<p>My kid took SAT in December 2006. Among the 54 math questions,
she got 51 correct and 3 wrong. So her raw score is 50.25 which
is rounded to 50. She received 710 for the SAT Math (scaled score
range is 680-740). However, according to the Math Conversion Table
in CC's "The Official SAT Study Guide: for the new SAT", a raw score
of 50 in math would be converted to 730 (with scaled score range
690-770). Could CC have made a mistake in assigning 710 to her
SAT Math? Thanks.</p>
<p>Each SAT has a pre-set 'curve', where the scores assigned to the raw scores vary by the difficulty of the test. The difficulty of the test is determined by experimental sections from other tests. Your daughter's raw score in this administration might have earned her more points in another test because it was harder, or less points because it was easier.</p>
<p>In short, the scores assigned to a certain raw score vary. Sometimes a 53 raw score is 800, sometimes it's 760, for example.</p>
<p>the conversions in the blue book are ranges. So it could be more or less. As ^ said, the curve is pre-set according to the test.</p>
<p>Murasaki</p>
<p>The difficulty of the test is determined by experimental sections from OTHER test? do you mean the experimental section on that SAME satl test?</p>
<p>Also are you saying that there is a preset curves which are ranges say.. 1 wrong is 760-800 but the scores are determined by how the students that month performs on the experimental? if this is true than it is true that there could be a month where the final score will be a bit lenient depending on how others performed on the test, right? thanks</p>
<p>When I say other tests, I mean SAT tests from previous administrations where one section didn't actually count (they have those in every booklet, 10 sections, but only 9 are scored). The unscored sections are experimental, and determine curves for future tests. The curves are, as you said, determined by how well students from previous tests did, lenient if they didn't do that well. The ranges also have maximum and minimum scores assignable to each raw score (this explains why missing a single question on the Chinese SAT II drops you down many points but missing 7-8 on the Math IIC SAT II can still be an 800)</p>
<p>still confused. My son took it in Jan 2007. In Dec 2005 sat which people are saying it is the same test as Jan, -1 in math was 780 . My question is could that score change if the Jan. students did not or did better this time around than in Dec? In Dec sat -3 in CR was 750 could that also change?</p>
<p>FOR DEC 05: i heard math -2 was 770. and cr -2 was still 800.</p>
<p>so i dont know where you got your curves from...</p>
<p>from"Dec 2005 curve" thread. anyway could that curve change iif Jan students did not or did better than students who took the same test in Dec 2005? please answer. or as you said will it stay as -2=770, -2=800??? this tiime around?</p>
<p>710 and 730 does that really matter a lot! (no insult)</p>
<p>By the time the test is taken, the curves are pre-determined and can't be changed. I'm not sure if it's necessarily the administration immediately preceding the next that determines curves, either. A curve on one test won't change, though, no matter what you've heard about the previous one.</p>
<p>so if -1 was 780 for math in dec. 2005(asumming it is correct curve) -1 will be 780 also for Jan test right murasaki</p>
<p>I don't know about that, I'm pretty sure each test uses a model from a different test to determine its curve, meaning two successive tests would be based on different curves. However if 1 is all you missed it will probably be high no matter what. -1 is a 760 at the very worst, but it's more likely to be 770 or higher. 800 if you're lucky. When I got my scores back from the June 2006, for example, -1 was 780.</p>
<p>thanks for your opinion</p>