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]]> http://www.sat-tutors-blog.com/2009/01/01/how-is-the-sat-scored/comment-page-1/#comment-36928 Mary Schroeder Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:49:19 +0000 http://www.sat-tutors-blog.com/2007/02/23/how-is-the-sat-scored/#comment-36928 Adam, I enjoyed talking with you today and look forward to receiving the tutor manual. Your new SAT tutor friend on the East Coast, Mary Schroeder Adam,
I enjoyed talking with you today and look forward to receiving the tutor manual.
Your new SAT tutor friend on the East Coast,
Mary Schroeder

]]> http://www.sat-tutors-blog.com/2009/01/01/how-is-the-sat-scored/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Anonymous Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:42:42 +0000 http://www.sat-tutors-blog.com/2007/02/23/how-is-the-sat-scored/#comment-3 Adam - Thanks a lot for reply! Now it’s clear to me, although seems a little unfair. I guess the best is to have all questions answered and zero wrong :) Adam – Thanks a lot for reply! Now it’s clear to me, although seems a little unfair.
I guess the best is to have all questions answered and zero wrong

]]> http://www.sat-tutors-blog.com/2009/01/01/how-is-the-sat-scored/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Anonymous Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:25:50 +0000 http://www.sat-tutors-blog.com/2007/02/23/how-is-the-sat-scored/#comment-2 Your scaled score reflects how well you did in relation to other students who took the same test you did. If a test is relatively easy, then more people do better, which means it takes a higher raw score to get the same scaled score. Likewise if a test is relatively difficult, then overall raw scores are not as high, which means a lower raw score still results in the higher scaled score. To give you an idea of the 'norm', the scale from the <a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/prep_one/test.html" rel="nofollow">Official SAT Practice Test</a> (which is actually the October '05 test) translates a 50 raw score into a 720, while a 52 raw score earns a 760. Still, every test grades out a little differently. Sounds to me like the first test you took was fairly hard, and the second test was a lot easier. This would account for the apparent discrepancies between your raw and scaled scores on the two tests. Anyway, what's the big deal? A 750 on SAT Math is an amazing score no matter how hard or easy the test. So don't sweat it. You did great! Your scaled score reflects how well you did in relation to other students who took the same test you did.
If a test is relatively easy, then more people do better, which means it takes a higher raw score to get the same scaled score. Likewise if a test is relatively difficult, then overall raw scores are not as high, which means a lower raw score still results in the higher scaled score.
To give you an idea of the ‘norm’, the scale from the Official SAT Practice Test (which is actually the October ’05 test) translates a 50 raw score into a 720, while a 52 raw score earns a 760.
Still, every test grades out a little differently. Sounds to me like the first test you took was fairly hard, and the second test was a lot easier. This would account for the apparent discrepancies between your raw and scaled scores on the two tests.
Anyway, what’s the big deal? A 750 on SAT Math is an amazing score no matter how hard or easy the test. So don’t sweat it. You did great!

]]> http://www.sat-tutors-blog.com/2009/01/01/how-is-the-sat-scored/comment-page-1/#comment-1 Anonymous Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:24:18 +0000 http://www.sat-tutors-blog.com/2007/02/23/how-is-the-sat-scored/#comment-1 I still do not understand how scaled score is calculated. Once I had 750 in Math with 2 questions skipped and 2 wrong and raw score = 50 , another time 730 with only 2 questions wrong and raw score = 52. How is that logical? I still do not understand how scaled score is calculated.
Once I had 750 in Math with 2 questions skipped and 2 wrong and raw score = 50 , another time 730 with only 2 questions wrong and raw score = 52.
How is that logical?

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