You'll have 65 minutes to complete the SAT Reading Test, which is comprised of 4 individual passages and 1 pair of passages. This pair will be made up of two shorter, related passages by different authors that address a similar topic or theme. You will learn more about paired passages in Sections 3 and 6. Each passage or pair will be between 500 and 750 words, for a total of 3250 words. Learn more
Declaration of Independence
The Constitution
Bill of Rights
Federalist Papers
I Have a Dream speech - Martin Luther King Jr. Speeches
Selected Works - Edmund Burke
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman - Mary Wollstonecraft
Freedom's Battle - Mohandas Gandhi
Walden - Henry David Thoreau
The Woman's Bible - Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Farewell Address - George Washington
Inaugural Address - John F. Kennedy
Up From Slavery - Booker T. Washington
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - Frederick Douglass
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CollegeBoard Reading Test Information
Khan Academy resources for Reading (Videos)
Key Changes: Collegeboard's Words in Context (PDF)
Key Changes: Collegeboard's Command of Evidence (PDF)
Key Changes: CollegeBoard's Analysis in Science and in History/Social Studies (PDF)