Is The Actual Sat Easier/harder Than Practice Tests? What About Scaling Scores?

<p>I have the blue book, Barrons and Princeton Review and have done most of the tests, how does this compare to the actual test? I have heard many say these are harder but someone yesterday said they are easier. Anyone know for sure?
Also what is this that I hear about the scale how in different months, you can get x wrong and you come up with a different score? It doesn't make sense, does anyone know more about this?</p>

<p>blue book about the same/little harder, princeton review a little bit easier, barrons harder.</p>

<p>The reason they include a scale is because they cannot completely standardize the level of difficulty on each test date. They want it to be completely level regardless of which day you took it. Therefore after they look at how well everyone did on it, they assign the 200 to 800 score based on how everybody else taking it that day did. So depending on when you take it, the curve will be different and yes, 3 wrong on the math section can be an 800 one day and a 760 the next.</p>

<p>ok so i got 4 wrong total math, what is the worst case scenario and best case scenario? What is the highest/lowest my score could be? Thank you!!</p>

<p>according to the Blue Book, worst case scenario: 690, best case: 770. I'd just take the average of the two for a better estimate, though.</p>

<p>I thought actual math was harder, but reading was easier, and writing was the same.</p>

<p>Assuming you answerd all the 4 you missed...I'd expect about 720.</p>

<p>I missed (got wrong) 4 on March 10 and got a 710.</p>