<p>Its no surprise that CB reuses old US SAT test for intentional test, my question however is, do they use the same curve?</p>
<p>Isn't the whole purpose of the curve to offset test difficulties by making a curve based on how the persons who took it did, eg if everyone found the test difficult then the curve would be lenient whereas if the majority opinion was that it was easy then the curve would be harsh.</p>
<p>So for international students when we take an old US test would they still make up a new curve or just reuse the curve since the test was previously administered?</p>
<p>If a test is re-used in its entirety, then the curve is the same. This is because the curve reflects only the difficulty of that particular test, not how easy or hard the test was for those that took it.</p>
<p>Are there any easier test dates? NO
When is the curve set? Before the test.
Does the quality of one particular group of testers on a test date influence the curve? No</p>
<p>On every SAT test, US or international, the curve reflects the difficulty of the test relative to others and is independent of the performance of students who took the test. The curve exists to ensure that a score of 600 means essentially the same thing whether you took an easier test or a harder one.</p>
<p>Well actually that’s not entirely true. The exact same test is given, but the experimental sections are completely different. These experimental sections are also huge factors in determining the curve. It is not simply based on the difficulty of the test itself, although that is the other main factor. Thus, the curve might be similar but definitely not exactly the same.</p>
<p>No, it really is true: the curve reflects only the difficulty of the scored portion of the SAT relative to other administrations. The equating sections are used to isolate the effects of test difficulty from differences in the quality of students taking the test. For example, when a teacher gives a new test to a new group of students, and they all do poorly compared to a different group the year before, was the test too hard or was the group of students not prepared for the test? Additional information is necessary to answer the question.</p>
<p>If the identical test is given again, the process of equating should result in the same curve even with completely different equating sections.</p>