Please Help: A Couple Questions about Score Conversion for Writing Section

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<p>Hello Everyone,</p>

<p>I have a couple questions about the "raw scores" and their conversion for the writing section.</p>

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<li><p>I was told that the "score" range from 25 to 80. How is this score calculated? Does this score reflect the raw score?
For example, if I got a raw score 45 (3 questions wrong). Is it equivalent to 70?</p></li>
<li><p>Also, I don't see how it is possible to get a raw score of 46? I mean if you get two questions wrong, you raw score should be 46.5, which bumps you to 47. </p></li>
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<p>Please help me out.</p>

<p>Thank you so much.
Roger</p>

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<p>The score range for writing is from 20 to 80. Your raw score (number correct - 0.25 * number incorrect, rounded to nearest integer) is converted using a table that is different for each test. The maximum raw score of 49 always corresponds to the maximum scaled score of 80. </p>

<p>A raw score of 45 could be a 70, but has ranged from 69 to 74 with 71 being the average.</p>

<p>You could get a raw score of 46 by omitting three questions and getting the remainder correct. (There are other possibilities).</p>