• Use of reading/writing passages across a range of academic disciplines and text complexities.
  • Required demonstrations of command of evidence, both textual and quantitative.
  • Emphasis on high-utility words and phrases in context.
  • Focus on revising and editing writing to improve the effectiveness of expression, achieve specified rhetorical goals, and demonstrate command of core conventions of Standard English sentence structure, usage, and punctuation.
  • Continued focus on the math that matters most for college and career readiness and success.
  • Math problems in (and out of) context.
  • Use of both multiple-choice and student-produced response question formats in the Math section