FYI - a 600 on the sol doesn’t mean a perfect score.

[Anonymous]

It could mean missing typically up to 4 questions.

[Anonymous]

Okay.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for sharing. Sharing is caring.

[Anonymous]

just curious - what if they got 50 in all the reported categories. does that mean they got a perfect score?

[Anonymous]

It's an adaptive test, so why does it matter whether they got any problems wrong? It's much more cumbersome to refer to your kid's 600 as a "highest possible score" rather than a "perfect score"

[Anonymous]

Umm - thanks! We know - but then again that is the highest that can be scored.

[Anonymous]

can someone explain how it is possible to get 50s in all categories and not get a 600 when the scaled sore only goes up to 50?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:can someone explain how it is possible to get 50s in all categories and not get a 600 when the scaled sore only goes up to 50?

This was my kid's situation. 50s in all categories and he got a 575. All he cared about was getting above 500 to get into Algebra 1 next year so I really couldn't care less about what happened to the other 25 points.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:just curious - what if they got 50 in all the reported categories. does that mean they got a perfect score?

Nope. DS has perfect 50’s in the four math categories and ended up with a 577. He had a 43 in one section of science but ended up with a perfect score. It is kind of confusing.

[Anonymous]

What difference does that make?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:just curious - what if they got 50 in all the reported categories. does that mean they got a perfect score?

Nope. DS has perfect 50’s in the four math categories and ended up with a 577. He had a 43 in one section of science but ended up with a perfect score. It is kind of confusing.

Interesting. My child got 50, 50, 50, 38 in 5th Science and scored 575. Maybe he would score 600 with one or two more correct answer.

[Anonymous]

Someone else posted on another thread that one wrong answer is around 567.

[Anonymous]

So we have established that one wrong answer can yield a 600 or it can yield a 567. What i don't understand is what it means to have a 50 in every category and get less than a 600. In fact, a 50 in every category can mean different scores for different kids taking the same test. Can someone explain what the scaled score actually is, if it actually less specific than the final score?

[Anonymous]

Every SOL is scored differently, so those of you saying "One wrong answer equals X score" are 100% incorrect.

The scoring is very confusing and it is not possible on any of the CAT tests to figure out how many missed questions equal a certain score.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It could mean missing typically up to 4 questions.

FYI a 600 on an SOL is not any sort of accomplishment or a measure of intellect, ability or giftedness. It’s not for the student and it’s not some goal to achieve.