Hardest SAT month

xiggi
Sun, 04 Jun 2006 01:01:00 +0000

Hikaru, do yourself a favor, and read this:

Source: College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools;

SAT Reasoning Test: How is the SAT scored?

Scoring is a two-step process. First, a raw score is calculated: one point is added for each multiple-choice question answered correctly. Omitted questions receive no points. For multiple-choice questions answered incorrectly, 1/4 point is subtracted. No points are subtracted for incorrect answers to the SAT math questions requiring student-produced responses. Questions in the SAT equating section do not count toward the score. Then, the total points answered wrong are subtracted from the number answered correctly. If the resulting score is a fraction, it is rounded to the nearest whole number – 1/2 or more is rounded up; less than 1/2 is rounded down.

Next, the raw score is converted to the College Board 200-to-800 scaled score by a statistical process called equating. **Equating adjusts for slight differences in difficulty between test editions, and ensures that a student’s score on one edition of a test reflects the same ability as a score of 450 on another edition of the test and that a student’s score does not depend on how well others did on the same edition of the test. **