June SAT: Like none before????

Test Preparation
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<p>Ok, I always thought that everyone would have the same exact questions, the same passages, or whatever, on the SAT, just maybe in different section order. The only thing different people would have would be the experimental section.</p>

<p>However, maybe I'm way behind, but are the SATs totally different now? Like, do people actually get different tests? I'm sure my math was experimental, cuz I had four math sections. But I mentioned some CR passages to my friends and they didn't have them. So, how can the test be standardized or whatever? How is it fair for people to have different tests? One could be easier or whatever, and that's not fair score-wise.</p>

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<p>Yea there were a bunch of different forms...</p>

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<p>yeah very strange, maybe it's now timezone based</p>

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<p>yeah the essays were time zone based in march so it would make sense that they would expand it tothe rest of the test</p>

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<p>It makes the test more fair..
No advantage for people with friends around the world</p>

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<p>yeah but i wonder how the curve will work.</p>

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<p>I thought both the math and reading for my test version were much harder than in March...</p>

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<p>the vocab is the same on all tests (sentences different)</p>

<p>regarding the rest of the stuff, lotsof different real versions</p>

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How is it fair for people to have different tests? One could be easier or whatever, and that's not fair score-wise.

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<p>Because such a large amount of people take the SAT I, they're able to use statistical techniques to accurately normalize and equate the different forms. That's the reason why each test is curved differently.</p>

<p>In fact, the normalization is so accurate that any individual SAT score is accurate to within about +-60 (maybe 90 now) of any other SAT I ever given in the same style.</p>

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<p>lotsof different real versions</p>

<p>certainly...CB must be getting really careful after the March same test on Sunday as Saturday screw up...</p>

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<p>Actually its not really fair, especially because they are doing it by timezone. ON the east coast the curves will be much harsher than elsewhere because statistically the east coast has the smartest kids. I am not saying no one else is smart, but looking at the tests given the majority top states are all in new england and on the east, while the other places like Califonia perform badly.</p>

<p>+- 90 is a huge difference and I think its just gotten bigger.</p>

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<p>I don't think it's according to time zone.
I live in virginia and had the astronaut passsage for CR.
While someone else living in virginia got something about the civil rights. I think maybe by row in the classroom?</p>

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<p>No I dont think so, everyone had the same in my class.
Maybe it's randomly</p>

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<p>I dont think the tests were distributed by time zone. Several of my friends had totally different versions.</p>

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<p>even in may there were different forms</p>

<p>u know that their are different forms because for may/june they only offer a $9 service, while for MARCH they had a full question and answer service for 25$.</p>

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+- 90 is a huge difference and I think its just gotten bigger.

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<p>+-90, the liberal estimate, is only a 7.5% range variance. More likely, though, the variance is below 7%. That's quite remarkable for a test like this, and, since college admissions officers typically use something like a range to evaluate SAT scores (or so I hear), it doesn't translate into that much of a difference.</p>

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<p>not timezone...its just STATISTICS...CB....PROBABILITY....RANDOMNESS...</p>

<p>....total BULL</p>