<p>Is no negative scoring advantageous in ACT? or there is no advantage as your composite score is on the basis of percentile score, so it is relative and not absolute. Everyone is getting advantage of no negative scoring hence there is no advantage.</p>
<p>There is an advantage! Those students who are down to two choices on a reading passage that may be ambiguous are not penalized for giving it their best shot! The question is already difficult ( or tricky ) you are not guessing but attempting to give the best answer! On the SAT the a student who may answer correct is rewarded whereas a student who answers incorrectly ( not guessing mind you) is punished twice so that the disparity in scores between the two types of students is inappropriately and unfairly greater! Most good students are not guessing on the reading sections if these exams and are answering already tricky questions to the best of their ability! It is the reason why this same college board removed the 1/4 penalty from all AP exams! It was an unfair practice! It is also unfair on the SAT ( particularly the reading section) .</p>
<p>Liberty,</p>
<p>What you say makes a lot of sense to me. In reading section, I do come down to two choices like you said and one of them is correct.</p>