Should I get a score verification?

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<p>Ok, so here's my dilemma. </p>

<p>I got my Math Level 2 score for the November test yesterday. It was one of those ones to be sent out late for some reason. I got 670 which I was really, really, really shocked to see. Here's why I was shocked:</p>

<p>1) I live in England atm and have done maths and further maths at A-Level (the two years before university) and achieved grade "A" (highest) in both, including two (out of twelve) 100% modules.
2) I spent about one month revising for this test using the Barron's book, which I hear is notoriously hard, and was able to achieve 45+ raw marks on most tests and if memory serves me I got 50/50 on one of those tests.</p>

<p>So I went into the test expecting 800 or at least 750+.</p>

<p>I did find the actual harder than I expected. I left out 3 questions. But I still thought I was course for a 750+ at least. </p>

<p>Then I got the results yesterday. I worked out that of the 47 I answered I got 34 right and 13 wrong. </p>

<p>Later I did a practice test (Barron's book Test 5) under timed conditions to see what I'd get. Because I hadn't done maths for a month now, I was unfamiliar with some questions and so only answered 39 questions, of which 6 questions were wrong. That would give me 680 according to the Barron's book. </p>

<p>I've thought about this overnight and reached these conclusions:</p>

<p>1) The computer got my marks wrong.
2) I made a mistake where when I left out a question I forgot to skip a line on the answer sheet. So e.g. If I left out question 43, I inadvertently put the answer question 44 on the line for question 43 on the answer sheet and continued in these pattern for several questions.
3) I just messed up badly and this is my actual score. </p>

<p>So, is it worth my getting a score verification? Also, do I get a copy of my answer sheet and the question paper when I ask for a verification? Has anybody been in a similar situation before and what were your experiences?</p>

<p>Thank you for your help.</p>

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<p>bump! somebody advise me please!</p>

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<p>If the $50 charge for verification is of no concern, then definitely get a score-verification.</p>

<p>When you pay for score-verificaiton, a human beung will manually mark your answer sheet. In case 1 your score will be changed to whatever it should be. In cases 2 and 3 your score will not change, unfortunately.</p>

<p>I don’t think you get a copy of the questions or your answer sheet, because you seeing them is not necessary for them to manually mark your answer sheet.</p>

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<p>If I’m correctly remembering how these are scored, then a 670 is not too far out of “expected” given the numbers of questions you got right and wrong.</p>

<p>You said that you answered 47 out of 50. Of those, you got 34 right and 13 wrong. So you get 34 points, minus 13 divided by 4 points (the penalty for wrong answers is 1/4 point for each wrong answer). That is, 34 - 3.25 = 31. A raw score of 31 translates to a score of 690 on the Math 2 in our Princeton Review book. </p>

<p>So you got a 670 instead of a 690. That can still be explained by the curve on your particular test, couldn’t it? The books (both Barron’s and Princeton Review’s) just give rough estimates of a typical curve, as I understand it. The REAL curve that you’re graded on is based on how well all your peers did on that particular test. If your particular test version was slightly easier than others, based on how your peer group scored that day, then it would make sense that you got a 670 instead of our book’s 690 or your book’s 680.</p>

<p>Of course you can always question it, but based on what you’ve described, I wouldn’t think you’re over a 700 either way. Sorry about that.</p>

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<p>It does sound like you are in range (I was unfamiliar with some questions and so only answered 39 questions). At least for me, math concepts stick a little longer than a month.</p>

<p>You could do the score verification, but if the score changes from it, you’re stuck with it (whether it goes down or up, and it can go down).</p>