Scoring SAT
Each section of the SAT - (1)reading, (2)writing and language, (3)calculator, and (4)non-calculator- has a maximum score of 400, making the highest score 1600. however, the lowest grade that anyone can get in the SAT is 400 out of 1600, because we all get a guaranteed 400 for just girding-in our personal information. We will explain how the 52 questions have the same score as 44.
There are two types of test scores: raw scores and scaled scores. A raw score is simply the number of questions you answered correctly. Skipped or wrong questions do not add or subtract from your raw score. A scaled score is the results of some transformation applied to the raw score.
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So how does your raw score become a scale score? To make it clear, the only reason that scale scores exist is to ensure that scores represent the same level of ability across different test dates. For example, if you take an SAT test in November and December and one was more difficult than the other, scale score will make a score of 1200 on both tests equivalent.
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Since the equating formula changes from test to test to keep the scores equal, there is no way to know for sure how a certain raw score will translate to a scaled score. However, College Board will release raw score to scaled score ranges, to give you an idea of what level of raw score you need to get to certain scaled score numbers. Click here to view one of the conversion tables, an example that will show you how this process happens.
