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About 34,000 students, which is 3-4% of all PSAT takers, are "commended" and receive Letters of Commendation. [8] The "commended" cut-off is determined at whichever score yields the 96th percentile nationally. It rose from 202 for the 2006 Program (2004 PSAT) to 203 for the 2007 Program (2005 PSAT).
The NMSC uses the PSAT/NMSQT as the initial screen of over 1.5 million program entrants. In the spring of the junior year, NMSC determines a national Selection Index qualifying score (critical reading + math + writing skills scores all multiplied by two) for "Commended" recognition, which is calculated each year to yield students at about the 96th percentile (top 50,000 highest scorers).
Psychometric legend has it that a 1–9 scale was used because of the compactness of recording the score as a single digit but Thorndike [1] claims that by reducing scores to just nine values, stanines "reduce the tendency to try to interpret small score differences (p. 131)". The earliest known use of stanines was by the U.S. Army Air Forces ...
The PSAT 8/9 test is a standardized test administered by the College Board and co-sponsored by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation in the U.S. It is given to seventh- and eighth-grade ...
College Board is set to release scores for the PSAT in three increments on Oct. 24, Nov. 7 and Nov. 14.
Qualification for recognition is based on the student's combined verbal, math, and writing skill scores on the PSAT/NMSQT taken in the student's junior year of high school. PSAT score cutoffs vary each year by state, but typically range in the high 180s and low 190s. Students must also self-identify as Hispanic on the PSAT/NMSQT.
Proficiency is measured by assessments given to all students in grades 3-8 and 11, including the M-STEP, PSAT 8, SAT, and MI-Access. It accounts for roughly 29% of the overall index.
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP); State achievement tests are standardized tests.These may be required in American public schools for the schools to receive federal funding, according to the US Public Law 107-110 originally passed as Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and currently authorized as Every Student Succeeds Act in 2015.