PSAT Score - National Merit Selection Index?

IvyCupcake78
Thu, 15 Oct 2015 00:47:28 +0000

Gone is the old PSAT score range of 60 to 240. The new PSAT will be scored on a scale from 320 to 1520.

Math will actually count for one half of this composite score, and the Reading and Writing (which will be called Writing and Language) sections will count for the other half together.You’ll get subscores for Math, Reading, and Writing and Language between 8 and 38. Then Reading and Writing will be considered together, and Math will make up for the other half.

To get your Math scaled score, you simply multiply your section score by 20. A score of 30 on math, for instance, would convert to a scaled score of 600 (30 x 20 = 600).

To get your Reading and Writing score, which again are combined, you add each section score and multiply by 10. Let’s say you get a 32 on Reading and a 35 on Writing. Your scaled score would come out to 670 (e.g., (32 + 35) * 10 = 670).

Here’s another example, where the student scored a 28 on Reading, 32 on Writing, and 34 on Math.

Test Test Score Section Score Total Score
Reading 28

(28 + 32) * 10 = 600 600 + 680 = 1280

Writing and Language 32
Math 34 34 * 20 = 680

For each section, you could get a minimum scaled score of 160 and a maximum of 760.