Hey, folks! Does anyone have a simple way to calculate ACT scores? Any help is greatly appreciated!
Sure, to calculate your ACT score, follow these steps:
1. Raw Score: : Your raw score is simply the number of questions you answered correctly in each section (English, Math, Reading, Science). The ACT doesn't have any negative scoring, so you don't lose any points for incorrect answers. Each of the four sections is scored out of 40, for an overall raw score out of 160.
2. Scale Score: Next, the raw score from each section is converted into a scale score from 1 to 36. The conversion chart can vary slightly with each test administration due to slight differences in difficulty level among different test versions. While there's no universal conversion table, generally, a raw score of 30 in the English section is typically around a 26 or 27 on the scale score, a raw score of 30 in Math would be about 28, a 30 in Reading would be about 29, and a 30 in Science would be about 26 or 27.
3. Composite Score: Your composite score is the average of your four section scores, rounded to the nearest whole number. So if you had a 30 in English, a 28 in Math, a 26 in Reading, and a 28 in Science, your composite score would be 28 (the average of 30+28+26+28 is 28).
Please note these are just rough guidelines and the exact conversion can vary. You can find more specific conversion charts in ACT prep books or on the ACT website.
I hope this helps!
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