Silly me! I'm betraying my nerves about the PSAT here -

[Michelle in MO]

but let's say that a nervous mother in a Midwestern state (excluding present company, of course) is wondering how to figure out her dc's potential PSAT score, based upon practice tests, how would such a mother do that?

 

For example, say that said child in question took the two Critical Reading sections and came out with a raw score (made up here--REALLY!) of 42; then, the raw Math score for all three sections came to 30 (made up number again), and then had a writing skills score of 33. Those numbers add up to 105. Does said mother take those sample scores and double them for the Selection Index?

 

And, of course, a disclaimer for this mother: this mother is fully aware that any scores on the practice tests are not necessarily the same as the final score--the Selection Index--on the real test.

 

This is all a hypothetical example, BTW! :D (Except that the numbers are truly made up!)

[Quiver0f10]

On the practice psat book I have it says that to get the selection index you add CR+M+W, so in your above example the selction idex would be 105.

[Michelle in MO]

I'm using scores that were similar to (but higher than) what dd got last year, and her Selection Index was much higher than 105, so I'm thinking maybe you take those three scores and add them up and then double them? Or, am I missing something here? :confused:

Edited October 15, 2008 by Michelle in MO
correction

[Quiver0f10]

I am not sure and this is our first time too, so maybe someone else will be able to help. Sorry I don't know more.

[Michelle in MO]

and call PSAT, like I just advised Bev! Unless anyone else knows the answer!

 

Thanks, Jean!

[Miss Marple]

I just looked at my oldest son's PSATs. Both times he took it, the selection index equaled the scores of the 3 subject areas. Not sure why your daughter's score would have been higher:001_huh:

[Michelle in MO]

representative of a regular PSAT test??? I'm confused, too, because she did do very well last year, and when I compare practice tests from this year over last year's, she did better this year. SO, I'm still confused! :confused:

[readwithem]

but let's say that a nervous mother in a Midwestern state (excluding present company, of course) is wondering how to figure out her dc's potential PSAT score, based upon practice tests, how would such a mother do that?

 

For example, say that said child in question took the two Critical Reading sections and came out with a raw score (made up here--REALLY!) of 42; then, the raw Math score for all three sections came to 30 (made up number again), and then had a writing skills score of 33. Those numbers add up to 105. Does said mother take those sample scores and double them for the Selection Index?

 

And, of course, a disclaimer for this mother: this mother is fully aware that any scores on the practice tests are not necessarily the same as the final score--the Selection Index--on the real test.

 

This is all a hypothetical example, BTW! :D (Except that the numbers are truly made up!)

 

Hmmm...I'm thinking you have only 3 of the 5 total test sections - Critical Reading and Math have two sections each, and there is one section of writing, for a total of 5 sections.

 

actually scratch that - what you need is the conversion tables :)

 

Critical reading - 42 = 71

Math 30 =64

Writing 33 = 66

 

Total score = 201

 

:)

Edited October 15, 2008 by readwithem

[TRILLIUM]

Raw scores are not scaled scores. Raw scores range from 20 to 80. Each PSAT test has a different conversion of Raw scores to Scaled sores. The selection index is the sum of the scaled scores.

[TRILLIUM]

Okay so if I use the 2007 PSAT Score Conversion Table --Wed Test

 

For example, say that said child in question took the two Critical Reading sections and came out with a raw score (made up here--REALLY!) of 42; then, the raw Math score for all three sections came to 30 (made up number again), and then had a writing skills score of 33. Those numbers add up to 105. Does said mother take those sample scores and double them for the Selection Index?

 

42 raw score is 70 scaled

30 raw sore is 64 scaled

33 is 64 scaled

 

Selection index 70+64+64=198

[Michelle in MO]

I was beginning to think I was crazy, or seriously deficient in my math skills, or had a faulty test practice book!

[readwithem]

I was beginning to think I was crazy, or seriously deficient in my math skills, or had a faulty test practice book!

 

:grouphug: Page 31 of the 2008 PSAT/NMSQT Student Guide. Not sure where Trillium got the numbers listed above - maybe from an old guide or a SAT book?

[Michelle in MO]

Thank you so much! I really was wondering what numbers I was looking at! Thanks for letting me know! I will pass all of this information along to the mother in question; that should help assuage her nerves. ;)