Practice SATs vs the real thing

[Anonymous]

FWIW, I have two kids who took the SAT--one was paper and one was digital-- and both kids scored exactly 10 points lower than their highest practice test. Both kids scored in mid 1500s and were one and done. From my perspective, the practice tests are pretty accurate. But my kids had a track record of being good standardized test-takers across the board (MAP, ERB, etc.).

That said, both had at least one practice test where they scored a 1490 even after a lot of practice. So there definitely is variation from one version of the test to another.