What are scaled scores?
Scaled scores are the numbers that are actually reported to you and to schools. Scaled scores range from 200-800 for each section of the test; the composite score, which adds together the scores for the three sections, ranges from 600-2400. These numbers are based on raw scores, which are then adjusted based on how other students performed on the same day. For this reason, your raw score will be scaled higher when the other students taking the test do poorly, and when the others do very well, your scaled score will be lower. In this way, the test makers ensure that the statistical distribution of scores is consistent from day to day.
Related Questions
- Can I give all the core and supplemental subtests and choose to use the highest subtest scaled scores when computing composite scores?
- What is the difference between norm-referenced scores (scaled scores) and criterion-referenced scores (proficiency classifications)?
- Why are raw scores converted to scaled scores?
