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About College BoardCollege Board is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization that connectsstudents to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900, CollegeBoard was created to expand access to higher education. Today, themembership association is made up of over 6,000 of the world’s leadingeducational institutions and is dedicated to promoting excellence andequity in education. Each year, College Board helps more than sevenmillion students prepare for a successful transition to college throughprograms and services in college readiness and college success—includingthe SAT and the Advanced Placement Program . The organization alsoserves the education community through research and advocacy onbehalf of students, educators, and schools. For further information, visitcollegeboard.org.SAT CUSTOMER SERVICEYou can reach us from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET (9 a.m. to 7 p.m. after the Junetest through August 19).Phone: 866-756-7346International: 1-212-713-7789Email: sat@info.collegeboard.orgMail: College Board SAT Program, P.O. Box 025505, Miami, FL 33102Table of Contents1Introduction1Using Your QAS Report1Scoring Your Test1Learning from Your SAT Experience2Scoring Your SAT2Scores Overview2How to Calculate Your Test Scores2Get Section and Total Scores4Answer Key – Determine Raw Scores6Get Cross-Test Scores8Get Subscores11 Conversion Tables17 The SAT Essay18 Essay Scoring Guide 2019 College Board. College Board, Advanced Placement Program, SAT, and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of College Board. PSAT is atrademark owned by College Board. PSAT/NMSQT is a registered trademark of College Board and National Merit Scholarship Corporation.Visit College Board on the Web: collegeboard.org.Khan Academy is a registered trademark in the United States and other jurisdictions.

Question-and-Answer Service Student GuideIntroductionCongratulations on taking the SAT! Your Question-and-Answer Service(QAS) for the April 2019 SAT includes three parts: this guide, whichwill help you understand your scores; a copy of the test you took; and acustomized QAS report that lists these details about each question: answer you gave best or correct answer question type difficulty levelUSING YOUR QAS REPORT With the report in hand, read each question in your test booklet, thencheck your results. Look at questions you answered incorrectly to seewhether you might have misread the question or mismarked the answer. Print your online score report at studentscores.collegeboard.org to keeptrack of how you did on the different types of questions. This can help youunderstand your academic strengths and identify areas for improvement. If you think you detect errors in how you recorded your answers—forexample, a group of questions that you recall answering differentlythan what you see on the report—you may want to consider orderinga more rigorous form of score verification. See sat.org/verify-scores formore details. If you took the optional SAT Essay, view a copy of your essay online atcollegeboard.org/viewessay. Take a look at the Essay scoring informationon pages 17–18 of this guide to help you interpret your scores.SCORING YOUR TESTUse the scoring information and score conversion tables on pages 4–16 toverify the score on your test. The scoring worksheets and score conversiontables are specific to the test you took. Don’t try to score any other testsusing them.Some students taking the April 2019 SAT took it in digital mode. Theconversion tables for digital are on on pages 14–16.The digital Reading Test, Command of Evidence, Analysis in Science,and Analysis in History/Social Studies conversions are adjusted for modedifferences, based on comparability studies. As we continue to administerthe SAT Suite digitally, College Board will monitor performance and makeneeded adjustments to achieve comparable scale scores across testingmodes.LEARNING FROM YOUR SAT EXPERIENCENow that you’re familiar with the test, you should have a better sense ofthe kinds of questions you’ll see on the SAT. You’re also likely to be morecomfortable with the test-taking process, including the time limits. Ifyou’re thinking of taking the test again, you should know that on average,students who take the SAT a second time see an increase in their scores.In addition, your test results are a powerful tool for getting personalizedinstruction to improve your scores. At satpractice.org you can accessOfficial SAT Practice on Khan Academy , where you can use your actualSAT results to receive practice recommendations tailored to help you workon the areas that you need to focus on. Visit satpractice.org to learn more.1

Question-and-Answer Service Student GuideScoring Your SATSCORES OVERVIEWThe SAT provides more information about your learning by reportingmore scores than ever before. Each of the SAT Suite of Assessments(SAT, PSAT/NMSQT , PSAT 10, and PSAT 8/9) reports test scores andcross-test scores on a common scale. Additionally, subscores provide morediagnostic information. For more details about scores, visit sat.org/scores.HOW TO CALCULATE YOUR TEST SCORESGet Set Up1.You’ll need the customized QAS report with your answers. You’ll also needthe answer key (pages 4–5) and conversion tables (pages 11–16) providedin this section.2.Using the answer key, count up your total correct answers for each section.You may want to write the number of correct answers for each section atthe bottom of that section in the answer key.3.Using your marked-up answer key and the conversion tables, follow thedirections on the next few pages to get all of your scores.GET SECTION AND TOTAL SCORESYour total score on the SAT is the sum of your Evidence-Based Reading andWriting section score and your Math section score. To get your total score,you will convert your raw score for each section—the number of questionsyou got right in that section—into the scaled score for that section, thencalculate the total score.Calculating Your Evidence-Based Readingand Writing Section ScoreCalculate your SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Section score (it’son a scale of 200–800) by first determining your Reading Test score andyour Writing and Language Test score. Here’s how:1.Use the Answer Key to determine your raw scores (the number ofcorrect answers).2.Go to Raw Score Conversion Table 1: Section and Test Scores on page 11(if you took the paper test) or page 14 (if you took the digital test). Look inthe “Raw Score” column for your raw score, and match it to the number inthe “Reading Test Score” column.3.Do the same with Section 2 to determine your Writing and Language Testscore.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 andWriting Section score.2

Question-and-Answer Service Student GuideCalculating Your Math Section ScoreCalculate your SAT Math section score (it’s on a scale of 200–800), asfollows:1.Count the number of correct answers you got on the Math Test – NoCalculator and the Math Test – Calculator.2.Add the number of correct answers you got on each portion.3.As you did with your Reading and Writing and Language Test scores, goto the Raw Score Conversion Table 1: Section and Test Scores to turn yourraw score into your Math section score. Find your raw score in the “RawScore” column and match it to the number in the same row in the “MathSection Score” column.Calculating Your Total ScoreAdd your Evidence-Based Reading and Writing section score to yourMath section score. The result is your total score on the SAT, on a scale of400–1600.3

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Question-and-Answer Service Student GuideGET CROSS-TEST SCORESThe SAT also reports two cross-test scores: Analysis in History/SocialStudies and Analysis in Science. These scores are based on questions inthe Reading, Writing and Language, and Math Tests that ask you to thinkanalytically about texts and questions in these subject areas.Cross-test scores are reported on a scale of 10–40.Calculating Your Cross-Test ScoresYou can use the cross-test score tables beginning on the next page tocalculate your cross-test scores as follows:1.Find the questions in each section that count toward each cross-test score.These are shown with a “Y” next to the question number in the tables.Refer to your QAS report to see which of those questions you answeredcorrectly on the test, and then check the box for each correct answer.2.Count the number of correct answers for each cross-test area and recordthat as your raw score for that area.3.Use the conversion table on page 12 (if you took the paper test) or page 15(if you took the digital test) to determine your scaled score (10–40) foreach area.6

Question-and-Answer Service Student GuideCross-Test Scores Tables – Determine Cross-Test Raw ScoresY Counts toward Cross-Test score. On your QAS report, look up every question marked “Y” below to see if you answered it correctly.If so, check off the box for that question below.Table 5a and 5bAnalysis in History/Social Studies 9505152YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYWriting 2526272829303132333435363738394041424344HSS Raw ScoreK-5OSA08YYYYYYMath Test 526272829303132333435363738YYYYYYYAnalysis in Science (SCI)Math Test No YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYWriting 2526272829303132333435363738394041424344YYYYYYMath Test 526272829303132333435363738YYMath Test No Calculator1234567891011121314151617181920YYYYYYSCI Raw Score7