Scoring Your PSAT/NMSQT Practice Test #1

Scoring Your PSAT/NMSQT Practice Test #1

Congratulations on completing a PSAT/NMSQT? practice test. To score your test, follow the instructions in this guide.

Scores Overview

Each assessment in the SAT Suite (SAT?, PSAT/NMSQT, PSATTM 10, and PSATTM 8/9) reports test scores and cross-test scores on a common scale.

The assessments also report subscores, which provide more information to students, educators, and parents. For more details about scores, visit collegereadiness..

The NMSC Selection Index score is used by National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) as an initial screen of students who enter the National Merit? Scholarship Program. The Selection Index scores of all students who meet entry requirements will be considered for program recognition. See the PSAT/NMSQT Student Guide for more information about the National Merit Scholarship Program.

The College Board Assessment Design & Development team wrote the practice test using the same processes and standards they use when writing the actual PSAT/NMSQT. Everything from the way questions are written to how they look on the page accurately reflects what you'll see on test day.

1 Total Score 320?1520 Scale

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Command of Evidence

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Expression of Ideas

Heart of Algebra

Problem Solving and Data Analysis

Passport to Advanced Math

Standard English Conventions

1 NMSC Selection Index 48?228 Scale

NMSC Selection Index

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How to Calculate Your Practice Test Scores and Selection Index Score

GET SET UP

1 You'll need the answer sheet that you

bubbled in while taking the practice test. You'll also need the conversion tables and answer key at the end of this guide.

SCORE YOUR PRACTICE TEST

2 Using the answer key on page 8, count

your total correct answers for each section. Write the number of correct answers for each section in the answer key at the bottom of that section.

CALCULATE YOUR SCORES

3 Using your marked-up answer key

and the conversion tables, follow the directions on pages 3?7 to get all of your scores.

Practice

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Get Section, Test, and Total Scores

Your total score on the PSAT/NMSQT practice test is the sum of your Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Section score and your Math Section score. To get your total score, you'll convert what we call the "raw score" for each section--the number of questions you got right in that section--into the "scaled score" for that section and then calculate the total score.

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GET YOUR EVIDENCE-BASED READING AND WRITING SECTION SCORE

Calculate your PSAT/NMSQT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Section score (it's on a scale of 160?760) by first determining your Reading Test score and your Writing and Language Test score. Here's how:

1 Using the answer key on page 8, count the number of correct answers

you got on Section 1 (the Reading Test). The number of correct answers is your raw score.

2 Go to Raw Score Conversion Table 1: Section and Test Scores on

page 9. Find your raw score in the "Raw Score" column and match it to the number in the "Reading Test Score" column.

3 Do the same with Section 2 to determine your Writing and Language

Test score.

4 Add your Reading Test score to your Writing and Language Test score.

5 Multiply that number by 10. This is your Evidence-Based Reading and

Writing Section score.

EXAMPLE: Jennifer answered 29 of the 47 questions correctly on the PSAT/NMSQT Reading Test and 20 of the 44 questions correctly on the PSAT/NMSQT Writing and Language Test. Using the table on page 9, she calculates that she received a PSAT/NMSQT Reading Test score of 28 and a PSAT/NMSQT Writing and Language Test score of 22. She adds 28 to 22 (gets 50) and then multiplies by 10 to determine her PSAT/NMSQT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Section score is 500.

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Your total score on the PSAT/NMSQT practice test is the sum of your EvidenceBased Reading and Writing Section score and your Math Section score.

GET YOUR MATH SECTION SCORE Calculate your PSAT/NMSQT Math Section score (it's on a scale of 160?760).

1 Using the answer key on page 8, count the number of correct answers

you got on Section 3 (Math Test ? No Calculator) and Section 4 (Math Test ? Calculator).

2 Add the number of correct answers you got on Section 3 (Math Test ?

No Calculator) and Section 4 (Math Test ? Calculator).

3 Use Raw Score Conversion Table 1 to turn your raw score into your

Math Test and Math Section score. (Your Math Section score is your Math Test score multiplied by 20.)

GET YOUR TOTAL SCORE

Add your Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Section score to your Math Section score. The result is your total score (on a scale of 320?1520) on the PSAT/NMSQT Practice Test.

Use worksheet pages 8 and 9 to calculate your section, test, and total scores.

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Get Subscores

Subscores provide more detailed information about your strengths in specific areas within literacy and math. They are reported on a scale of 1?15.

COMMAND OF EVIDENCE The Command of Evidence subscore is based on questions from both the Reading Test and the Writing and Language Test that ask you to interpret and use evidence found in a wide range of passages and informational graphics, such as graphs, tables, and charts.

1 Add up your total correct answers from the following questions:

? Reading Test: Questions 8; 17-18; 22; 26-28; 36; 39; 42

? Writing and Language Test: Questions 6-7; 15-16; 18; 27; 33-34

Your raw score is your total correct answers from all of these questions.

1 Total Score 320?1520 Scale

2 Section Scores 160?760 Scale

3 Test Scores 8?38 Scale

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WORDS IN CONTEXT The Words in Context subscore is based on questions from both the Reading Test and the Writing and Language Test that address word/phrase meaning in context and rhetorical word choice.

1 Add up your total correct answers from the following questions:

? Reading Test: Questions 5-6; 10; 13; 23-24; 34; 37; 40; 43

? Writing and Language Test: Questions 1-2; 17; 19; 28; 30; 36; 39

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Your raw score is your total correct answers from all of these questions.

2 UseRawScoreConversionTable2todetermineyourWordsinContext subscore.

EXPRESSION OF IDEAS The Expression of Ideas subscore is based on questions from the Writing and Language Test that focus on topic development, organization, and rhetorically effective use of language.

1 Add up your total correct answers from the following set of questions:

Subscores provide more detailed information about your strengths in specific areas within literacy and math.

? Writing and Language Test: Questions 1-2; 5-7; 11; 15-19; 22; 25; 27-28; 30; 32-36; 39-40; 44

Your raw score is your total correct answers from all of these questions.

2 UseRawScoreConversionTable2todetermineyourExpressionof Ideas subscore.

Use worksheet pages 8 and 10 to calculate your subscores.

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STANDARD ENGLISH CONVENTIONS The Standard English Conventions subscore is based on questions from the Writing and Language Test that focus on sentence structure, usage, and punctuation.

1 Add up your total correct answers from the following questions:

? Writing and Language Test: Questions 3-4; 8-10; 12-14; 20-21; 23-24; 26; 29; 31; 37-38; 41-43

Your raw score is your total correct answers from all of these questions.

1 Total Score 320?1520 Scale

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2 UseRawScoreConversionTable2todetermineyourStandardEnglish Conventions subscore.

3 Test Scores 8?38 Scale

HEART OF ALGEBRA The Heart of Algebra subscore is based on questions from the Math Test that focus on linear equations and inequalities.

1 Add up your total correct answers from the following questions:

? Math Test ? No Calculator: Questions 1; 3; 5; 7-9; 14-15

? Math Test ? Calculator: Questions 1-2; 5; 8; 11; 24; 27; 29

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Your raw score is your total correct answers from all of these questions.

2 Use Raw Score Conversion Table 2 to determine your Heart of Algebra

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PROBLEM SOLVING AND DATA ANALYSIS

The Problem Solving and Data Analysis subscore is based on questions from the Math Test that focus on quantitative reasoning, the interpretation and synthesis of data, and solving problems in rich and varied contexts.

1 NMSC Selection Index 48?228 Scale

1 Add up your total correct answers from the following questions:

? Math Test ? Calculator: Questions 3; 6-7; 9-10; 12-17; 19-23

Your raw score is your total correct answers from all of these questions.

2 Use Raw Score Conversion Table 2 to determine your Problem Solving

and Data Analysis subscore.

NMSC Selection Index

PASSPORT TO ADVANCED MATH The Passport to Advanced Math subscore is based on questions from the Math Test that focus on topics central to the ability of students to progress to more advanced mathematics, such as understanding the structure of expressions, reasoning with more complex equations, and interpreting and building functions.

1 Add up your total correct answers from the following questions:

? Math Test ? No Calculator: Questions 2; 6; 10-13; 16-17

? Math Test ? Calculator: Questions 4; 18; 25; 28; 30-31

Your raw score is your total correct answers from all of these questions.

2 Use Raw Score Conversion Table 2 to determine your Passport to

Advanced Math subscore.

Use worksheet pages 8 and 10 to calculate your subscores.

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Get Cross-Test Scores

The PSAT/NMSQT also reports two cross-test scores: Analysis in History/ Social Studies and Analysis in Science. These scores are based on questions in the Reading, Writing and Language, and Math Tests that ask students to think analytically about texts and questions in these subject areas. Cross-test scores are reported on a scale of 8?38.

ANALYSIS IN HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES

1 Add up your total correct answers from the following questions:

? Reading Test: Questions 10-19; 29-37 ? Writing and Language Test: Questions 25; 27-28; 30; 32-33 ? Math Test ? No Calculator: Questions 7-8 ? Math Test ? Calculator: Questions 1; 13-16 Your raw score is your total correct answers from all of these questions.

2 Use Raw Score Conversion Table 3: Cross-Test Scores on page 11 to

determine your Analysis in History/Social Studies cross-test score.

ANALYSIS IN SCIENCE

1 Add up your total correct answers from the following questions:

? Reading Test: Questions 20-28; 38-47 ? Writing and Language Test: Questions 15-19; 22 ? Math Test ? No Calculator: No questions ? Math Test ? Calculator: Questions 17; 19; 22-24; 30; 31 Your raw score is your total correct answers from all of these questions.

2 Use Raw Score Conversion Table 3 to determine your Analysis in

Science cross-test score.

1 Total Score 320?1520 Scale

Total Score

2 Section Scores 160?760 Scale

Evidence-Based Reading and Writing

Math

3 Test Scores 8?38 Scale

2 Cross-Test Scores 8?38 Scale

Reading

Writing and Language

Math

Analysis in History/Social Studies

Analysis in Science

Cross-Test Scores

7 Subscores 1?15 Scale

Command of Evidence

Words in Context

Expression of Ideas

Heart of Algebra

Problem Solving and Data Analysis

Passport to Advanced Math

Standard English Conventions

1 NMSC Selection Index 48?228 Scale

NMSC Selection Index

Cross-test scores are based on questions in the Reading, Writing and Language, and Math Tests. They show how you think analytically about text and questions in history/ social studies and science contexts.

Scoring Your PSAT/NMSQT Practice Test #1

Use worksheet pages 8 and 11 to calculate your cross-test scores.

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