PSAT Scores

Great news from the College Board concerning our sophomores and juniors and their PSAT scores.

The PSAT is a standardized test published by the College Board who also puts out the SAT college entrance exam. It is similar to the Iowa, CAT, Stanford Achievement Test which many of you have taken throughout your K-12 years.

Generally the PSAT is used to give an idea of how a student will score on the SAT. Somewhere around the top 2% may qualify for the prestigious National Merit Scholarship. Our own senior, Austin Greene, was in the running for it last fall and received Commended Status.

Divided into three sections of Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing, students have two hours and ten minutes to complete sections on vocabulary, main idea, fact vs. opinion, basic arithmetic, algebra, geometry, grammar, mechanics, and word choice.

So, how did we do on the PSAT’s? The average scores below are from the College Board site. The 2008 scores differed from the 2007 scores by not much. So the following should be close to 2009 averages. Scores range from 20 to 80. Score averages are different for 10th grade and 11th grade. In all three tests and both grades, we scored above the national average. While these scores aren’t the “real deal” (the SAT) they are a good reflection on the work our students, parents, and teachers have put in so far here at Bios.

Critical Reading
10th National: 42
10th Bios: 44
11th National: 47
11th Bios: 58

Math
10th National: 44
10th Bios: 47
11th National: 49
11th Bios: 53.7

Writing Skills
10th National: 41
10th Bios: 50
11th National: 46
11th Bios: 54.7