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How the digital SAT is built, where students lose marks, and how to practise so the hours count.
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Practice
Free digital SAT practice questions, by topic, with explanations
Thirty-two real questions from the bank, four per content domain, each with the answer and why every other choice is wrong.
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Scoring
Digital SAT score calculator: an honest estimate, as a range
Correct answers per module in, an estimated 400–1600 range out, and exactly how the estimate is made.
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Practice tests
Bluebook practice tests: how to use them, and what to do in between
Space the official tests as checkpoints, why a repeat sitting misleads you, and what to practise between them.
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Comparison
The best free digital SAT practice, compared honestly
Bluebook, Khan Academy, the College Board question bank and Colorbook: what each is best for, and a combined free plan.
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International
The SAT for international students: a practical guide
Registering from outside the US, where to find official dates, fees and centres, and preparing in a second language.
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India
The SAT in India: registration, fees, centres and free preparation
Who sits it, where to find official dates and fees, how it differs from JEE and CUET, and a free plan.
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Uzbekistan
The SAT in Uzbekistan: registration, test centres and a free plan
Registering and paying from Uzbekistan, choosing a target score, and a free 8-week plan. Also in Russian.
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На русском
Digital SAT: полный гид по формату, баллам и бесплатной подготовке
Формат, адаптивность, где сдавать из России, Казахстана и Узбекистана, стоимость и бесплатный план на 8 недель.
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News
Colorbook 1.0: what's new, and what stays free
Out of beta: what stays free, what is new, and what the optional plans add.
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Method
How to review an SAT question you got wrong
Reading the explanation is not a review. A five-step method, then three fresh questions.
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Planning
An SAT study plan for the time you have left
Two months, two weeks, two days: what to practise in each, and the night before.
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Deep Dive
Why Deep Dive works: learning from one wrong answer
What each step of a Deep Dive does, and the learning research behind it.
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Your Plan
Fewer decisions, better revision: how a plan makes study time count
Deciding what to study every session costs time. A plan takes that decision off you.
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Colorbook
Why Colorbook?
It reads how you work, not just what you scored. What is different, and what is free.
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Plans
Should I pay for Colorbook? An honest guide
Most students do not need to. When free is enough, and when a plan is worth it.
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Your Plan
How the score projection works, and why it refuses to guess
Built from full mocks only, with a range, and it will not guess from too little time.
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AI
Studying with AI without fooling yourself
An AI that hands you the answer teaches you little. How to use it so it builds skill.
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Test day
The night before the SAT: what to do, and what not to
Why sleep is the better revision, and a calm plan for the evening and the morning.
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Colorbook Tutor
Talking it through: why explaining out loud helps
Explaining your reasoning out loud is one of the most reliable ways to learn. How the tutor uses it.
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AI
AI SAT prep: what it actually does, and what it can't
What AI can and cannot do for SAT preparation, and where models get questions wrong.
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Analysis
Thought analysis: what your working reveals that your score doesn't
Your score says how many you got right. Your working says why — and that is the fixable part.
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The test
How the digital SAT actually works
Two sections, four modules, 98 questions, 2h14m, and a second module that adapts.
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The test
Why the first module decides your score
The test adapts between modules, which makes the first one worth more than the second.
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Technique
Where the time actually goes
71 seconds a question on Reading and Writing, 95 on Math. Where the minutes actually go.
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Technique
How to use a practice test so it's worth the three hours
Sitting a mock is measuring. The improvement happens in the review afterwards.
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Reading & Writing
Every Reading and Writing question type, and what each is testing
Every question type in the section, what it is testing, and the trap built into it.
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Math
Grid-ins: the marks students lose for no reason
A quarter of Math is typed answers. The maths is not what loses the marks — the entry rules are.
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Getting started
Free digital SAT practice: what you actually need
What free practice must include to be worth using, and how to spot thin material.
For teachers
Running classes, mocks and live lessons with Colorbook for Educators.
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For teachers
Colorbook for Educators: your worksheets, in a real digital SAT test screen
Turn your own worksheets into exams in a digital SAT-style screen, and replay how each student worked.
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For teachers
From PDF to practice set: turning worksheets into tests students can sit
Convert PDFs and photos into sets, check every question, build a labelled bank, and assign with due dates.
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For teachers
Running a class mock: starting together, scheduling, question sources and timing
Start together from a lobby or schedule a window; pick question sources; handle adaptive routing and extra time.
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For teachers
Tutor mode: teaching live on the student's own test screen
See the student's screen live, send questions from a playlist, point and annotate, and run calls and timers.
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For teachers
Replays and analysis: seeing how students worked, not just what they scored
Read replays, use the gradebook, get value from Colorbook AI analysis, and assign adaptive sets.
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For teachers
Choosing a plan: Free, Coach, Classroom or Academy
Free, Coach, Classroom and Academy compared, with add-ons, student seats and worked examples.
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For teachers
Exam day for a class mock: what to do before, during and after
Accommodations and devices before, the proctor console during, results and each student's route after.
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For teachers
Extra time and accommodations in class mocks
×1.25 to ×3 on working time, the break stays 10 minutes, where to set it, and a full timing table.
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For teachers
Module 2 and adaptive papers: what teachers need to know
How the second module adapts, how Colorbook mirrors it, difficulty tiers, and what a student's route tells you.
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For teachers
A weekly routine for SAT classes: sets, replays, live lessons and a monthly mock
Set, review, analyse, teach live, and a monthly mock, plus building your own question library.