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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Was the PSAT more difficult this year?  My kid got 1420 and the percentile ranking was 99 (Junior).  This would have been in the 97th percentile typically (based on a google search). [/quote]

Mine got a 1380 which was also 99 percentile, probably at the lower end so does seem like scores were a bit lower.[/quote]

Can someone correct my understanding of statistics please?  According to Compass (https://www.compassprep.com/national-merit-semifinalist-cutoffs/), 3% of the kids scored above 1400.  If that were the case, how can a 1380 be in the 99th percentile?  I'd ask the same question about the 1420 score although scores may be skewed towards the lower range making this possible..[/quote]

It’s normed to high school juniors overall, not just test-takers that particular day. [/quote]

So, are you saying that there are a lot more test takers than the number used by Compass?  I don't think non-test taking juniors matter at all.

Compass' numbers:  All PSAT juniors - 1,460,000; 1400-1520 scorers - 43,575; Percent - 2.98% (rounded to 3%).  With these numbers, how can a 1380 or even a 1420 be in the 99th percentile or in the top 1%?[/quote]

No, it’s normed so that if every high school junior in the country took it (all 4 million of them), a 1380 would be in 99%. However, not all juniors take the PSAT, and it’s not a random subsample. Instead it’s skewed somewhat towards kids who score higher on average. Thus we have 3% of test takers scoring in the “top percentile.”  They are in the top percentile compared to all juniors in the United States, but not in the subsample who took the PSAT that day.[/quote]

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