How To Use Act Score Calculator

User Guide for: Excel based ACT Score Calculator For Tutors and Students http://www.socrato.com @Socrato Prepare to Score Higher

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ACT Test and ACT Test scoring overview
How to use excel based ACT score calculator
Where and how to get ACT score calculator
Additional information

ACT Test
American College Testing (ACT) is for high school achievement and college admission in US. Get details about the test at http ://www.actstudent.org .
ACT test consists of 5 sections
English – 45 min
Math – 60 min
Reading – 35 min
Science – 35 min
Writing Test – 30 min (optional)
In Official ACT Prep Book from ACT Org , for each practice test, the scoring and scaling calculations is scattered across 13 pages.
The grading, scoring, and scaling of ACT practice tests from book requires reasonable manual effort. The process is time consuming, prone to error, and is time away from real work (study or tutoring).

Excel Based – ACT Score Calculator
The ACT Score Calculator aims to minimize the complexity of ACT grading, scoring, and scaling. It consolidates all data on one excel sheet.
ACT Test Score Calculator can consolidate and analyze following:
Correct, incorrect, and omitted question count for ACT practice test
ACT full scaled score
ACT composite score
ACT percentile rank
ACT subscore scaled score
PointCost at section level
PointCost at question level

How to Use ACT Score Calculator
Pre Requisite
Must have Microsoft Excel on your computer.
Download and save the ACT Score Calculator from http://blog.socrato.com
See the next 2 page of this document to see how the file looks like.
Open the file and go to - “Help-And-Instructions” tab OR follow the instruction givens below.
Populate “Basic-Information” tab.
Go to “ACT-Score-Entry-Sheet”.
Follow steps from your Test Practice Guide and Enter the Information in the corresponding "Yellow" colored cells only
If the counts of questions (sum of correct, wrong, omitted) is not correct the "Total counted" column will remain red.
Enter the scaled scores
The total composite will be calculated automatically
For Essay Scoring
Enter the combined score (on 12 point scale) directly into points area
The “Sample-Populated-Sheet” shows you how the populated data looks like.

Populate - Basic Information

Populate - Raw Scores and Scaled Scores

Want More Detailed Test Analysis?
Using Socrato’s Test Diagnostic and Learning Analytics Service you can get detailed insight into ACT exam preparation. The service provides:
Test practice history tracking
Skills analysis
Subject area analysis
Test taking tendencies and strategies analysis
Individual student and group learning analytics
You can convert your book based test practice bubble sheets into detailed analysis with few clicks.
Output : Individual & Groups learning Analytics Input : Any Test

Sample Student Diagnostic Analysis using Socrato Practice/Learning History & Trends Test Taking Tendencies Analysis Current Session & Skills Analysis Subject Area Analysis

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