Does anyone know for sure how the module scoring works on the new Digital SAT?

[Anonymous]

I have a feeling that the ACT is going to become a lot more popular!

[Anonymous]

The thing with the ACT though is that it’s 1/3 math, so for students strong in math the SAT has been better.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm interested in this as well. Does this mean the lowest score you can receive if you do module 2a in both subjects is a 1200?

Absolutely not. The student who takes 2a, has gotten more than 2/3 of the first section correct. If they then go on to miss more than 2/3 of the second section, they’re score is just as low. The max would again be 1200. All questions equal weight.

There is some minimum, but worst case scenario, the student gets no questions correct in the second half, so only over 1/3 correct overall. That’s probably more like a 900 minimum.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm interested in this as well. Does this mean the lowest score you can receive if you do module 2a in both subjects is a 1200?

Absolutely not. The student who takes 2a, has gotten more than 2/3 of the first section correct. If they then go on to miss more than 2/3 of the second section, they’re score is just as low. The max would again be 1200. All questions equal weight.

There is some minimum, but worst case scenario, the student gets no questions correct in the second half, so only over 1/3 correct overall. That’s probably more like a 900 minimum.

All questions are not equal weight. Harder questions worth more points on digital version.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm interested in this as well. Does this mean the lowest score you can receive if you do module 2a in both subjects is a 1200?

Absolutely not. The student who takes 2a, has gotten more than 2/3 of the first section correct. If they then go on to miss more than 2/3 of the second section, they’re score is just as low. The max would again be 1200. All questions equal weight.

There is some minimum, but worst case scenario, the student gets no questions correct in the second half, so only over 1/3 correct overall. That’s probably more like a 900 minimum.

All questions are not equal weight. Harder questions worth more points on digital version.

The statement above says scaled based on number correct, without further gradation specified. Either way, the person who does well on the first part has ample opportunity to get a score as low as someone who missed only one more question in section 1, and certainly can get a final score much lower than a 1200.

[Anonymous]

My daughter who took the paper sat and received a 720 on the verbal just took the digital practice test and received a 570. She had 11 wrong on the first module, earning a spot in the easier module. She got none wrong there but was capped based on her performance on the first module.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter who took the paper sat and received a 720 on the verbal just took the digital practice test and received a 570. She had 11 wrong on the first module, earning a spot in the easier module. She got none wrong there but was capped based on her performance on the first module.

11 wrong seems like a lot. Surely that should impact your score? Both modules count, after all.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter who took the paper sat and received a 720 on the verbal just took the digital practice test and received a 570. She had 11 wrong on the first module, earning a spot in the easier module. She got none wrong there but was capped based on her performance on the first module.

11 wrong seems like a lot. Surely that should impact your score? Both modules count, after all.

Only 54 verbal questions total on digital. That percent wrong is pretty consistent with the score.

[Anonymous]

Feeling hopeful this digital is going to be a good thing.
DC took the last paper test in December and got a 1360. Was upset b/c hoping for 1400+ based on Princeton Review prep class.
Has been doing some Khan Academy training now to prep for Digital in March and just took one of the four full-length practice test from the College Board/Bluebook site and got a 1500. 790 Math and 710 verbal.
Said it felt easier to take than the paper version but verbal had way more vocab to it than before.
7 more weeks until the March test date so planning to do more Khan Academy modules and take the other available full length tests.

Anyone else with a kid prepping digital? how's it going?

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Anonymous wrote:Is the prep though any different really? I mean, there is no different strategy it sounds like except to make sure you are answering the "harder" questions on Module 1 correctly. Although there is no way to know if you are or not during the test.

Do you know if you will then find out if you had Module 2A vs Module 2B? Will that be part of the score report?

I posted earlier and no, that information is not included in the score report. You can only infer from the score bands for each type of questions, e.g., algebra, passport to advanced math, etc. For example, scored in the 700-800 range for Data analysis.

I would add that the practice test my DD took did indicate module a in her score report.

Late to the discussion, but would you tell me how to infer which second module was received by the score bands? Trying to do the same for my son on the PSAT. Thanks!