What are the units of an SAT score?
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What are the units of an SAT score?
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The units of an SAT score are points: numbers measured on a scale from 400 to 1600, with 400 being the lowest and 1600 being the highest. These scores themselves are totals made up of two separate section scores: a math score, and an evidence-based reading and writing score. These section scores are each measured on scales from 200 to 800. Section scores themselves are not numbers between 200 and 800 by default; they are converted from a test-taker's raw section scores. Raw section scores are numbers equal to the amount of questions a student answers correctly in each SAT section. The SAT Suite of Assessments uses a complex conversion method to derive scaled scores from raw scores.
For each SAT test-taker, the Suite of Assessments will count their number of correct answers in each section to find the test-taker's raw section scores. Next, the Suite converts both section scores into scaled scores: the numbers between 200 and 800. Last, the Suite adds the two scaled scores together to form the SAT total score: the number between 400 and 1600. Students can view their SAT total, math, and ERW scores on their online SAT score report.
For more information about the SAT, check out this article: What's the Difference Between the ACT and SATs?
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