PSAT commended cutoff score

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Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:17:46 +0000

Commended scores do not vary from state to state. It is a national cutoff.

With regards to the avg. PSAT score going down this year, I honestly dont think it holds much weight when the statistics are analyzed.

This years report: Higher Education Professionals | College Board;
Last years report: Higher Education Professionals | College Board;

As per the reports, the avg. scores (and std. deviation in brackets) in each section this year was:
CR - 47.0 (11.5)
M - 48.3 (11.4)
W - 45.9 (11.1)

Last year they were:
CR - 46.8 (11.6)
M - 48.9 (11.6)
W - 45.9 (11.3)

So as you can see the averages for each section stayed relatively the same. There was no sharp drop or increase in any of the avg. scores. This leads me to think the we won’t see any major difference in cutoffs. I honestly am expecting the Commended cutoff to be the same as last year–201.