<p>No definite answer I can find, so does it? or is it like straight up what it says in the test book.</p>
<p>yes the ACT has a cruve, if you look at like three different Act prep books, esp. The REAL ACT, there score range are mostly differnet!!</p>
<p>damnit really? is it like as bad as the SAT? dammmmmmmn</p>
<p>For the ACT if you get a question wrong, you just lose a point. Some of the sections are slightly confusing though, like if you start out with a 36 but miss two questions, you can go down to a 32. It's something like that for science. But if you average the scores of each section to get your composite, it'll round up. For example, if the average is 32.5, you will receive a 33 as your composite score.</p>
<p>Each test is equated so that harder sections have easier curves and easier sections have harder curves. -1 on one english test might be a 33 (it actually has been) or on others a 35. They try to make it so every score on a every section is roughly the same ... so a 55/60 on a hard math test might be like a 57/60 on an easier one. They now "pre-equate" the curve, as they believe they can accurately predict the difficulty of the test questions. This is why you might have an experimental test section in June if you don't take writing.</p>
<p>uhh i think u dont lose a point in ACT savetheworld.... it clearly states there is no penalty if answering incorrectly... thats only in SAT 1 where u lose 0.25 of a point... thats why they tell u in ACT to never leave a question blank... if u leave it blank u pretty much just lost the chance to gain a point now u got 0 points instead... so out of 60 questions u never answered 1 but got all 59 of the other questions right thats 59/60... if u got three wrong and left 1 blank well what do u know u get 56/60 1 blank counts as nothing and guessing doesnt penalize</p>
<p>i was about to say the same thing ambitiousteen like uhhhhh i think you mean the sat b/c act definitely has no penalty for guessing</p>