The PSAT/NMSQT is a standardized test designed to measure your ability to do college work. It is given once a year.
The test consists of five sections, two testing verbal reasoning skills and two testing mathematical skills, and one testing writing skills. Fifty minutes is allowed for answering the verbal questions, fifty for the mathematical questions, and thirty minutes for the writing questions.
PSAT/NMSQT is a trademark jointly owned by the College Entrance Examination Board and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
only PSAT/NMSQT scores recorded while the student is in 11th grade will count toward scholarship consideration
The test is made up of:
Two Math sections - 25 minutes each,
Two Verbal sections - 25 minutes each,
One Writing Skills section - 30 minutes.
The Math sections test a student's knowledge of arithmetic, algebra and geometry through 40 questions which include:
20 multiple-choice questions, 12 quantitative comparison questions, 8 student-produced answers or grid-ins.
Students may use a calculator on the math sections, though you won't necessarily need one.
The Verbal sections contain a total of 52 questions which include:
13 Sentence completion questions, 13 Analogies, 26 Critical reading questions.
The Writing Skills section, which evaluates a student's ability to use and improve written English, includes 39 multiple-choice questions, including:
19 sentence error questions, 14 sentence improvement questions, 6 paragraph improvement questions.
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