PSAT disasters today--

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter was in a room with last names A-F and the the test started at different times for each letter of the alphabet staggered by 10-15 min. The result was a very loud and distracting last hour as people were leaving at all different times. Definitely not ideal.

I assume your daughter is in public school?

This is another example of the advantages given to private school students in testing.
Rooms are quite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine reported that they thought the digital was easier than the paper practice tests. What did your kids report?

Yes. The digital is supposed to be easier but a worse curve than the paper.

What do you mean by that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine reported that they thought the digital was easier than the paper practice tests. What did your kids report?

Yes. The digital is supposed to be easier but a worse curve than the paper.

What do you mean by that?

DP: the College Board doesn't curve because your score is not based on how others performed on the same test. However, I believe the PP means that the equating penalty (for lack of a better term) is higher on the digital version than on paper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine reported that they thought the digital was easier than the paper practice tests. What did your kids report?

Yes. The digital is supposed to be easier but a worse curve than the paper.

Digital is easier only if student isn’t doing great, the digital feeds harder questions based on performance of first sections.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter was in a room with last names A-F and the the test started at different times for each letter of the alphabet staggered by 10-15 min. The result was a very loud and distracting last hour as people were leaving at all different times. Definitely not ideal.

I assume your daughter is in public school?

This is another example of the advantages given to private school students in testing.
Rooms are quite.

Nope! $70k New England boarding school 😆 I honestly don’t care about the PSAT but my daughter was frustrated because it distracted her and she didn’t finish a couple of math problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine reported that they thought the digital was easier than the paper practice tests. What did your kids report?

Yes. The digital is supposed to be easier but a worse curve than the paper.

Digital is easier only if student isn’t doing great, the digital feeds harder questions based on performance of first sections.

And just to follow up, the harder questions are given more weight. So kids that “make it” to the harder sections have the potential for higher scores than those that don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine reported that they thought the digital was easier than the paper practice tests. What did your kids report?

Yes. The digital is supposed to be easier but a worse curve than the paper.

Digital is easier only if student isn’t doing great, the digital feeds harder questions based on performance of first sections.

And just to follow up, the harder questions are given more weight. So kids that “make it” to the harder sections have the potential for higher scores than those that don’t.

DD said the math was hard, really advanced questions. She wrote them out after to make sure she can do them next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid's mcps high school had no issues that I'm aware of.

I don't care if some kids have to take it again and make a better score than my kid. It's a PRACTICE test.

Can't performance on this test affect students' ability to get scholarships?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid's mcps high school had no issues that I'm aware of.

I don't care if some kids have to take it again and make a better score than my kid. It's a PRACTICE test.

Can't performance on this test affect students' ability to get scholarships?

Sue College Board!

Very few kids make make to finals as National Merit Scholars. It’s more prestige than $. It’s an honor to be nominated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid's mcps high school had no issues that I'm aware of.

I don't care if some kids have to take it again and make a better score than my kid. It's a PRACTICE test.

Can't performance on this test affect students' ability to get scholarships?

Sue College Board!

Very few kids make make to finals as National Merit Scholars. It’s more prestige than $. It’s an honor to be nominated.

My child is on a full ride from it. Lots of people in this area snub the southern colleges that offer full rides, but we took it so he could do free undergrad and put all college savings to medical school. Yes, it's not that common but it's a big deal for the kids who could get it and didn't have a solid opportunity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter was in a room with last names A-F and the the test started at different times for each letter of the alphabet staggered by 10-15 min. The result was a very loud and distracting last hour as people were leaving at all different times. Definitely not ideal.

I assume your daughter is in public school?

This is another example of the advantages given to private school students in testing.
Rooms are quite.

Nope! $70k New England boarding school 😆 I honestly don’t care about the PSAT but my daughter was frustrated because it distracted her and she didn’t finish a couple of math problems.

+1

Thanks, I hate people who think private is better. It should be, you are paying a small fortune for it. There are plenty of private kids who end up at UMD. When that happens, I always secretly question Why?

You prob could have saved all that money for a downpayment on a small house. That’s what a smarter person would do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine reported that they thought the digital was easier than the paper practice tests. What did your kids report?

Yes. The digital is supposed to be easier but a worse curve than the paper.

Digital is easier only if student isn’t doing great, the digital feeds harder questions based on performance of first sections.

And just to follow up, the harder questions are given more weight. So kids that “make it” to the harder sections have the potential for higher scores than those that don’t.

DD said the math was hard, really advanced questions. She wrote them out after to make sure she can do them next year.

Mine only talked about the reading section, but was referencing the format of the questions (1 per passage vs. going back and forth between the question and the reading for several q's in a row).

I am curious to see how my kid feels about the real SAT in November and how the scores compare.

[Anonymous]

There definitely is a curve established by the college board beforehand based on the difficulty of the questions.

[Anonymous]

I'm curious to hear if those who thought math was harder were sophomores or juniors. Just on practice tests, my kid saw a big jump from fall 2022 to 2023.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine reported that they thought the digital was easier than the paper practice tests. What did your kids report?

Yes. The digital is supposed to be easier but a worse curve than the paper.

Digital is easier only if student isn’t doing great, the digital feeds harder questions based on performance of first sections.

And just to follow up, the harder questions are given more weight. So kids that “make it” to the harder sections have the potential for higher scores than those that don’t.

DD said the math was hard, really advanced questions. She wrote them out after to make sure she can do them next year.

My kid said so too. She's confident that she got a perfect on both English and first math. She said the second math got very tricky at the end.
She has a 1570 SAT so she's a great test taker.