Literature Curve Discrepancy- prep books vs. official

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<p>I was at Barnes and Noble looking at SAT 2 Literature prep books, but the books provide different curves!</p>

<p>Kaplan: you can miss five and still get an 800
i.e.
800
800
800
800
800
800
800
790
780</p>

<p>Official Blue Book: you can miss two and still get an 800
i.e.
800
800
800
790
780</p>

<p>Why is there a discrepancy? Kaplan claims they study the official test to design their practice tests - so shouldn't the curves be identical?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>I think you can only miss two to still get an 800 so the Official Guide is likely accurate.</p>

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<p>There is no strict number of questions you can miss to get an 800 - it varies between sittings. In recent times I believe it has ranged from missing 2 to missing 4.</p>