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July 1, 2008
ACT and College Board Unveil 'Concordance Tables'
ACT Inc. and the College Board have released updated concordance tables — estimates of how students of comparable abilities would score on the ACT and SAT examinations.
For instance, a composite score of 33 (out a of possible 36) on the ACT corresponds to a combined score of 1440 to 1480 (out of a possible 1600) on the SAT’s critical-reading and mathematics sections.
The tables, released on Tuesday, are based on a joint study of more than 300,000 high-school students who took both tests from 2004 to 2006. ACT Inc. and the College Board plan to release a report on the concordance study later this year. —Eric Hoover
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Their calculations sound about right. One of my sons got a 30 on his ACT and a 1400 (sans the writing section) on his SAT.
— deborah Jul 1, 03:53 PM #
I agree. My son got 34 on ACT and 1460 on SAT (math/reading parts) in spring 2006.
— bb Jul 2, 09:53 AM #
I agree, too. My son received a 35 on the ACT and a 1470 on the SAT (verbal/math), so that sounds about right.
— Who Cares Jul 2, 12:49 PM #
My son got a 2400 on the SATs (with writing) and a 0 on the ACT because he didn’t bother to take it. Won’t that skew the averages?
— Bill S. Jul 2, 02:27 PM #
No, Bill. Re-read the article — it only used .more than 300,000 high-school students who took both tests”
— bb Jul 2, 02:30 PM #
Does anyone know what ACT stands for?
— James Jul 2, 02:33 PM #
American Collegiate Test(ing) was what it used to be called, I believe…
— bb Jul 2, 02:55 PM #