Data sources
16 conversion tables and 12 other documents. This page is generated from the same data files the calculators use, so a citation here cannot drift away from the number it supports.
SAT conversion tables
| Test | Document | Scale | Retrieved |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAT Practice Test 4 | Scoring Your Paper SAT Practice Test 4 | 200-800 | 2026-08-26 |
| SAT Practice Test 5 | Scoring Your Paper SAT Practice Test 5 | 200-800 | 2026-08-26 |
| SAT Practice Test 6 | Scoring Your Paper SAT Practice Test 6 | 200-800 | 2026-08-26 |
| SAT Practice Test 7 | Scoring Your Paper SAT Practice Test 7 | 200-800 | 2026-08-26 |
| SAT Practice Test 8 | Scoring Your Paper SAT Practice Test 8 | 200-800 | 2026-08-26 |
| SAT Practice Test 9 | Scoring Your Paper SAT Practice Test 9 | 200-800 | 2026-08-26 |
| SAT Practice Test 10 | Scoring Your Paper SAT Practice Test 10 | 200-800 | 2026-08-26 |
| SAT Practice Test 11 | Scoring Your Paper SAT Practice Test 11 | 200-800 | 2026-08-26 |
PSAT/NMSQT conversion tables
| Test | Document | Scale | Retrieved |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSAT/NMSQT Practice Test 1 | Scoring Your Paper PSAT/NMSQT Practice Test 1 | 160-760 | 2026-08-26 |
| PSAT/NMSQT Practice Test 2 | Scoring Your Paper PSAT/NMSQT Practice Test 2 | 160-760 | 2026-08-26 |
| PSAT/NMSQT & PSAT 10 Practice Test 3 | Scoring Your Paper PSAT/NMSQT & PSAT 10 Practice Test 3 | 160-760 | 2026-08-26 |
PSAT 10 conversion tables
| Test | Document | Scale | Retrieved |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSAT 10 Practice Test 1 | Scoring Your Paper PSAT 10 Practice Test 1 | 160-760 | 2026-08-26 |
| PSAT 10 Practice Test 2 | Scoring Your Paper PSAT 10 Practice Test 2 | 160-760 | 2026-08-26 |
PSAT 8/9 conversion tables
| Test | Document | Scale | Retrieved |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSAT 8/9 Practice Test 1 | Scoring Your Paper PSAT 8/9 Practice Test 1 | 120-720 | 2026-08-26 |
| PSAT 8/9 Practice Test 2 | Scoring Your Paper PSAT 8/9 Practice Test 2 | 120-720 | 2026-08-26 |
| PSAT 8/9 Practice Test 3 | Scoring Your Paper PSAT 8/9 Practice Test 3 | 120-720 | 2026-08-26 |
Other sources
- SAT percentile ranks, nationally representative and user group
Percentile figures throughout the site, and the percentile calculator.
College Board Research retrieved 2026-08-26
- 2025 SAT Suite of Assessments Annual Report, Total Group
Class of 2025 mean scores, standard deviations, score distribution bands and benchmark attainment.
College Board retrieved 2026-08-26
- SAT Weekend Understanding Scores, Fall 2026
College and Career Readiness Benchmarks, the All Tester Percentile definition, and the score-range rationale.
College Board retrieved 2026-08-26
- Digital SAT Suite of Assessments Specifications Overview
Module composition and the count of unscored pretest questions per module.
College Board retrieved 2026-08-26
- SAT Test Structure
Current section question counts and timing.
College Board retrieved 2026-08-26
- How Scores Are Calculated
The Item Response Theory description and adaptive module wording.
College Board retrieved 2026-08-26
- Preparing for the ACT Test, practice form 25MC1
ACT raw score to scale score conversion for all four sections, and the scored raw maxima.
ACT Education Corp retrieved 2026-08-27
- 2018 ACT/SAT Concordance Tables
Both directions of the SAT and ACT concordance, and the published standard errors.
ACT and College Board retrieved 2026-08-27
- College Board AP course and exam pages, and AP score distributions
Exam structure and section weights for 15 AP subjects, plus their published score distributions. Each subject page lists its own sources. No cut points, because none are published.
College Board retrieved 2026-08-27
- College Scorecard, Most Recent Institution-Level Data
Admitted student score ranges and admission rates for the 1009 college pages. Fall 2024 cohort, released 2026-06-10.
US Department of Education retrieved 2026-08-27
- IPEDS Admissions (ADM) 2023
Score submission percentages, which College Scorecard does not carry. Fall 2023 cohort.
NCES retrieved 2026-08-27
- ACT Score National Ranks 2025-2026
ACT percentile ranks by section and composite, plus means and standard deviations.
ACT, Inc. retrieved 2026-08-27
Things worth knowing about these sources
The ACT percentile table expires. It states its own validity window as September 2025 through August 2026, and is based on graduates of 2023 to 2025. ACT had not published a successor when it was retrieved. Any ACT percentile on this site should be read with that date attached.
The SAT cohort data refreshes annually. The class of 2025 report is the newest available. A class of 2026 report is expected in autumn 2026 and will supersede the mean, distribution and benchmark figures shown here.
ACT conversion is form-specific. The table used here belongs to practice form 25MC1. Unlike the SAT, where each practice test has a published table, ACT conversions vary between individual test forms.
The concordance predates both current tests. The 2018 table maps the retired four-section ACT composite against the pre-digital paper SAT. ACT states it can continue to be used, and publishes standard errors of plus or minus 2 ACT points and plus or minus 80 SAT points.
The two college sources have different vintages. Score ranges are Fall 2024 and submission percentages are Fall 2023, because College Scorecard does not carry a submission field and IPEDS has not released the matching year as a public CSV. A submission percentage from a different cohort than the range it qualifies is a real limitation, so both dates appear on every college page.
Some things have no source, and are not published here. There is no conversion table for adaptive Bluebook tests, no published module routing threshold, no published score ceiling for the lower-difficulty route, no current-year AP composite cut points, and no official National Merit cutoffs. The methodology page explains each gap.
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