Issue/irregularity with recent PSAT scoring?

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Has anyone heard anything about this?

https://www.applerouth.com/blog/2016/01/14/can-you-trust-your-psat-score/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Slice%20-%20PSAT%20Reliability%20ACT%20Essay%20Inconsistency%20%20More%20The%20Slice&utm_content=The%20Slice%20-%20PSAT%20Reliability%20ACT%20Essay%20Inconsistency%20%20More%20The%20Slice%20CID_87cfa2496040d10b3df4dc1cacbbde3c&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=Read%20More

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Sorry- the post seems to have been taken down now.

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https://www.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/blog/2016/01/14/understanding-your-new-psat-score/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Slice%20-%20PSAT%20Reliability%20ACT%20Essay%20Inconsistency%20%20More%20The%20Slice&utm_content=The%20Slice%20-%20PSAT%20Reliability%20ACT%20Essay%20Inconsistency%20%20More%20The%20Slice%20CID_87cfa2496040d10b3df4dc1cacbbde3c&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=Read%20More

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Thanks, very interesting. There has been a lot of discussion and confusion about percentiles on the PSAT forum. I think a lot of people will be angry if they are later told oops, you aren’t actually well into the 99th percentile.

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Ah. Didn’t realize this was posted over there as well. Thanks. Yes, I can only imagine the confusion and frustration.
Frankly, if there are any issues the College Board better comment quickly and deal with this head on. (Unless they are hoping an inflated percentile gets more kids to take the SAT this year.) I think it may be a big year for ACT !

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Not so sure about that. There is also a thread of kids outraged at their apparently extremely low ACT writing scores. Personally, I wouldn’t risk that.

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Haven’t read about that yet. I really feel for 2017 students. I feel fortunate DS is 2016.

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Ok. I’m done after this. But, he mentions New York, Seattle (Washington), and Atlanta (Georgia), so high cutoff states. It makes sense that if a 1360 is 99th percentile range of selection indices 196-212, you would have a huge number of 99% on total score. Also, a huge number based on 99th percentile selection index of 205. So let’s say the 99.5+ table is correct, the cutoff for those states would be 213, so any score from 205-212 would be knocked out, which would probably be a lot of scores.

This has been an fun analysis, but exhausting. I am truly impressed with the thought-provoking analysis and resourcefulness of this group.

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There are ways to convert a 205 score on the 2015 test back to a 95th percentile score on the 2014 test range of 194-197.

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If you read the article, he states that he concorded one of the 2015 99th percentile numbers to a 95th percentile number on the 2014 test. The range for 95th percentile for the 2014 test is 194-197. So, yes a 205 (99th percentile for 2015 if the table is correct from CB) can have a concordance of a 95th percentile number in 2014.