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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The PSAT score is supposed to roughly equate with what a student would get a year later on the SAT.  (It's basically the same test, but without the very hardest questions that would appear on the SAT.)  So you can think of it as predicting that the kid would get roughly an 1190 on the SAT if taken next year.

It's really hard to calibrate what this means for a 9th grader.  I don't know of any percentile charts that young.  You can probably google to find the percentile charts for sophomore year, because that is a more common time to take the PSAT.

What might be more useful for you is to look at the types of questions missed  or sections of the exam and see if you want to do any supplementing in that area.  [/quote]

No. Add 100 to each year. So a 1190 PSAT score in 9th grade means  that if they took SAT in 9th grade on the same day as PSAT, they would score a 1190 on the SAT.

It predicts that their PSAT and SAT score would be 1290 in 10th grade.

Their PSAT and SAT on the same trajectory of preparedness would be 1390 on 11th grade.

Their SAT score would be a 1490 in Fall of senior year (as there is no PSAT in 12th grade).

My advice - connect your collegeboard account with khan academy (there is a button to click on the website).  Khan Academy does a diagnostic of your kid's performance on the PSAT and provides a customized study plan and tutoring for areas of weakness.  All for free. [/quote]

Also, take every single PSAT that you get a chance to take. In the 11th grade, the PSAT is NMSQT and it gives you a chance for the National Merit Scholarship. [/quote]

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