Hi I’m working on a bunch of practice ACT tests at home before my actual test.
I looked up how to calculate practice test scores for ACT at home and none of the websites tells me how to do so
Do I just add up all the number of questions I got right and divide by 4? If I do that I get a number over 40…
Please help! Thank you!!
Could you show us how you did your calculations?
For example, if you get a 33 in english, 32 in math, 28 in reading, and 30 in science, you would add those four numbers up then divide by 4.
33+32+28+30= 123
123/4= 30.75
You would round 30.75 to the nearest whole number, meaning your composite score would be 31. Maybe you calculations wrong- shouldn’t be getting over 40?
@BL2017 it seems the OP is asking how to calculate each section’s score, not the composite. That is the confusion.
I am not sure myself, though, so I hope someone knows the answer! #-o
Hmm… in that case, you take the number of questions correct in the math section, for example, then correspond the number correct with the score (1-36)- you need one of those curve charts to do so. If you use the Red Book, those practice tests have those charts in the back of the book. However, those charts vary by tests.
Take a look at the current free official ACT practice test: http://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/Preparing-for-the-ACT.pdf
Go to page 56 and it will tell you to compute subsection scores and the composite score. Please note the scale is different for each test, so you cannot use the scale in one test and apply it to another test. However, the process of computing the scores is the same for all test. Also, I would recommend you to stick with official ACT tests.