<p>Bare with me.</p>
<p>I took the SAT Reasoning Test yesterday, Saturday 3rd December. It was absolutely fine, except for the fact that the examiner didn’t read out how to fill out the ‘student response section’ on one of the mathematics sections. As it was my first time doing the SAT Reasoning Test, I didn’t know how to fill it in (sounds stupid - I thought if I wrote 20-- where - is a blank, the computer might scan it as 2000, or an error. But then 0020 could be read as incorrect too.) </p>
<p>Anyway, I asked the examiner, and he said “I cannot answer that.” And that was that. He sat down, then very obviously started to question his reply and asked the assistant examiner repeatedly about it as they discussed it, and even brought in the centre’s supervisor. I heard the examiner for my room, the one I asked, say “I should of read the instruction script” during the section after the mathematics section in question, naturally too late. </p>
<p>I looked at the front AND back of BOTH the answer booklet and test booklet as well as the beginning of the mathematics section (section 5) with the student response part, while keeping in mind I could not turn to any other section of the test. </p>
<p>My questions are these:</p>
<p>1, Can I complain about the failure of instructions? If so, how? And what will the possible outcomes be?
2, Can I complain about how distracting everyone found it when the examiners were discussing instructions with each other DURING a test section? Everyone was clearly agitated by it, especially those of us on the front row, a few meters from the examiners.
3, Can I ask for my test to be marked by an actual person? The answers are obvious, I’m just worried that the computer may read ‘0020’ as an error, instead of as ‘20’</p>
<p>It gives instructions on how to fill them in. Read them. But --20 is equivalent to 20–. Also 1/2 is equivalent to .5. It is not the examiners responsibility to read you the instructions for filling in student produced responses</p>
<p>I’m sorry, where were these instructions? As I said, I looked at the front and back of the answer booklet and the pages relevant to my section, the front and back of the question booklet, and the entire maths section I was on; all in an attempt to find the instructions.</p>
<p>But you’re telling me If I filled in an answer of 20 as --20 it’s the same as 20–? Can anyone else verify this? Thanks.</p>
<p>Yes, --20 is the same as 20–.</p>
<p>Yes, 20 is the same as --20 or -20- or 20–, and fractions are equal to its decimal form like .5 and 1/2</p>
<p>A test that has the student response questions will have 8 multiple choice questions first. Right after question 8 the instructions are there, and below the instructions are two student response questions I think. You can verify this yourself by looking at a SAT practice test. However, it is within your advantage to know all the instructions before the test.</p>
<p>Wait, I meant is 0020 read the same as 20-- or --20? Thanks for the answers by the way guys</p>
<p>I’m not sure about that one…</p>
<p>I don’t think 0020 works.
By the way I think the instruction was probably on the back of the booklet or somewhere in the math section. I mean even if you ask them they probably cant answer you because I think students know more than the test examiners still. sorry I have to say this but even asking this type of questions might make people think you are asking something while you shouldn’t. But I don’t like the part where they brought other people in and started talking though, the test room should be very quiet.</p>
<p>I don’t think you can do much on the complaints sorry.
And I don’t think they will let an actual person grade your test anyway. There were thousands of test takers and thousands of tests, they won’t do it for one person. I mean this is frustrating but this is true in the real world.</p>
<p>Next time, borrow an SAT prep book from your local library(for free! I do this too) and it has a lof of important info on instructions…etc. and you can also study from it. Good Luck</p>
<p>I honestly looked everywhere I could (without breaking the repeatedly stressed rule of never turning to a section other than the one you’re doing) before I asked the examiner. Is there nothing I can do? My college application deadline is the 12/1/11.</p>
<p>Looking at the grid-in examples in the SAT Prep book, I must of written 0020 on the top of the columns (which aren’t marked, right?) and then only marked 20, with the 2 being marked on the 3rd column and the 0 on the 4th, because there isn’t a 0 on the first column?</p>
<p>So if I did this, I will get my marks, provided I got the answers correct, right?</p>
<p>Yes you will. Also if you pay $50 a human grader can be used</p>
<p>Where did you find that out? Could you link me to it?</p>
<p><a href=“The SAT – SAT Suite | College Board”>The SAT – SAT Suite | College Board;
<p>Something like that but I don’t think it is the one</p>
<p>The instructions for the grid in math section were on top of the first two grid in problems.</p>
<p>The instructions for grid in questions should have been right above the first two grid in questions if you looked as hard and thoroughly as you said you looked then I’m not sure why you wouldn’t have seen that. There’s even pictures of the right and wrong ways to grid it in.</p>