SAT I - SCORING

Receiving Scores

It usually takes about five weeks for your test to be scored and sent out to the organizations you specified during registration. If you have not received your scores after 10 weeks of the test date then contact the SAT by:
• Call 1-609-771-7600 from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, and speak to a service representative, or
• fax 1-609-771-7681, or
• send us an e-mail

Please include your name, date of birth, test date, and registration number (if you have it) in all correspondence.

As stated earlier, it generally takes around 5 weeks for scores to be sent out. Rush Reporting is available if you need them sooner. If you happen to need to send more than eight score reports then you may request Additional Reports for a fee.

Your SAT Reasoning Test SCORES

Your Score Report displays your most recent scores, score ranges, and percentiles.

Your scores are reported on the recentered scale and are preceded by the letter "R." Recentered means that all SAT Program test scores for tests taken on or after April 1, 1995, have been reported on the recentered scale. Recentering reestablished the average SAT I verbal and math scores near the midpoint of the 200-800 scale.

Flags may appear before either the test score or test date. Flag symbols and definitions are:

R recentered score
# SAT II: Subject Test score is on Score Choice hold
* nonstandard administration
+ revised score
@ delayed score

SCORES

Step I: A raw score is calculated.
Questions answered correctly receive one point. Omitted questions receive no points. For multiple-choice questions answered incorrectly, a fraction of a point is subtracted:

1/4 point is subtracted for five-choice questions.
1/3 point is subtracted for four-choice questions.



Your raw score is determined by calculating the number of correct answers and then subtracting the score of the number of wrong answers. If that resulting score is a fraction, it is rounded to the nearest whole number -- 1/2 or more is rounded up; less than 1/2 is rounded down. For Example: If you received 700 points in correct answers(Remember 1 pont per correct answer) and 56.25 in wrong answers then your Raw Score is 700 - 56.25 = 643.75. This score is then rounded up to 644.

Step II. Your raw score is changed into a scaled score by a statistical process called equating. Equating adjusts for slight differences in difficulty between test editions and ensures that scores are the same no matter which edition of the test you took.

Score Percentile - Explanation

The percentile is the percentage of students in a particular group who got a score lower than your score. For example, your verbal score was 600. The 1995 national percentile for a verbal score of 600 is 66%. This means you did better than 66% of the national group of college-bound seniors. These percentiles are based on the most recent score earned by college-bound seniors who took the test during high school. Your scores are given based on national and state percentiles.

Score Ranges - Explanation

For the 1995 college-bound seniors, the average verbal score was 505 and the average math score was 507.

Other Information

Use the Question and Answer Service if you have a question about your score or the Student Answer Service to find out how you answered the test questions.

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