FWIW, I’ve found little correlation between how my kid thought a section went and their actual score.
Smart to pin down the seat now, while they are still available.
Oh nooooo! Kids need to bring their own computer to test? At our school, they had to use school chromebooks to take the PSAT, they weren’t allowed to use their own computers. I guess I assumed the dSAT would be the same way (you use the school’s device.) That really really stinks for your daughter, although that’s a relief she had the school day one coming up shortly.
I’m surprised the monitor didn’t put a swift end to that!
S25 felt good about it. He said English was more challenging for him but he felt great about all the math except for two questions. He usually has a good handle on how he does on tests but we shall see!
Hope these kids can catch their breath for a few days after this!
Oh no! I am so sorry. A couple of years ago I dropped my D off at the wrong testing center. We had changed it but didn’t realize that her ticket had not been updated.
That has been true in my house. The sections I see the most complaints about (ie on Reddit) tend to be the ones my kid has gotten perfect (or close to perfect) scores on.
They don’t get the same questions? I thought module one was all the same, then module two was either the easier or harder set of questions, but everyone who gets the easy version has the same questions and everyone who gets the hard version has the same questions. No?
No. Questions are randomized, though difficulty level is consistent.
Unfortunately this also means you no longer get a granular breakdown of results. You get total score for EBRW and one for Math and progression bar of each skill, but you don’t know which or even how many questions you got wrong (questions are not worth the same).
If she signs into Khan Academy SAT Practice with her CB account, it will give her targeted practice based on perviously taken PSAT and SAT tests. We found KA to be very good. Well structured and well paced.
I thought that both second modules were pretty significantly tougher than the Bluebook practice ones. The second EBRW module had lots of long passages one after another, and it was difficult to switch topics so rapidly. I’m not sure how to feel about the math, because there were definitely some tough ones but in the practice tests I missed 4 and 3 on them and got 780 and 790 respectively. I missed 7 on the math in December and got a 730. So it might be a product of missing difficult questions on the practice tests, which was not factored in to the paper scoring. I’m interested to see how the equating works.
Editing to add that on a different practice test, one reading question wrong in the whole of both modules was enough to drop me to a 770. I’m really interested to see what my score ends up being for today’s test.
Oh noooo! We got to the school after I had asked if he had everything and he assured me he did. But he forgot his calculator. Thankfully we were early and it was at his school 5 minutes away. I can’t believe some of you have to drive so far!