How to take percentage ACT score and change to 36 scoring

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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I am sure this must have come up somewhere, but I haven't had any luck finding it... I am taking a number of practice ACTs from a review book. When I complete them I am able to get a percentage score, but I haven't been able to figure out what that relates to for the individual scores using the 36 scale. (I know that to get the composite once you have each individual you just have to add them up and divide by 4)</p>

<p>For example, let's say I got a 85% on the Reading portion, what would that be in the 36 scoring system? </p>

<p>I am hoping someone might know of a site that would list all of the scores?</p>

<p>Thanks so much!</p>

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<p>What book are you using because most books do have the specific scaled score. I reccomend you keep looking in the back of he book for your scaled score. Good luck</p>

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<p>I was hoping for that, but wasn’t able to find a full list for my book. I am using the Kaplan ACT Premier 2011 book.</p>

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<p>That’s a really strange book. I did find this though, if it helps: [ACT</a> Score Information: National Ranks for Test Scores and Composite Score](<a href=“ACT Test Scores | ACT Scoring | ACT”>ACT Test Scores | ACT Scoring | ACT)</p>

<p>At the 85th percentile, you would get 28 on Reading.</p>

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<p>^^^ i believe he was referring to like a % of questions right. </p>

<p>like 32/40 = 80% </p>

<p>But that doesn’t mean 32/40 = 32 on reading. </p>

<p>In the REAL ACT prep book it has it </p>

<p>an 85% or (34/40) is a 30 on the ACT from one of the prior exams but this does change</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/act-preparation/586535-score-curve-approximations.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/act-preparation/586535-score-curve-approximations.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>^^ use this as a rough guide to it</p>

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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>Yes I am referring to the percentage like div301 was talking about. @Div301; you say the “REAL” ACT book has it, can you potentially share that information here for myself and for others? </p>

<p>Also what do you consider to be the “REAL” ACT Book?</p>

<p>Thanks so much!</p>

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<p>@House13 I strongly recommend you get “The Real Act Prep Guide” and yes, that is the name of the book. This practice book is the book created by the same company who makes the ACT, yes a company makes both. What makes this book real is it contains actual tests from previous years, therefore it contains the real scale used for that exact test. Unlike this book, other companies have made practice books that imitate the ACT tests, but have not been used. Therefore, their books don’t have a scaled score for you because they have never been taken by thousands of students. Each test is scored on a scale after kids have taken it, and that is why the real act’s scale varies between tests. The reason being is so that they can control the percentile of students who receive, say a 27. Hopefully that answers your question.</p>

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<p>[Amazon.com:</a> The Real ACT (CD) 3rd Edition (Real Act Prep Guide) (9780768934403): Inc. ACT: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Real-ACT-3rd-Prep-Guide/dp/0768934400/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330300812&sr=8-1]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Real-ACT-3rd-Prep-Guide/dp/0768934400/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330300812&sr=8-1)</p>

<p>^^^^ that (kill me for using amazon link CC)</p>