Is it possible that a properly filled in score sheet could be graded improperly. Does anyone have any experience with having an answer sheet hand graded?
DS is a high ability student who consistently scores in the 98~99 percentile on standardized tests. He is very neat, meticulous and reliable. If he said he filled the score sheet in properly and bubbled each answer in the correct manner, I'm inclined to believe him.
On the 11/7 sitting he scored 740CR, 770M, 720W & 6E with no prep, not even a practice sitting. -4 on CR, -1 on W multiple choice, -1 & 1 omit on M. That 6E really hurt his writing score with only 1 multiple choice question wrong.
For the 12/5 sitting he decided to review the essay strategies because he had no idea about the formula required for a high score. We were all quite shocked to see a 650CR, 710M, 600W & 8E. A drop of 270 total points! He finished each section in a comfortable amount of time answering every question. Afterward he was very confident that he got none wrong on the math and felt he did very well on CR & W. He assumed he was finished with testing.
We are not sure how to proceed or if it's even worth it. The main issue is that DS was planning on being finished with testing after the 12/5 test. Now, he needs to sit for the 1/23 session to have the ability to super score.
We are considering calling CB but do not expect to hear anything other than "scores can vary by sitting". We really don't want to be "one of those parents", but I would bet my house that if he felt he got all of the math problems correct then he probably did.
We would appreciate comments by anyone who has experience with improperly scored tests and/or the hand grading option.
Thanks!
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