Actual SSAT Score Report Samples

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<p>In preparation for receipt of score reports sometime in the next couple of weeks, I was curious to take a look at some actual copies of previous score reports, notably to calibrate on actual correct/incorrect answers to scaled score by section. I was somewhat surprised not to find scanned copies of actual score reports readily available online. Perhaps I had to much confidence in the ubiquity of information on this Interweb thing, but I did not have a ton of luck tracking down actuals. The SSAT folks have a pdf copy of an 8th grade upper level score report, but it seemed funny to me - it shows 800 math score with 41 correct answers and 9 incorrect answers. This would give a raw score of 38.75, which seems unlikely to be associated with an 800…</p>

<p>Anyway, does anyone know of places with posted actual test results? I have scanned the forums, seen various scaled score and percentile comments, etc. I am really looking for actual report examples. Thanks!</p>

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<p>The SSAT changed recently, I gather, so most score reports are too old to give you info relevant to the new SSAT.</p>

<p>The SSAT is a norm-referenced standardized test. Depending on the test difficulty, different iterations of the exams could produce different scores representing the same level of achievement. Thus, the results must be equated by psychometricians.</p>

<p>See: <a href=“http://www.fairtest.org/norm-referenced-achievement-tests[/url]”>http://www.fairtest.org/norm-referenced-achievement-tests&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>and </p>

<p><a href=“http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1002/j.2333-8504.2010.tb02236.x/asset/ets202236.pdf;jsessionid=B676A8533CA15F51F50B3DD91B9338D3.f02t03?v=1&t=i1gmder5&s=a0dbdc8b9164bef6be7ef5fcc98a60ad7b0b6e5c[/url]”>http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1002/j.2333-8504.2010.tb02236.x/asset/ets202236.pdf;jsessionid=B676A8533CA15F51F50B3DD91B9338D3.f02t03?v=1&t=i1gmder5&s=a0dbdc8b9164bef6be7ef5fcc98a60ad7b0b6e5c&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I know the test has been changed, and one needs to be careful about inferring too much about the present test from past information, but I found reading this interpretive guide to be helpful for me in understanding the distributions, standard deviations, and looking at some of the scaled score to percentile distribution history. <a href=“http://www.admission.org/data/files/pages/2011-12InterpretiveGuide.pdf”>http://www.admission.org/data/files/pages/2011-12InterpretiveGuide.pdf&lt;/a&gt; </p>