Help with understanding ssat test results

[and1]

<p>My son is a 8th grader who recently took the upper level ssat and his results indicate a total score of 1750. What does this mean?</p>

[MomofWildChild]

<p>What percentile is that score? I am more familiar with SSAT when stated as a percentile score.</p>

[rty456]

<p>hope I didnt mis understand if it is the SAT it is three parts with a top score of 800 in each set for a total maximum score of 2400… others may have other opinions but as HS Jr/Sr over 2000 is great and over 2200 would in the elite range. 1750 —if this is the same is a great score for a JRHI student… any other info?</p>

[MomofWildChild]

<p>I personally would not even begin to equate a SSAT score to a projected SAT score. There is just too much left to learn before the SAT. Prep schools look at the percentile rankings on the SSAT, and many fine schools have average SSAT scores in the 70s and even lower percentiles.</p>

[curmudgeon]

<p>SSAT is a separate org that has nothing to do with collegeboard.</p>

[mootmom]

<p>Right, the SSAT (Secondary School Admission Test) is used for admission to boarding and prep schools. I found the following at the [SSAT</a> website](<a href=“http://www.ssat.org/]SSAT”>www.ssat.org/):

How do you read your scores?
Your SSAT score report will provide detailed explanations to help you understand each of your scores, including</p>

<p>Scaled Scores
Verbal, Quantitative, Reading, and Total
Scale for grades 5-7: 440-710 (V/Q/R), 1320-2130 (Total)
Scale for grades 8-11: 500-800 (V/Q/R), 1500-2400 (Total)</p>

<p>SSAT Percentile Ranks for each category
The SSAT ranks (1-99%) compare your scores to those of other students who have taken the SSAT in the past three years.</p>

<p>For example, if your Verbal SSAT Percentile is 65%, you scored equal or better in the Verbal section than 65% of students (of your gender and grade) who took the SSAT in the past three years.

As MOWC says, it’s more appropriate to look at the percentile score and compare that to the average at specific schools of interest. I highlighted the line about the upper level test; as you can see, scores will range from 1500 to 2400 on the combined test, but the percentiles (comparing to others who took the test in the past 3 years) are more useful than the raw scores.</p>

[awesome12]

<p>Your SSAT Scores</p>

<p>Upper Level Score Range : 500-800</p>

<p>Verbal Score 548
(Personal Score Range: 527 - 569, SSAT Percentile 10%)</p>

<p>Math Score 683
(Personal Score Range: 662 - 704, SSAT Percentile 35%)</p>

<p>Reading Score 581
(Personal Score Range: 560 - 602, SSAT Percentile 14%)</p>

<p>Total Score 1812
(Personal Score Range: NA, SSAT Percentile 9 %)</p>

<p>IS IT THAT BAD??? i seriously need help</p>

[NYMomof2]

<p>There will be a percentile next to the score. These scores are percentiled against the population of applicants to independent schools, so percentiles will be much lower than they are for tests percentiled against the larger population. There will also be subsection scores and percentiles.</p>