1) This PSAT taken in October was aligned with the "old" SAT that will make it's last appearance in December of 2015. Current Freshmen and Sophomores (NOT taking Accelerated Math this year) will be taking the new one in January 2016. Next year's PSAT will look like the "new" SAT. Juniors will mostly all take the "old" SAT.
2) When interpreting the scores, the most basic thing to do
is to estimate a score on the SAT is to add a zero to the end of each of the
three sections. This is not a dead on
predictor, but it is useful when trying to understand the scores.
3) If you don't do anything else when interpreting your scores,
MAKE SURE to use the Quickstart service that comes with your results. This is a personalized service
for students to log in to their CollegeBoard Quickstart account (personalized
code is provided on report). It will
allow your student to learn more about why he or she scored the way he or she did, help them
to formulate a study plan on the areas that could use improvement and to use
these results to begin to point toward college options and possibilities based
upon their scores. Remember, the code is
noted at the bottom of their score report.
