<p>If you go to google and type in Report April 2006 SAT you will see a report that the Princeton Review does for each exam. You will see that there were two forms of the test administered in April If you scroll down to the bottom where it says Math, you will see that students who had one form had reasonable math, but top students had difficulty getting over 650 on that form of the exam due to timing ect, difficulty of questions.</p>
<p>I meant to say that on the form that had more difficult math according to the Princeton Review report for the April 2006 exam, it was difficlt for top students to get over a 650. This was not the case on the other form of the same exam</p>
<p>That makes me feel better I guess. I was scoring constant 700+ on practice tests but my April SAT had drastically different results…especially for math.</p>
<p>I think so too. I had been scoring in the low 700’s for math on the PSAT and practice tests, but I did abysmally in math on the april SAT. You guys think that the May test will be a bit easier?</p>
<p>The April test was much more difficult than some other exams, especially for those who got that difficult math section. What was perhaps not fair was that there was really one scale. Had everyone gotten one form of the test in April with the very difficult math, it would have had a more generous curve. What happened however is that Collegeboard gave out two forms of the the test but used just one scale. I called after the exam and asked if there would be two separate scales, and they said no. I could not understand why that would be the case when collegeboard goes to such efforts to make certain that one test is no harder or easier than a test on that date than other test dates. I could not understand why they would not ascertain two forms of the test given on one date were the same by scaling them separately. They said that they make certain the two tests were equal in advance. Those who had the more difficult math knew that was not the case. The princeton review report reinforces that.
I doubt the collegeboard will ever admit that one form was more difficult than another. Many who had that form of the math did not do as well as they had done on previous exams, while those who had the other form improved from previous tests. I would put it behind you, and take the exam again, and hopefully next time you should get more reasonable math.</p>
<p>I think there were two curves though. According to CB I missed four questions (I think the Free Response) and ommitted four and still got a 690. As I didn’t finish, I though that I would get like a 600 so…</p>
<p>sristi…what was your raw score. I had a 49 raw score on math and got a 690. There were actually 3 versions of the test therefore I think three seperate scales.</p>
<p>I think I got the “difficult version” you are talking about. It was not very hard. Just a little harder than usual. Needed to use some little tricks here and there. I only had 3 minutes left though in each section that time rather thant eh usual 10.</p>
<p>applepi ~ My raw score was about 46 and I got a 690. I think I had the hardest of the tests with the infamous girl and chair problem</p>
<p>Hmm my raw score was a 46 and I got a 680-- I didn’t have the chair test.</p>