Quantitative or Reading or Verbal?

[Anonymous]

Right, SSATB eliminated the National Est Percentage after the Spring 2014 tests. They now give a percentage based strictly on SSAT testers over the last 2 years.
My question is how we transfer the info we get from SSAT into the percentages posted by the schools? SSAT is giving SSAT% and schools are still using the old way (National Est %).
Obviously, the SSAT% is lower than the Natl Est % but is there a chart somewhere so we know where we stand?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Scoring in the 70s will not get you into the top schools. 80s will be competitive, but not guaranteed.

Both my children got into a top school named here all the time with SSAT scores on the 50s and 60s respectively. I think a big part of it was the school they came from. That school has a very good relationship with the HS and meant the test scores really didn't matter very much.

I would very much like to know the name of the school. Congrats!

[Anonymous]

Okay, now I'm confused. What the heck is a "national est"? I always thought the SSAT was scored the same as the SAT and PSAT. If you get a 90th percentile, that means you did better than 90 percent of the people who took it. Did it used to mean something else?

[Anonymous]

I cannot speak for the SAT or any other test. Sorry.
The SSAT Board, however, USE to score the test with a National Estimated Percentile. This was derived from comparing the scores of the kids that actually took the test to the general population (thus, the "estimated" part of how they worded it).
*** The National Estimated Percentile is what Georgetown Prep (and other schools) were using as their benchmark. They liked to see 90%+.***
The SSAT Board CHANGED THE REPORTING STRUCTURE sometime after the Spring 2014 testing. They no longer print that National Estimated Percentile (not even if you go back and do a reprint of a test taken prior to the change! But if you are really eager to know and cannot get your hands on the hard copy they sent to you, their Scoring Dept CAN still access that info and send it as a cut-and-paste; they did that for me!).
Most of the schools that were looking for 90% on the National Estimated Percentile, however, have not posted what the want to see now (on the SSAT Percentile Rank). Actually, for us, Georgetown Prep is the ONLY school that we are considering that has made a written statement about it. Here is a cut and paste from their website:
Note: Regarding SSAT scores, SSAT will be dropping the Estimated National Percentile for their score reports. This was the higher of the two percentiles they had historically provided. The admissions committee at Prep will now only be using the SSAT Percentile Rank and scaled score to evaluate applicants. The average admitted scores for these metrics are 60th percentile for the SSAT Percentile Rank and 2070 (out of 2400) for the scaled score.
So that National Estimated Percentile produced very different numbers than the SSAT Percentile~SSAT % is much lower. My son's SSAT %ile this year was 91 (8th grade Upper Level). If I were not AWARE of the change, I may think he barely made the cutoff. However, knowing we were shooting for 60+ and he got 91....... I will NOT ask him to re-sit for the exam. I feel good about his scores.

[Anonymous]

I found my other kids report from 2 years ago, confirming what PP said. Plus they estimated range for SAT which was also dropped in latest version.

[Anonymous]

I was going to go back and look for that estimated SAT portion. I didn't remember seeing it on the Jan 10th test results. Interesting that they dropped Natl Est % and Est SAT. Huh.
Does anyone know ON THE OLD NATIONAL EST % where a 665 on READING lands?
Or, where I can find that info?

[Anonymous]

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