Accuracy of practice SATs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:CollegeBoard practice SAT tests on the website were pretty great, and that's what my kid practiced on.

However, PSAT taken in 8th, 9th, 10th were more aligned to where the kid was in terms of actual SAT prep. And connecting the results with Khan Academy prep really led to targeted practice.

11th PSAT (NMSQT) was aced by my kid. SAT was 1590, so I would say that CollegeBoard practice tests, PSATs in each grade it was offered, Khan Academy targeted practice based on PSAT scores...all helped and SAT became the easy-peasy part.

What question were you answering? OP's was: "how predictive [did] your DC’s practice tests end up after taking the actual SAT?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's actually harder in many respects. I think the fact that there are fewer questions means that you miss one or two of them and your score takes a bigger hit (versus ACT, where you can miss a handful and still get a "perfect" 36). Also, there are math questions that are fill-in and not multiple choice, which has to make those questions harder to get right.

This is a huge issue. You make one dumb mistake on the first module and it’s 20-30 points off.

[Anonymous]

Took practice tests 1-3. Last practice test was 1560. Math section was reportedly much more difficult than the practice tests. Scored 750V/790M