I have a student who got 4 wrong on the math SAT, got a 710 and was complaining that the test was too easy and the curve was too hard.
Lots of complaints on this. Yes, the college board has been making the math tests too easy for a while now. The math sections are really becoming more a test of conscientiousness and reading comprehension than of actual math.
If the test was too easy he shouldn’t of gotten 4 wrong
One student I know got one wrong on the August math section and ended up with a 770 so that is a tough curve!
“A test easier than normal” would be the right interpretation. A “hard curve” implies students get a lower score than they would have otherwise. If the test had been harder, everyone got more wrong, and a student performed exactly the same relative to others taking the test, that student would have received the same score.
The only downside is a greater impact of silly mistakes where a student mis-bubbled and answer or something similar.
A 770 with one wrong just means that a substantial number of students, as many as 1%, got every question correct. If a full 1% scored better, you will get a 770, whether they got 0 wrong and you got 1, ore they got 5 wrong and you got 6.