Act Reading Section Scoring Chart

Your scaled score ranges from 1 36 with 36 being the highest possible score on a section.

Act reading section scoring chart. But if you can work your way to a 36 you show that you re at an equal level at least on this metric. Act percentile score chart. The composite score is the average of your four test scores rounded to the nearest whole number.

The science section has 40 questions total like the reading section so the highest raw score here is 40. Don t use a chart from a different. You can see in general what is considered a good or bad score based on the percentile.

For harvard princeton yale and u chicago the 75th percentile sat reading score is an 800 or equivalent to a 36 in act reading. Even if it takes you a ton. For example if you answer 55 questions correctly on the act english test then your scaled score for act english is 24.

If you ve taken an official act practice test your score chart will come near the end of the test pdf. The subscores are given for social studies natural sciences reading skills 20 questions and for arts literature reading skills 20 questions. Find the act score chart for your test.

Act also reports an english language arts ela score out of 36 which represents your overall performance on the english reading and writing tests but this value is not included in your act composite score calculation. If you haven t yet taken the act y ou can use this chart to get a sense of how us students tend to score on the act. Your composite score and each test score english mathematics reading science range from 1 low to 36 high.

Your act scale score is how your raw score translates to a section score ranging from 1 36. For more detailed info on the reading section see our guide to act reading. That means at least 25 of all students at these schools have a 36 in act reading.