<p>My son is American educated but took the December SAT reasoning test in Prague, due to a long-planned visit there. He had taken the test twice before, scoring in the mid to high 700s for all three sections. He has 800 in the SAT Math 2.</p>
<p>Getting his scores yesterday, we were shocked that his math was nearly 100 points lower than his previous low and that his essay was two points lower. I know this sounds like a grousing parent, but these score are absolutely impossible.</p>
<p>First question: does anyone know if European based tests are scanned with a different delimiter algorithm for the fill-in questions? What I mean is that in Europe, you write two and a half as 2,5 (two comma five) instead of 2.5 (two dot five), and thousands are expressed the opposite 350.000 inhabitants vs. 350,000 inhabitants. If College Board is applying a different scanning logic to these fill-in questions, all of my son's would be marked incorrect.</p>
<p>Second question: does anyone know if Europeans grade the essay? Are they English-as-Second-Language or British English? That would completely go against all the teaching and preparation he went through. </p>
<p>Any experience in this would be greatly appreciated. Respond here or write me at powell (at) wordscapes.com</p>
<p>Mark</p>