<p>Just a few notes…</p>
<p>We started getting scans of the written essays along with our monthly score uploads last year. If I wanted to see a student’s SAT essay, I would have to access the scanned data from the month of the exam and look it up. It sounds easy, but it’s a pain to do this. </p>
<p>I personally haven’t seen much variation in the grading of the essay. Now, I haven’t done any real analysis, but my memory is of seeing lots of scores in the 8-11 range, a handful of 12s and one 4. In the small amount of time I spend looking at standardized test scores, I find myself looking at the three digit numbers more than that essay score.</p>