<p>does the act create the scale before the test or after the test (according to how people did)</p>
<p>The scale is set before the test.</p>
<p>how do they determine what the scale is</p>
<p>By giving it to a test group and seeing how they score. Usually, a good rule of thumb is 1 wrong = -1 composite. So 1 wrong on a section would be a 35. As you go lower and lower, the curve gets more generous, but it's harder to get a higher score.</p>
<p>When does the scale become available for viewing.</p>
<p>A lot of times they have -1 = 34 for science reasoning. I would think that, considering the difficulty (and bull crap knowledge based questions) that SR will be -1=35 this time.</p>
<p>any chance of -1 still being 36? or -2 being 35?</p>
<p>there was a load of crap on this section.</p>
<p>Tickitata.......I sure hope so, they should completely throw out the parts of the cell questioin. That being said, science usually has the worst curve of them all, usually skipping one number in the 30s altogether. I wouldn't count on -1 being a 36.</p>
<p>how does the curve ussually pan out for reading?</p>
<p>I think it's pretty reasonable for reading to be -1=36, -2=35, etc. I know this was the curve on reading sections that seemed to be easier than this one, so maybe this will be the same way.</p>
<p>September's science curve was good I think. I'm not sure how many I got wrong, but I got a 35.</p>
<p>i hope math has a good curve, aka 1 wrong=36 ;)</p>