HERE IS THE CURVE for March SAT from Xindianx in earlier post- Thank you Xindianx!

Test Preparation
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<p>Only CB knows the real curve..
this is a princetonian estimate- but some say its real</p>

<p>Raw Score, Scaled Score
Math:54-800, 53-790, 52-760, 51-740, 50-720, 49-710, 48-700, 47-680, 46-670...and so forth</p>

<p>Critical Reading: 67-800, 66-800, 65-790, 64-770, 63-750, 62-740, 61-730, 60-720, 59-700, 58-690, 57-690, 56-680...and so forth</p>

<p>Writing: 73 to 69- 800, 68-780, 67-770, 66-760, 65-750, 64-740, 63-730, 62-720, 61-710, 60-700, 59-700, 58-690, 57-680...and so forth</p>

<p>Grammer Sub Score: 49-80, 48-80, 47-80, 46-79, 45-78, 44-76, 43-74, 42-73....and so forth</p>

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<p>Is that the OFFICIAL one? And how would he know?</p>

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<p>CURVE was obviously pre-determined
CB anticipated giving out a harder CR section it seems</p>

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<p>Found it in a much earlier post</p>

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<p>Ya i saw it too, but how do you know its the real one?</p>

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<p>Ouch, that is a harsh math curve.
The curve has not been made yet, because you need to have the scores to make the curve! I will search the CB site for confirmation.</p>

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<p>why does the curve have to so harsh on the upper 700s for math and verbal???</p>

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<p>I thought he just based taht curve on the practice CB book...</p>

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<p>No- CR is more lenient on this curve- THis curve came from Xindianx, I trust him though. Curves are Made in Advance In a process called equating</p>

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<p>Hyper: What information would they have to work with?? Anything besides the real test scores seems to me pretty much arbitrary.</p>

<p>Straight outta CB:
Next, the raw score is converted to the College Board 200-to-800 scaled score by a statistical process called equating. Equating adjusts for slight differences in difficulty between test editions, and ensures that a student's score of, say, 450 on one edition of a test reflects the same ability as a score of 450 on another edition of the test and that a student's score does not depend on how well others did on the same edition of the test.</p>

<p>Beginning in March 2005, each section of the test will be scored using the familiar scale of 200-800, and scores for tests administered January 22, 2005 and earlier, and scores for tests administered March 2005 later will remain equivalent.</p>

<p>It seems to support your claim hyper. But again I ask, with what can you equate? "Test Groups", groups of students who took the test prior to the test date? I do not think so, as the questions would get out.</p>

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<p>Princeton Review</p>

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<p>LOL "Princeton Review," enough said.</p>

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<p>ok whatever- if this is not the real curve than I do not know what is...</p>

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<p>This can't be reliable... the process of "equating" that you're talking about is reliant on the scores. They need to adjust curves from test to test because the college board likes to make it seem like about the same percentage of people get the possible scores each time. ehh not too good of an explanation. but yeah, anyway, this curve may be similar, but no one who doesn't work at for the collegeboard can know the true one yet.</p>

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<p>thats what i was saying ticklemepink. But then again, CB says the score of students has no bearing on your own, which according to your explanation, is BS.</p>

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<p>The curve is not based on the raw scores of the testtakers, but rather on the relative difficulty of the questions on the test. In other words, the questions are assigned a difficulty factor. The curve is created to ensure that each test has the same overall level of difficulty.</p>

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<p>I always thought that they come up with the scores per raw points curve after they have all the scores on one test and then get the percentiles. I believe the 200-800 scale is given by your percentile, based on your raw score.</p>

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<p>i agree you need scores to determine the ranges.</p>

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<p>"The curve is not based on the raw scores of the testtakers, but rather on the relative difficulty of the questions on the test. "</p>

<p>Sorry, hate to be blunt, but... that's wrong.</p>

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<p>As I said before, anything BUT relying on the student scores is arbitrary.</p>