College Board Releases New SAT-ACT Concordance (Conversion) Tables

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<p>FWIW, the College Board has just released some new concordance tables, which admissions officials use in comparing SAT and ACT scores (and which students obviously can use in deciding which scores to submit). Students often post links to outdated conversion tables on CC.</p>

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In 2005, the College Board added a required Writing test to the SAT and ACT added an optional Writing test to the ACT. Before 2005, the ACT and the College Board had periodically produced concordance tables to assist admissions officers who wanted to understand how students of comparable ability would score on the two college entrance examinations. Given the changes to both respective tests, the College Board and ACT are now providing updated concordance tables that are appropriate to the current versions of the two tests.

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<p>SAT-ACT</a> Concordance Tables</p>

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<p>Concordance defined:</p>

<p>"The ACT-SAT tables are based on an entire cohort of students who completed both tests, but this sample is not representative of all ACT or SAT test-takers. The tables, therefore, may not be appropriate for use with scores from students who take either ACT only or SAT only. Overall, a student who receives a score on one test will not necessarily obtain the concorded score on the other test."</p>

<p>SAT-ACT Concordance Tables</p>