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How do you determine 99.9% on ACT score? #123911 02/23/12 07:58 PM
Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 3 lassie OP Junior Member
OP lassie Junior Member Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 3	Hello, I am trying to understand what 99.9% is on the ACT test for a 7th grader--or if that even exists. On the Duke TIP summary tables, it only goes up to 99%, and that # covers from as low as a 26 in Math, 27 Science, 32 Reading, 30 English, and 27 composite. Is there such a thing as 99.9% on this test? Thanks! I appreciate your wisdom!

Re: How do you determine 99.9% on ACT score? lassie #124003 02/24/12 06:13 PM
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ebeth Member Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 412	Since no one else has chimed in, I thought I would bump the thread back up. I don't know about the 99.9%, but the Davidson Institute does post what the qualifying scores would be for their Young Scholar Program for the ACT for the seventh grade. Davidson Young Scholars Qualification Criteria Does anyone else know about the 99.9th percentile? Mom to DS12 and DD3

Re: How do you determine 99.9% on ACT score? lassie #124008 02/24/12 07:33 PM
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AlexsMom Member A Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 741	The NUMATS tables have it broken down more. For 7th graders, English: 35 = 99.9 Math: 34=99.8 but 35 is reported as 100. (For 6th graders, a 35 is 99.9. The stats don't mean as much out at the tails.) Reading: 35 is 99.8, 36 is 100. Science: 34 is 99.9 Composite: 32 is 99.9 For comparison to Duke, in the NUMATS 7th grade pool (n=6,818), 99% starts at 32 for English, 30 for Math, 33 for Reading, 29 for Science, 29 for composite.

Re: How do you determine 99.9% on ACT score? lassie #124031 02/25/12 10:33 AM
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OP lassie Junior Member Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 3	Thank you so much for taking the time to post these!

Re: How do you determine 99.9% on ACT score? lassie #124037 02/25/12 12:39 PM
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herenow Member Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 433 on the learning curve	Can anyone help me find the same information for the SAT? Couldn't find it from a quick Google search.

Re: How do you determine 99.9% on ACT score? lassie #124045 02/25/12 05:26 PM
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az1 Member A Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 71	http://www.tip.duke.edu/talent_searches/grade_7/7GTSResultsSummary.pdf If you scroll down to the 3rd page, they list both ACT and SAT score (for 7th graders) break-downs for 2010-2011.

Re: How do you determine 99.9% on ACT score? lassie #124056 02/25/12 09:15 PM
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AlexsMom Member A Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 741	99.9th percentile for 7th graders? Or some other breakpoint / grade? From NUMATS (n=6,810), 720 Reading, 770 Math, 710 Writing, 1420 Combined (reading + math).

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