How was the Writing Subject Test Scored?
The final Subject Test in Writing was administered in January 2005. The SAT Reasoning Test now contains a writing section, so all students will be evaluated on writing skills when they take the SAT. The Subject Test in Writing Test contained a 20-minute writing sample that was scored independently by two readers on a six-point scale. The writing sample score was the sum of the first reader’s and second reader’s score. If the readers’ scores differed by more than two points, a third reader was asked to score the writing sample independently to help determine the writing sample score. The resulting writing sample score was added with the score on the multiple-choice questions to get the total score. The total score was reported on the 200-to-800 scale. The multiple-choice score counted approximately twice as much as the writing sample score. Multiple-choice and writing sample subscores were reported for the Writing Test. Subscores were reported on the 20-to-80 scale. The total score was
