Create Reading and Writing questions for the new Digital SAT -- 2
Budget: $15 – $25 USD
*Please only respond if you 1) have significant experience in teaching or developing content for the SAT/ACT, and 2) are a native/near-native English speaker with high-level editing/writing experience. Please allude to these at the top of your application so it stands out. Thanks!**
Seeking meticulous writer/researchers who can contribute to our curriculum by creating high-quality Reading and/or Writing questions for the new Digital SAT.
Your work, which must be either original or copyright-free with sources cited, will be greatly appreciated by our hard-working students!
Here's a sample of what I'm looking for:
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1. SAMPLE READING QUESTION
Many animals, including humans, must sleep, and sleep is known to have a role in everything from healing injuries to encoding information in long-term memory. But some scientists claim that, from an evolutionary standpoint, deep sleep for hours at a time leaves an animal so vulnerable that the known benefits of sleeping seem insufficient to explain why it became so widespread in the animal kingdom. These scientists therefore imply that ______
Which choice most logically completes the text?
A) it is more important to understand how widespread prolonged deep sleep is than to understand its function.
B) prolonged deep sleep is likely advantageous in ways that have yet to be discovered.
C) many traits that provide significant benefits for an animal also likely pose risks to that animal.
D) most traits perform functions that are hard to understand from an evolutionary standpoint.
2. SAMPLE WRITING QUESTION
Rabinal Achí is a precolonial Maya dance drama performed annually in Rabinal, a town in the Guatemalan highlands. Based on events that occurred when Rabinal was a city-state ruled by a king, ______ had once been an ally of the king but was later captured while leading an invading force against him.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) Rabinal Achí tells the story of K’iche’ Achí, a military leader who
B) K’iche’ Achí, the military leader in the story of Rabinal Achí,
C) there was a military leader, K’iche’ Achí, who in Rabinal Achí
D) the military leader whose story is told in Rabinal Achí, K’iche’ Achí,
MORE SAMPLES HERE:
Sample Test: https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/sat-practice-test-1-digital.pdf
Answer Key: https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/scoring-sat-practice-test-1-digital.pdf
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In line with the above, each item will feature a short science/humanities/classic lit paragraph followed by a single multiple-choice question. I'll provide detailed design specs and guidance for each question type.
Compensation will be on a set per-question or full-test basis.
Please respond with a short description of relevant experience & expertise. We're always looking for a long-term relationship with top-notch developers.
Thanks for your interest.
Seeking meticulous writer/researchers who can contribute to our curriculum by creating high-quality Reading and/or Writing questions for the new Digital SAT.
Your work, which must be either original or copyright-free with sources cited, will be greatly appreciated by our hard-working students!
Here's a sample of what I'm looking for:
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1. SAMPLE READING QUESTION
Many animals, including humans, must sleep, and sleep is known to have a role in everything from healing injuries to encoding information in long-term memory. But some scientists claim that, from an evolutionary standpoint, deep sleep for hours at a time leaves an animal so vulnerable that the known benefits of sleeping seem insufficient to explain why it became so widespread in the animal kingdom. These scientists therefore imply that ______
Which choice most logically completes the text?
A) it is more important to understand how widespread prolonged deep sleep is than to understand its function.
B) prolonged deep sleep is likely advantageous in ways that have yet to be discovered.
C) many traits that provide significant benefits for an animal also likely pose risks to that animal.
D) most traits perform functions that are hard to understand from an evolutionary standpoint.
2. SAMPLE WRITING QUESTION
Rabinal Achí is a precolonial Maya dance drama performed annually in Rabinal, a town in the Guatemalan highlands. Based on events that occurred when Rabinal was a city-state ruled by a king, ______ had once been an ally of the king but was later captured while leading an invading force against him.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) Rabinal Achí tells the story of K’iche’ Achí, a military leader who
B) K’iche’ Achí, the military leader in the story of Rabinal Achí,
C) there was a military leader, K’iche’ Achí, who in Rabinal Achí
D) the military leader whose story is told in Rabinal Achí, K’iche’ Achí,
MORE SAMPLES HERE:
Sample Test: https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/sat-practice-test-1-digital.pdf
Answer Key: https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/scoring-sat-practice-test-1-digital.pdf
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In line with the above, each item will feature a short science/humanities/classic lit paragraph followed by a single multiple-choice question. I'll provide detailed design specs and guidance for each question type.
Compensation will be on a set per-question or full-test basis.
Please respond with a short description of relevant experience & expertise. We're always looking for a long-term relationship with top-notch developers.
Thanks for your interest.