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Score your SAT practice test in seconds: enter how many questions you got right and get an estimated 400–1600 total. Works for the PSAT/NMSQT and the ACT too. Unlike a static conversion chart, this models the thing that actually decides your digital SAT score: which second module you were routed into.

Why there is no official conversion chart

Students look for a digital SAT raw score chart and cannot find one. That is not an oversight. The test is adaptive and equated per form, so the same number correct can produce different scores depending on which second module you were given and which form you sat.

Anything that claims to be the official conversion table is either from the old paper SAT or invented. This calculator uses the model behind CruxStudy's own practice tests. It is a good estimate for tracking progress and a poor substitute for an official score report.

What the adaptive module is actually worth

Try it: put in a strong Module 1 and a strong Module 2, then switch the dropdown between the harder and easier path. The gap is large, and it is the single most misunderstood thing about the digital SAT.

This is why "I only got a few wrong" can still come back as a middling score. The routing happened before those questions.

How the raw score works

There is no penalty for a wrong answer on any of these tests. Your raw score is simply the number you answered correctly, so a blank and a wrong guess are worth exactly the same: nothing. Never leave one.

TestSectionScored questionsScale
Digital SATReading & Writing54 (2 modules of 27)200–800
Digital SATMath44 (2 modules of 22)200–800
PSAT/NMSQTBoth sectionsSame structure160–760 each
ACTEnglish / Math / Reading / Science50 / 45 / 36 / 401–36 each

How SAT scores are calculated

It is four steps, and only the third one is complicated.

  1. Count what you got right. That is your raw score for the section. Wrong answers and blanks are worth the same, which is nothing, so guessing is always correct behaviour.
  2. Each section is converted to 200–800. Reading and Writing is one section (54 questions), Math is the other (44 questions).
  3. The conversion depends on your adaptive path. The digital SAT routes you into an easier or harder second module based on the first, and the harder path carries a higher ceiling. This is why there is no single raw-score chart.
  4. Add the two sections for a total from 400 to 1600. There is no average, and no essay.

Scoring an SAT practice test

If you are scoring a practice test by hand, count each module separately rather than counting one grand total: the split between Module 1 and Module 2 is what tells the calculator which path you were on. If you took a paper practice test, treat the first half of each section as Module 1.

Roughly what the total looks like across the range, assuming an even split between the two modules:

Questions correct (of 98)Harder Module 2Easier Module 2
88 – 981450 – 1600—
78 – 871310 – 1440—
68 – 771180 – 13001180 – 1280
58 – 671050 – 11701050 – 1170
48 – 57920 – 1040920 – 1040
Below 48—400 – 910

Estimates from CruxStudy's scoring model, not an official College Board table. Use the calculator above for your own split.

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Common questions

Is there an official digital SAT raw score conversion chart?

No. Because the test is adaptive and equated per form, the College Board does not publish a single raw-to-scaled table. Two students with the same number correct can receive different scores depending on which second module they were routed into, so any calculator is an estimate rather than a lookup.

How much is the harder second module worth?

On this model, being routed into the harder Module 2 raises the reachable ceiling for that section by roughly 160 points and lifts the floor too. That is why Module 1 matters more than its share of the questions suggests.

Does the digital SAT penalise wrong answers?

No. A wrong answer scores the same as a blank, so answer every question. Your raw score is the number you got right.

How many questions are on the digital SAT?

98 scored questions: two Reading and Writing modules of 27, and two Math modules of 22.

How are SAT scores calculated?

Count what you got right in each section, since wrong answers cost nothing. Each section converts to a 200–800 scaled score, and the two add up to a 400–1600 total. On the digital SAT the conversion also depends on which second module you were routed into.

How do I convert a PSAT score into an SAT score?

They sit on the same underlying scale, so your PSAT score is a fair estimate of the SAT score you would have earned that day. The PSAT stops at 1520 because it leaves out the hardest content.

How accurate is this calculator?

It is a model, not an official table, and it is deliberately conservative. Use it to track progress between practice tests rather than to predict an exact score.

CruxStudy is a college admission test prep program by CruxSci. Not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the College Board or ACT, Inc. Scores produced here are estimates from CruxStudy's own scoring model, not official conversions.