SSAT scores - retake?

Weatherby
Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:09:02 +0000

I would suppose that the SSAT score distributions to have a positive skew, meaning scores too far below the average might just be too low. I doubt the overall scores are normally distributed.

For example, suppose an institution has an average SSAT admit score of 85%, the low end of the range for admittance might be in the high 70%. If my son is within 10 points of the average for a given school, I won’t discourage his attempt.

What is this Jumbo effect?