Methodology & Data Sources

Our calculator is not a random number generator. It is calibrated using specific data points released by the College Board for the Digital SAT suite.

• Official Bluebook™ Practice Tests: We have analyzed the raw-to-scale conversion tables from the official linear practice tests provided by the College Board.
• Technical Manuals: We reference the "Assessment Framework for the Digital SAT Suite" to understand the domain weighting and question distribution.
• Student Reports: We continuously validate our curves against real score reports shared by students to adjust for "curve difficulty" variations.

The Digital SAT is multistage adaptive. This means your performance in Module 1 determines whether you are routed to the "Easier" or "Harder" Module 2.

How we handle this:

• If your Module 1 score is high (typically 12-14+ correct out of 22/27), our calculator assumes you are routed to the Harder Module 2. This unlocks the potential for a perfect 800 but penalizes errors more heavily on easy questions.
• If your Module 1 score is lower, the calculator assumes the Easier Module 2. In this route, your maximum possible score is capped (typically around 600-650 depending on the section), even if you get everything right in Module 2.

Unlike the old paper SAT, where every question was worth roughly 10 points, the Digital SAT uses Item Response Theory. Questions have different weights based on their difficulty and discrimination power.

Our Approximation: Since we cannot know the exact difficulty of the specific questions you missed, our calculator uses a probabilistic model. We calculate the "most likely" score range based on the average weight of questions in each module. This is why we sometimes provide a score range (e.g., 710-730) rather than a single number.