting.

Across both tests, Riley uses highlights and notes on 28 questions and the calculator on 53 Math questions. The record connects tool use with results; the individual question timeline shows when a tool was opened or closed.

Riley’s tool-use results across tests, including highlights and notes on 28 questions and calculator use on 53.

These are our platform’s tools. This page does not claim they reproduce Bluebook™’s tool set exactly. Tool use by itself does not establish whether a tool helped or hurt.

An example question’s Behavior & tools detail
Riley’s question-level Behavior and tools panel.
The question’s own record adds detail to the tool-use totals. Select the image to enlarge it.

03 · Practice and check again

The next step
comes from the evidence.

Review the questions worth revisiting, practice a whole section under time and then check progress with another full test. The student’s earlier attempts remain part of the picture.

Review sets, built from the test.

Riley’s tutors can build a set around skills, difficulty, results, flags, time or tools. Students can build their own sets, too, from questions they missed, flagged or found slow.

Tutors choose a focus

Riley’s example set brings together text structure, quantitative evidence and systems of equations.

The student takes an active role

A student-created set stays on the profile, with its creator identified.

Choose questions for a review set
The platform’s review-set creation choices.
Choose a focus from the student’s recorded attempts, then review the selected questions. Select the image to enlarge it.
Riley’s review-set list showing a tutor-created set with ten questions and Completed status.
The original test remains the starting point for focused review. Select a numbered note to find its detail.
The same question again, with confidence and the original answer beside it

Did the reasoning change?

On the baseline exam, Riley chose C in 1 minute 36 seconds. In review, Riley chose the correct D in 1 minute 2 seconds and felt confident. The original attempt and the new attempt stay connected.

Confidence choices shown before answering in a review set.

A confident wrong answer may call for reteaching a method. A guessed answer may call for work on eliminating choices. Confidence adds context to correct versus incorrect.

Attempt journey comparing Riley’s original incorrect C with the faster, confident correct D in review.
Ten review-set questions with confidence and mistake-reason columns; seven correct.
Every reviewed question keeps its answer, time, confidence and recorded mistake reason.

Between tests: one section at a time.

Most homework is a sectional: one full SAT® section, with both modules, timed and adaptive. Each subject’s tutors assign the work that fits the student’s plan. The platform lists sectionals as “Module.”

Example sectional

Reading and Writing

Two modules, 54 questions, 64 minutes. Practice reading, decisions and pacing across a full section.

Assigned by Riley’s tutors
Example sectional

Math

Two modules, 44 questions, 70 minutes. The first module determines the second route.

Assigned by Riley’s tutors
Supplemental practice

One skill at a time

Short problem sets can focus on text structure, quantitative evidence or linear equations.

Designed examples, not screenshots

A Program Guide records the plan, which adjusts as the student progresses. Sessions build the skills; homework practices them under test conditions.

See how sectionals sit alongside full tests
Coursework list with a Reading and Writing sectional and a Math sectional between Riley’s baseline exam and mock test.
Sectionals build endurance, timing and experience with the route, and open their own reports.

Then check again.

Four weeks later, Riley’s example mock-test estimate is 1270: Reading and Writing 650, Math 620. No question is left unvisited. Tutors can compare the result, route and habits against the baseline exam.

Progression by section: Reading and Writing rises from 620 to 650 and Math from 590 to 620.
Illustrative scores show how the views connect across tests; they do not predict or guarantee gains.
Compare the mock-test section cards
Mock-test section cards showing both sections on harder routes, Reading and Writing 650 and Math 620.

Math’s first module reaches 17 of 22 and routes up. Reading and Writing stays on the harder route. The next round of practice begins with what this test shows.

Revisit why fewer right answers can still mean progress

What you’ll hear from us

You don’t have to
read every screen.

Your student’s tutors use the detail. Families receive the results and have ways to ask questions along the way.

After every mock test

A score report.

The results for that test and how they compare with every test before it.

Along the way

Program consultations.

Consultations families can schedule if they have questions or concerns.

Questions families ask

A few useful distinctions.

How is my student doing overall?

The profile shows the starting point, latest result, best result and target. Trends and skill counts add context to one score.

See the whole picture
Can progress really make the test feel harder?

Yes. A stronger first module can lead to a harder second one. Tutors compare the route as well as the question count before interpreting a change.

Compare Riley’s two Math routes
Can tutors see what my student highlighted?

In Reading and Writing, saved highlights and notes are available in the question review. They can reveal a useful strategy or the point where a reading went off track.

Explore Riley’s notes
Is it timing, or is it content?

Question timing, difficulty, skills and the actual work need to be read together. A long answer can be careful work or a sign of being stuck.

Compare the time bands
Was the test taken under realistic conditions?

The session log records events, module timing and breaks. Tutors can investigate differences in conditions before comparing scores.

See the baseline record
Does a low percentage mean a weak skill?

Look at the count first. One question is limited evidence. Then check difficulty and actual responses. The same percentage can describe very different situations.

See the skill maps
Are the peer comparisons national averages?

No. The figures on this page are illustrative, and the platform’s peer population has not been verified. They are not official national norms.

See how comparisons are used
Are these official SAT® scores?

No. Our practice scoring is our best estimate of the official score. Our routing rule and score calculation are the platform’s. College Board’s own Bluebook™ practice tests are scored by College Board.

Official Bluebook™ practice
What homework comes between full tests?

Mostly sectionals: a complete timed, adaptive Reading and Writing or Math section, with two modules. Focused problem sets supplement them.

See homework examples
How will we know what changed?

The same profile, section, skill and question views remain available across tests. After every mock test, the score report includes that test’s results and the comparison with earlier tests.

Follow the next test
A short guide to the platform’s SAT® words
Baseline exam
The first full test used to establish a starting point for the program.
“Baseline” module
The platform’s label for the first module of a section. It appears on any test, including a mock test.
Route
The harder or easier second module selected from first-module performance.
Weighted accuracy
The platform’s label for the first-module score used in its routing rule. It is not a published College Board cutoff.
Sectional
One full SAT® section, both modules, timed and adaptive. Listed as “Module” in the platform.
Typed answer
A student-produced Math response, entered without multiple-choice options.
Skipped and unvisited
Skipped means opened and left blank. Unvisited means never reached. The report keeps them separate.
Superscore
The best Reading and Writing score plus the best Math score across tests. Each college sets its own policy.
Helpful explanations from College Board

Start with your student

Let’s find
the next useful step.

Every program begins with a free consultation. Test prep starts with a free baseline exam, so the plan begins with where your student is.

A closer look

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