SAT May 2019 International curve

RichInPitt
Thu, 17 Oct 2019 18:12:34 +0000

arizadvornaya:

same thing. I have six mistakes in the whole test but the score is 1470. do I have to say that it’s unfair or is this obvious?

You received a 1470 because approx 2.5% of students taking the same test got fewer than 6 wrong. If you had 20 wrong and only 2.5% got fewer than 20 wrong you’d get a 1470. If you got 3 wrong but 2.5% of students got less than 3 wrong, you’d get a 1470. (There are some minor adjustments that equate your scores to a broader audience than just those taking the test that day, but this is roughly how it works)

That’s how it works, just like the ACT. Why do believe it’s unfair to be scored compared to the broader population that takes the test? Would you prefer an absolute raw score to “scaled” score that leaves your result totally at the mercy of how hard that particular test is?

Standard, consistent relative score, independent of the difficulty of a specific test’s question Is the entire purpose of the test.

Domestic and International students are scored exactly the same. A domestic student with the same 6 wrong would receive the same 1470.