The time involved was not aimed at developing the students’ reading and writing ... write on an assigned topic (see chart for an example). Historically, the SAT has had only multiple-choice ...

Number of questions and time allotted per question ... you might perform better on the SAT. Number of reading passages. The ACT English section requires test-takers to read and comprehend five ...

A new digital SAT is now being offered for the first time. The test is shorter ... In addition, the reading passages are a lot shorter in the new exam. The essay section has also been dissolved ...

The ACT is composed of a 35-minute reading test, 45-minute English test, 60-minute math section and 35-minute science test. “In general, the SAT is much more generous time-wise," Koh says.