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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The blue book practice tests are skewing high right now especially beyond 1450. This is my experience. So a kid who averages 1580 is getting 1530 at most. I think the digital SAT has had some issues in its infancy. Too many high scores. That’s been remedied as of maybe March? but the practice tests still reflect that beginning. [/quote]

I agree with this.  My kid scores higher on blue book practice tests than on the actual exam (taken twice).  I chalk it up to differences in scaling after the psat disaster (the psat scores were way too high, which meant that NMSQT required near perfect scores).[/quote]

I disagree, based on conflicting but equally anecdotal experience.

My kid’s highest verbal on a practice test was a 750. Their highest math on a practice test was 770. But those were different tests. They took all ten practice tests, and their highest single-sitting composite score was 1510.

Single-sitting SAT score? 770 verbal, 800 math.

Some kids turn it on under the pressure of test conditions, the same way some athletes are clutch in key moments. Other kids are rattled by the pressure. Practice is invaluable, but it isn’t quite the same thing as playing the game. [/quote]

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