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Podcast: Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
Episode: HOW THE DIGITAL SAT IS SCORED
Description: Every time a sophisticated educational assessment changes, every aspect has to be reconsidered and possibly changed. The digital adaptive SAT is no exception, and one particular aspect of that test has transformed substantially. Amy and Mike invited educator Brenna O'Neill to explain how the digital SAT is scored. What are five things you will learn in this episode? How does multistage adaptive scoring work on the digital SAT? Does every question count the same on the dSAT? What is Item Response Theory (IRT) and how does it apply on the dSAT?<...