The SAT Reading Test makes up 50% of your score on the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing section of the SAT.
There are no formulas or comma rules to memorize - you just need to know how to approach each reading passage.
Know what to expect - You'll have 65 minutes to read five passages and answer a total of 52 questions. Finding the main idea of a whole passage, comparing two passages, or even pinpointing information on a graph.
Choose your own order - Reading questions are not presented in order of difficulty, but they are in chronological order.
Read what you need - You don’t have to waste time reading every single word of the passage and trying to become an expert on whatever the topic is.
Leave your opinions at the door - Be careful when you see a question that contains the word infer, imply, or suggest. The answer may not be directly stated in the text, but there will still be plenty of evidence there to support the correct answer.
Take dual passages one at a time - One of your science or history/social studies passages will be a set of dual passages—two shorter texts about one topic.
Save main idea questions for last - For many of the Reading passages, the very first question will ask a general question about the main idea or purpose of the passage, the narrative point of view, or a shift that occurs through the passage.