SAT Information & Ideas
Central ideas, textual evidence, quantitative data, and logical inferences.
Information and Ideas is the Digital SAT Reading domain testing literal comprehension, scientific/historical evidence synthesis, and quantitative reasoning from graphs, tables, and charts. It represents ~26% of the Reading & Writing section.
Information and Ideas measures your ability to locate and analyze explicit and implicit details. You will evaluate claims supported by scientific data tables, identify central themes, and complete logical inferences based strictly on textual facts.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the researchers' claim that urban green roofs lower building cooling costs?
Core Rules & Common Traps
| Rule / Concept | How It's Tested | The Trap to Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Literal Grounding in Text | Selecting conclusions directly supported by explicit textual evidence. | Choosing an answer that makes intuitive real-world sense but has zero direct support in the passage text. |
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How are graph questions tested on the Digital SAT Reading section?
The SAT presents a brief scientific or economic excerpt accompanied by a chart or data table, asking you to identify which data point supports or weakens the author’s hypothesis.
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