Test Prep Profiles & How The ACT Is Actually Scored
Hello listeners! Listen to this week's great test prep profiles and learn what you should know about how the ACT is scored.
THIS WEEK
We made it to 200,000 listens and are already working on the next 100K! Thank you so much to all of our listeners, guests, sponsors, and sharers. Our next big milestone, if you can believe it, is our ***500th episode***, which will be our first mailbag. What questions have you always wanted to ask Mike and Amy? Send those questions directly to Brian Eufinger at brian@edisonprep.com. Look forward to listening in June.
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LAST WEEK
What a week of test prep profiles on Tests and the Rest! Get to know them:
490. TEST PREP PROFILE: Mackenzie Lee
489. TEST PREP PROFILE: Stefanie Toye
488. TEST PREP PROFILE: Nick Rubin
487. TEST PREP PROFILE: Ingrid Moats
486. TEST PREP PROFILE: Jim Shaver
Have you listened to this gem from our archives?
149. HOW THE ACT IS ACTUALLY SCORED
No matter how difficult a given ACT exam seems, the process of creating that test and every other equivalent form is exponentially more complex, precise, and demanding. Amy and Mike invited ACT Lead Psychometrician Jeffrey Steedle to definitively explain how the ACT is actually scored.
How is an ACT form crafted?
How does ACT assess item difficulty, and what is the role of the fifth section?
Are the score scales determined before or after a test is administered?
What is the difference between scaling and equating?
How does ACT implement Randomly Equivalent Group Design in the equating process?