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Lesson 2: Preparing for the SATTaking SAT practice tests with Bluebook
A guide to taking practice SATs in College Board’s Bluebook app
In this article, we’ll explore how to use College Board’s Bluebook app to take practice SATs, how to view and interpret your practice test scores, and how to pair these practice tests with Khan Academy’s free SAT prep course.
What is College Board’s Bluebook™ app?
College Board's Bluebook™ is a free digital testing application that allows students to take official practice SATs. You can download and run the Bluebook™ testing app on a Windows or Mac device, an iPad, or a school-managed Chromebook.
How to use the Bluebook™ app
Using the Bluebook™ app is straightforward. Once you open the app, you’ll see a “Practice and Prepare” section right on the homescreen. Here you can choose between a “Test Preview” or “Full-Length Practice”.
Clicking “Test Preview” will allow you to preview the format of the SAT, the directions, and the question types without being timed. It will also show you the in-app tools available during the test (including useful things like annotation, marking questions to come back to later, and crossing out choices, among other features). We recommend clicking through the Test Preview before taking a practice test.
“Full-Length Practice” is where you’ll find all the official practice tests. When you take a practice test on the Bluebook™ app, the app will time you and simulate the actual testing environment.
Pairing the Bluebook™ app with Khan Academy's digital SAT prep courses
To get the most out of your SAT prep, it’s a good idea to use both the Bluebook™ app and Khan Academy's SAT prep courses together. While the Bluebook™ app is a great resource for taking practice tests and getting used to the digital format of the SAT, it’s not designed to teach students the content that is covered on the SAT. This is where Khan Academy comes in!
Once you’ve taken a full practice test on Bluebook™, that practice test will become available under “My Practice” on CollegeBoard’s website. Once you sign into your CollegeBoard account, you can click the arrow to the right of your practice test score to see your score details, including a question-by-question breakdown. At the top of the score details page, you’ll see a link to “explore every question on Khan Academy.” Click that link to get to Khan Academy’s Official Practice Test Review for that practice test, which includes detailed explanations for every question, as well as links to our lessons for each question type (all completely free)!
Additionally, you should use the results of your practice test to identify the areas where you need the most help. Once you’ve identified these areas, you can use Khan Academy’s SAT prep lessons and exercises to focus on those areas and improve your performance on test day.
For more, check out our article about how to prepare for the SAT using Khan Academy.
Happy prepping!
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- Will I be able to go back and review my answers if there is still time on the test?(4 votes)
- you'll be able to review your answers from the specific section that you're on, not earlier ones.(11 votes)
- why isint there a no calculator section?? is the real tesst like that(0 votes)
- The DSAT no longer has a no-calculator section(19 votes)
- Does the digital format allow me to revisit previous questions or sections?(2 votes)
- Hi Bryce!
I'm pretty sure you can only revisit the questions within the module you're working in.(3 votes)
- Are there any more sources other than these sources to help prepare for the SAT?(3 votes)
- How can you see your answers on test review? I just completed one but if I don't know what I got right it isn't that useful.(2 votes)
- If you follow the directions above to get to the test there should be a "review test" button that allows you to break down right and wrong answers.(3 votes)
- Is it possible to redo practise tests in bluebook? I've just spent hours redoing practise test 4 but now that I am done and ready to review answers I can only see my last score. How do I see my recent results? Please help I really want to know if I've improved !!(3 votes)
- yes, you can redo it.
you can check your "my practice" section for your scores on the practice test.
I recommend that you do the nonadaptive versions of the digital SAT. Cuz they have some questions that arent there on the adaptive test, plus they have more questions you can do.
happy prepping!!(0 votes)
- i cant practice bc when i try to download it says it has virus does it have any online forms?(2 votes)
- You have to go into files and try to download it from there. If that doesn’t work, make sure you don’t have any virus blockers. If you do, temporally remove it then download. That’s how I got around it.(2 votes)
- What is the closest practice test to the real digital sat(2 votes)
- how do i see my score on it?(2 votes)
- I tried to access my sat practice scores, but when I clicked on the arrow, it only said "sorry we can't get this information right now". Has anyone else had this problem?(2 votes)