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40 lessons in 14 units, about 58 h 30 min of reading and core practice. Each lesson ends with a quick check.
Unit 1
38–43% of scored English questions (15–17 items): deciding whether text serves the essay’s purpose and focus, and whether ideas are logically organized and connected, including revision of the argumentative essay that appears on every form.
3 lessons · 5 h 10 min of study · ≈11% of the test
Unit 2
18–23% of scored English questions (7–9 items): using language precisely and concisely and keeping a consistent style and tone.
2 lessons · 2 h 20 min of study · ≈5% of the test
Unit 3
38–43% of scored English questions (15–17 items): sentence structure and formation, punctuation and usage. Fully rule-based, so it is the fastest route to English points.
5 lessons · 6 h 50 min of study · ≈11% of the test
Unit 4
10–12% of scored Math questions (4–5 items): real and complex number systems, integer properties, exponents and radicals, plus occasional vectors and matrices.
1 lesson · 1 h 40 min of study · ≈4% of the test
Unit 5
17–20% of scored Math questions (7–8 items): linear equations, inequalities and systems, linear graphs, and polynomial, quadratic, rational and radical expressions and equations.
3 lessons · 4 h 20 min of study · ≈6% of the test
Unit 6
17–20% of scored Math questions (7–8 items): function notation and concepts, graphs and transformations, exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometric functions and sequences.
4 lessons · 5 h 50 min of study · ≈6% of the test
Unit 7
17–20% of scored Math questions (7–8 items): plane figures, area and volume, circles, coordinate geometry and conics, and right-triangle trigonometry. No formula sheet is provided.
4 lessons · 5 h 40 min of study · ≈6% of the test
Unit 8
12–15% of scored Math questions (5–6 items): describing and interpreting data, study design, probability and counting.
2 lessons · 2 h 50 min of study · ≈4% of the test
Unit 9
Integrating Essential Skills is 20% of scored Math questions (8 items). It applies pre-high-school skills (rates, percentages, proportions, averages, area and volume) in multistep problems. Modeling (20% or more) is an overlapping code for items that build or interpret a model.
2 lessons · 3 h of study · ≈6% of the test
Unit 10
44–52% of scored Reading questions (12–14 items): reading closely to find what a text says and implies, determining central ideas and themes, and understanding relationships across a text.
3 lessons · 4 h 20 min of study · ≈11% of the test
Unit 11
26–33% of scored Reading questions (7–9 items): word meanings and word choice, text structure and function, and author’s purpose and point of view.
2 lessons · 2 h 50 min of study · ≈7% of the test
Unit 12
19–26% of scored Reading questions (5–7 items): evaluating arguments and synthesizing across paired passages and across text and graphics.
3 lessons · 3 h 50 min of study · ≈6% of the test
Unit 13
The optional Science test (reported 1–36 and in the STEM score): interpreting data, analyzing experiments, and evaluating competing arguments and models across biology, chemistry, physics, Earth/space science and engineering design.
4 lessons · 6 h 40 min of study · ≈14% of the test
Unit 14
The optional 40-minute essay, scored 2–12 in four domains. It evaluates an issue and three perspectives, and is reported separately and in the ELA score.
2 lessons · 3 h 10 min of study · ≈6% of the test
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English: production of writing · Lesson 1 of 3
Add, delete or keep items and writer’s-goal questions. Decide whether text belongs, what it contributes, and whether the essay accomplishes a stated purpose.
1 h 50 min of study≈4% of the test
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