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This document provides information about scoring on the 2005 PSAT/NMSQT exam, including how correct and incorrect answers are counted, how points are converted to a scaled score, and the process of equating scores between different test forms to ensure comparability.

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PSAT 2005 Answers

This document provides information about scoring on the 2005 PSAT/NMSQT exam, including how correct and incorrect answers are counted, how points are converted to a scaled score, and the process of equating scores between different test forms to ensure comparability.

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2005 PSAT/NMSQT Answer Keys


show the correct answers for Form W and Form S of the 2005 test.
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Points to Note
Points represent the total number of
correct answers minus a quarter (1/4)
of a point for each incorrect answer
to a multiple-choice question.
Nothing is deducted for incorrect
answers to student-produced
response questions or for omitted
answers of any type.
Points are totaled, then converted
to scores on the 2080 PSAT/NMSQT
scale.
Converting points to scores adjusts
for slight differences in difculty
between various forms. A statistical
process called equating adjusts
for these small differences. This
ensures that a score of, say, 65 on
one form of the test reects a similar
level of performance as does a 65
on another form of the test.
There is no advantage or disadvantage
in taking either the Wednesday or the
Saturday test form.
2005 PSAT/NMSQT Score Conversion Tables
show how points obtained on the test are converted to scores on the 2080 PSAT/NMSQT scale.

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