Verifying Your Scores

For November, December, March and June Test Takers

With the Student Answer Service you'll get a computer-generated report containing:

• Questions answered correctly, incorrectly or omitted
• Information about the type of test questions and level of difficulty for each question

Note: Actual test questions and answers are not included.

The Student Answer Service is also available for Sunday and school-testing dates in October and January.

When to Order

• During test registration: Materials are mailed six to eight weeks after the test.
• Up to five months after your test date: If you didn't order Student Answer Service with your registration, just download and submit the Answer Reporting Services Order Form. Materials are mailed six to eight weeks after we receive your order.

Refunds

Student Answer Service is not refundable once the service has been fulfilled. You can request a refund, however, if you are absent on test day.

For October, January and May Test Takers

With the Question-and-Answer Service, you'll get:

• A copy of the SAT questions for the specific testing administration
• A record of your answers, the correct answers, and additional scoring instructions
• Information about the type of test questions and levels of difficulty of the questions

When Is Question-and-Answer Service Available?

Question-and-Answer Service is offered for the Saturday tests in October and January. In May, it is also offered for the Saturday and Sunday tests, and for students eligible for accommodations that require school-based testing dates.

Question-and-Answer Service is not available for makeup test administrations or for U.S. military personnel testing under the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) program.

When to Order

• During test registration: Materials are mailed six to eight weeks after the test. In many cases, Question-and-Answer Service materials may not arrive until after the next scheduled test date.
• Up to five months after your test date: If you didn't order Question-and-Answer Service with your registration, just download and submit the Answer Reporting Services Order Form.

In many cases, Question-and-Answer Service materials may not arrive until after the next scheduled test date.

Get a copy of your answer sheet for an additional fee.

Refunds

Question-and-Answer Service is not refundable once the service has been fulfilled. You can request a refund, however, if you are absent on test day.

If you believe the answer sheet scanning process did not produce an accurate score, you may request a multiple-choice hand score verification. When hand scoring of a multiple-choice score is requested, your entire answer sheet will be manually reviewed. You cannot request verification of scores for a single section on the SAT or a single SAT Subject Test.

If your marks conform to the published instructions for marking the answer sheet, but there was an irregularity in the scanning and/or scoring process, your score may change. In this situation, your adjusted score will be automatically reported and your score verification fee will be refunded.

IMPORTANT: If your marks did not follow the published guidelines, your scores will not change, and your score verification fee will not be refunded.

If we can determine that you made an obvious error in filling in the information on the answer sheet (such as, but not limited to, placing your answers in the wrong section of the answer sheet or improperly recording the test identifying code), your score may change.

In this situation, your adjusted score will be automatically reported; however, your score verification fee will not be refunded.

For the SAT, the scoring process includes an independent scoring of each essay by two qualified readers. If the two readers' scores differ by more than one point, a scoring director will score the essay. This automatic validation ensures the accuracy of the essay scoring process.

If you choose to have your essay score verified, the College Board will determine whether there was an error made in the scanning or processing of the essay scores assigned by essay readers. In this situation, your adjusted score is automatically reported and your fee is refunded.

IMPORTANT: The verification of essay scores does not include rereading the essay or an appeal of the essay score. The score verification fee will not be refunded for essays written in pen.

You can request a multiple-choice hand score verification or essay score verification, or both, up to five months after the test date by calling Customer Service. There is a score verification fee required to cover the costs associated with verifying your scores. If you used a fee waiver to pay SAT registration fees, the score verification fee will be reduced. The reduced fee is available upon request and is provided on the Request for SAT Score Verification form.

We will mail a letter confirming the results of your multiple-choice hand score verification or essay score verification within five weeks after your signed request and payment are received. We will refund your full score verification fee only if the change in scores was due to an irregularity in the scanning and/or scoring process.

IMPORTANT: Multiple-choice hand score verification and/or essay score verification may result in higher or lower scores than the scores first reported. Adjusted scores are FINAL and will be reported to all score recipients.