Digital SAT score calculator
Enter how many questions you got right in each module. The calculator predicts whether your Module 1 result sends you to the easier or harder Module 2, then estimates your section scores and a 400–1600 total as a range.
Estimates only. The College Board doesn't publish its scoring tables, and scores depend on which questions you answer correctly, not just how many.
How the digital SAT turns correct answers into a score
The digital SAT has two sections, Reading and Writing and Math, and each has two modules. Everyone gets the same mix of easy, medium and hard questions in Module 1. How well you do on Module 1 decides which Module 2 you get: an easier one with more easy questions, or a harder one with more hard questions.
Each section is scored from 200 to 800, and the two add up to a total from 400 to 1600. Because the test uses item response theory, a correct answer on a hard question tells the scoring model more than a correct answer on an easy one. That's why the route matters so much: only the harder Module 2 lets a section reach 800.
Module 1 score needed for the harder Module 2
| Section | Questions in Module 1 | Correct needed (our estimate) | Highest score on the easier route |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and Writing | 27 | about 18 | about 620 |
| Math | 22 | about 15 | about 620 |
Near the cut-off it's a matter of chance; the hard module checker shows the odds for each Module 1 score. The College Board doesn't publish its routing cut-off, so these numbers come from our model. It weights questions by difficulty (easy 1, medium 1.5, hard 2) and routes to the harder module at 58% of the possible weighted score. Getting the harder Module 1 questions right counts for more than getting easy ones right.
How this calculator estimates your score
- It removes the 2 unscored pretest questions from each module, scaling your correct answers to the scored ones.
- It spreads your correct answers over the module's easy, medium and hard questions the way a student of your ability would typically get them right.
- It estimates your ability with a three-parameter IRT model (difficulty, discrimination and guessing; there's no guessing on Math's student-produced response questions). It then converts that estimate to the 200–800 scale.
- It shows a range, because the same number of correct answers can score differently depending on which questions they were.
This is the same scoring model the Hard Module app uses after every practice test. The app knows exactly which questions you answered, so its estimates are tighter than this calculator's.
FAQ
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How accurate is this SAT score calculator?
It's an estimate. The College Board doesn't publish its scoring tables, and two tests with the same number of correct answers can score differently depending on which questions you got right. The calculator shows a range rather than a single number for that reason. Treat the middle of the range as your likely score.
How many questions do you need right on Module 1 to get the hard module?
The College Board doesn't publish the cut-off. In our model, which weights harder questions more, it takes about 18 of 27 correct in Reading and Writing Module 1 and about 15 of 22 in Math Module 1. Getting harder questions right counts for more than getting easy ones right.
What is the highest score you can get on the easy module?
If Module 1 routes you to the easier Module 2, your section score is capped. Test-prep estimates put the cap at roughly 560 to 620 per section; this calculator uses 620. Only the harder Module 2 can take a section to 800.
Does the digital SAT have a curve?
Not in the sense of grading against other students on the same day. The digital SAT uses item response theory: each question has a difficulty, and your score depends on which questions you answered correctly, not only how many. That's why the same raw score can convert differently across tests.
Do the unscored pretest questions count?
Each module has 2 unscored pretest questions that you can't identify during the test. Enter all of your correct answers; the calculator scales them to the scored questions.
Practice until you reach the hard module.
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