<p>Hi all -</p>
<p>Just checked and D's May SAT scores still aren't posted. Not clear if this is because of the holiday or because her scores aren't in this week's batch. This question is posed in the testing section, but I wanted to ask the parents whose kids' scores didn't come out last week, if anyone received scores mid-week or today. Also, did anyone else have an organizer page that said to check back on May 30 in red, only to have that message disappear a couple of days ago? Thanks.</p>
<p>Nester,
Exactly the same here. It said to check back "after" May 30. It also said that the next batch of scores would be released in 5-7 days (posted on May 23). When I called CB I asked, bcs I doubted that anyone would work on Memorial Day. They told me that their office would be closed, but the scores would be out on May 30th. No such luck. Hopefully, tomorrow??? Carolyn did say it took about 10 more days for her daughter to get the scores.</p>
<p>Hello again, Northeastmom!</p>
<p>Last week, I had the experience of different people at CB telling me different (even contradictory) things about when scores would be available. I wouldn't have called more than once had the first person not told me that his screen showed that D's test scoring was complete, that the supervisor would send a memo to the scoring division, that my daughter's scores should be posted within 48 hours, and someone from scoring would phone me. (He took my number and email address.) </p>
<p>OK, so 48 hours later with no scores, call, or email, I called back. I ended up speaking with two representatives who answer the phone and two supervisors. I was told, among other things, that the test was scored and someone would "walk over" to get the scores; that the test was not scored yet and would not be available for several weeks; that test scores should be available in another 46 hours; that test scores are released only in batches every Monday and not in between; that the scoring division could only be contacted by memo or email; that the scoring people were on the line; that the scoring people would call me; that if my daughter's test was not scored within a week CB would reveal the reason it wasn't scored yet to her as a matter of policy; that CB never reveals the reason scores are available late as a matter of policy; that scores would be posted Monday despite the holiday; that scores would not be posted Monday because of the holiday; and (my special favorite) after I had been put on hold for almost a half hour, that they had been talking with me for a half hour and surely that was enough time for me to have my questions answered. </p>
<p>My feeling at this point is that the scores will be posted when they're posted and that the folks at CB, at least the ones who members of the general public can contact by phone, are not going to be as helpful as one might hope in providing information.</p>
<p>Wow! I also heard about tests being scored in batches and the next batch would be posted today. They also told me to have son keep checking on line bcs sometimes they just post them as they get them scored. How do they do the score reports and percentages when not all tests are scored yet?</p>
<p>I can answer part of northeastmom's question! The reason they are able to "do the score reports and percentages when not all tests are scored" is due to the fact that these are standardized, norm-referenced tests. That's just a way of saying that there is a hypothetical group of people out there that took the test. This representative group became the norm group against which all others will be measured. The norm group had a representative distribution of scores, most likely a bell curve, and percentile ranks are determined from this norm group. Remember, these are PERCENTILE RANKS, not PERCENTAGES. Essentially, if your PR is 68, and you were standing in a gym with a standard group of 100 people who took the test, you would outscore 68 of them. If you are in a gym with those same hundred people and your PR is 99, you are the one hundredth person and you would outscore 99 others. So, it really doesn't matter that all of the scores in the batch aren't in, because they are not being compared to each other, rather they are being compared to a previously scored and evaluated norm reference group which will probably stand for years. This is the down and dirty on standardized testing questions, and may not exactly apply to the SAT (can you say disclaimer?) but answers the general question which was asked.</p>
<p>Momof1 thanks for the explanation.</p>
<p>Momof1's answer is on the spot. The practice of norming to arbitrary past tests (called "equating") is what led to the great recentering of the early 1990s. The CEEB, now CB, has always tried to make a score from 2001 be the same as a score from 1961, to use arbitrary dates. Over time, the actual norms for more recent test takers drifted far away from a normal curve - many kids were doing more poorly than their predecessors, so to speak. So, the CB redid the score tables.</p>
<p>The CB has an interesting publication for anyone interested in the mechanics of equating and scoring:</p>
<p>Thank you newmassdad. I have not had time to read the link yet, but thanks.</p>
<p>Nester any luck this morning? My son still does not have scores and a friend emailed him last night, and he also did not get his scores yet. I thought they'd be up this morning.</p>
<p>Nope, still no scores. I called CB this a.m. and was told that there would be another run on Weds. Also, when I called, the man who answered the phone put me on hold and then asked for my name and number, informing me that there would be an investigation. I asked how long this might take and was told that the investigation itself -- which I had not requested -- would prolong the period before D received her scores. This seemed like a bit of a Catch-22, not to mention if an investigation into why the scores were taking so long meant that scores would take even longer, I was more than willing to forgo the investigation. I requested a supervisor at this point and the supervisor told me that while investigations could take weeks, initiating an investigation did not delay the scores. I was also told that the investigators do not phone with their findings. Finally, I was told that it could take up to 10 weeks to receive the scores. </p>
<p>I'm wondering if parents whose children have had delayed scores in the past have found a way to expedite the process. Clearly, D will take the SATII's this weekend without knowing her SATI scores, but even decisions regarding college visits, whether to take the ACT, and the necessity to prepare to retake the SAT I in the fall depend in part on knowing her May scores. Do you think that schools have access to CB administrators with better access to information than the folks who answer the phone in the department that releases scores? Or do we simply have to wait for the CB to do its mysterious thing for up to 10 weeks?</p>