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Scoring on the SAT II U.S. History

Scoring on the SAT II U.S. History is the same as scoring for all other SAT II tests: for every right answer, you earn one point; for every wrong answer, you lose ¹/₄ of a point; for every blank answer, you earn no points. These points combined equal your raw score. ETS then converts your raw score to a scaled score according to a special curve table tailored to the particular test you take. We have included a generalized version of that table below. (Note that because ETS changes the curve slightly for each edition of the test, the table will be close to, but not exactly the same as, the table used by ETS.) You should use this chart to convert your raw scores on practice tests into a scaled score.

Raw Score	Scaled Score	Raw Score	Scaled Score	Raw Score	Scaled Score
90	800	55	650	21	450
89	800	54	640	20	440
88	800	53	640	19	440
87	800	52	630	18	430
86	800	51	630	17	430
85	800	50	620	16	420
84	800	49	610	15	420
83	800	48	600	14	410
82	800	47	600	13	410
81	790	46	590	12	400
80	790	45	590	11	400
79	790	44	580	10	390
78	780	43	570	9	390
77	780	42	570	8	380
76	770	41	560	7	380
75	770	40	560	6	370
74	760	39	550	5	370
73	760	38	540	4	360
72	750	37	540	3	360
71	740	36	530	2	350
70	740	35	530	1	340
69	730	34	520	0	340
68	720	33	520	–1	330
67	720	32	510	–2	320
66	710	31	510	–3	320
65	700	30	500	–4	310
64	700	29	490	–5	310
63	690	28	490	–6	300
62	690	27	480	–7	300
61	680	26	480	–8	290
59	670	25	470	–9	290
58	670	24	470	–10	280
57	660	23	460
56	660	22	460

In addition to its function as a conversion table, this chart contains crucial information: it tells you that you can do very well on the SAT II U.S. History without writing a perfect essay or answering every question correctly. In fact, you could skip some questions and get other questions wrong and still earn a “perfect” score of 800.

For example, in a test of 95 questions, you could score:

an 800 if you answered 87 right, 5 wrong, and left 3 blank
a 750 if you answered 78 right, 10 wrong, and left 7 blank
a 700 if you answered 72 right, 12 wrong, and left 11 blank
a 650 if you answered 64 right, 20 wrong, and left 11 blank
a 600 if you answered 56 right, 24 wrong, and left 15 blank

This chart should prove that when you’re taking the test, you shouldn’t imagine your score plummeting with every question you can’t confidently answer. You can do very well on this test without knowing or answering everything. The key is to follow a strategy that ensures that you will get to see and answer all the questions you can answer correctly, and then intelligently guess on those questions about which you are a little unsure. We will discuss these strategies in the next chapter.

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