How to Configure Digital SAT Scaled Score?
Learn how to configure scaled score for SAT specific assessments in a very detailed way.
Written by Jenolin Johnson
Updated at April 9th, 2025
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This guide provides a step-by-step process for configuring the Digital SAT scaled score. By following the instructions, admins can customize assessment settings effectively, align with SAT structures, and implement score adjustments as needed. This resource is essential for those looking to optimize their assessment configurations and enhance the reliability of their scoring systems.
👨💻 Login to your learning platform as an administrator with your admin credentials.
1. Navigate to 'Assessments' from the main dashboard.
2. Click on D-SAT Practice Test
3. Go to 'Settings.'
4. Scroll down in 'Assessment Configuration' and toggle on 'Scaled Score Configuration.'
5. Click the 'Configure' button to customize the scaled score settings.
6. Click "Digital SAT" as it is the type we will be configuring.
7. Click the '+' symbol to automatically load the recommended SAT scoring
template structure.
ℹ️ A success pop-up message will appear, confirming that the template has been added successfully based on the selected type.
8. Ensure the assessment structure is set to 'Module' since the SAT uses a 2-module layout combining respective sections.
9. The SAT scoring method calculates the raw score using a 'Weighted Mean.' This ensures each section’s difficulty level is accounted
Next, you can customize weights based on question difficulty. Assign values between '0' to '1' for each difficulty level to balance scoring accuracy.
10. For score aggregation, always select 'Sum' as SAT scores are calculated by adding section scores together.
11. Customize the 'Score Interval' by selecting a number within the range, ensuring it is a multiple of 10.
12. Toggle on and enable 'Score Adjustment' if you want to apply a fixed value
adjustment to the overall scaled score calculation.
13. You can increase or decrease scores by setting a bias value. However, note that this won’t apply if a student scores a perfect 1600.
14. In SAT, there are 2 units, each consisting of 2 sections. Name your unit
appropriately. The first unit in SAT is 'Reading and Writing.
15. For SAT, set the minimum score to 200 and the maximum score to 800.
16. From the dropdown, select the two sections of Reading and Writing.
ℹ️ Verify that the total number of questions matches SAT’s structure, which is 54for Reading and Writing.
17. Name the second unit as 'Math' to align with SAT’s subject structure.
18. Set the same minimum score to 200 and the maximum score to 800. Select the two Math sections from the dropdown to map them correctly. Check the total number of questions, which is 44 for Math.
19. Once all values and settings are finalized, click 'Save Scaled Score Configuration' to apply the changes.
20. Finally, click' Update Assessment' before sharing the test with students to ensure all changes are applied.
24. A visual representation of the SAT scaled score that appears once the
user completes their test.
