Are Gre Scores Scaled?

Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning Measures
Within each section, all questions contribute equally to the final score. ... The raw score is the number of questions you answered correctly. The raw score is converted to a scaled score through a process known as equating.

What is a good GRE scaled score?

According to the ETS (makers of the GRE), the average (mean) GRE score for the Verbal and Quantitative sections are 150 and 153 respectively. The median (or 50th percentile) Verbal Reasoning score equates to a scaled score of 151, and the median Quantitative Reasoning score is approximately a 154 scaled score.

How are scaled GRE scores calculated?

To sum up, you receive one point for each question you answer correctly in Verbal or Quant. These points will be added up to get your raw score (0-40) for each section. Your raw scores will then be converted to scaled scores (130-170) which take into account both adaptive testing and equating.

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