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16. How The SAT Is Actually Scored
Many test takers find the basic scaling of the SAT confusing, but the finer points of how this highly influential yet massively misunderstood test is graded mystifies even the professionals who deal with the SAT every day. Amy and Mike invited test prep professional Aaron Golumbfskie to definitively explain how the SAT is really scored...
What are five things you will learn in this episode?
Why don't raw score-scale score conversions remain the same from test to test?
Is the SAT scored on a curve?
What are scaling and equating?
Who are test takers compared to, and what does the Nationally…
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