Act English Section Scoring

For example if you answer 55 questions correctly on the act english test then your scaled score for act english is 24.

Act english section scoring. In the two examples above your raw scores would translate to a 34 on act english and a 27 on act math if you were to refer to the official 2019 2020 practice test s scoring charts. Act english scoring. Develop target raw scores.

Consider the elements of writing that are included in each underlined portion of the passage. To get a composite score all i need to do is add up the four section scores and then divide their sum by four. 26 30 28 27 111.

Scale scores have the same meaning for all the different forms of the act test no matter which date a test was taken. Be aware of the writing style used in each passage. Your scaled score ranges from 1 36 with 36 being the highest possible score on a section.

This score will be averaged with the scores from the other multiple choice sections math science reasoning and reading to get you your composite act score. A student s composite act score is the average of the student s scaled scores. Using the act s raw score to scaled score estimates you can develop target raw scores for each section.

A student s raw score for a section is converted to a scaled score which ranges between a 1 and a 36 with 36 being the highest possible score. Your act scale score is how your raw score translates to a section score ranging from 1 36. Students receive a scaled score for each of the four multiple choice test sections english math reading and science.

English math reading and science. So even if you got a lower score on math the time spent studying on english and reading could net you two higher section scores as opposed to just one resulting in a higher composite. In our example this would look like this.