Score of 300 dsst

[natshar]

What does a score of 300 to as a percentage score on a dsst test? Or does the percentage change based on the specific fast test?
Example 300 is 70% correct.

[bjcheung77]

DSST passing mark is 400 out of all the tests they have. Anything under that score is a fail. The scoring is weird, it's an average of all test takers and the passing score is determined from that exam, meaning 500 is a perfect score. Anything in between is determined by how much others are scored.

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSST_(standardized_test)
https://study.com/academy/popular/dsst-s...rsion.html
https://study.com/academy/popular/how-do...-work.html

[natshar]

Yes I know this information but I asking specifically what a 300 is.

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So are you saying there isn't a percentage for a 300.

[dfrecore]

We don't know percentages - they don't list it.

But 400 is passing, so I think that's 70%.

[natshar]

So if a school told me I only needed to earn a 300 to get Dsst credit. Are they setting the bar too low? Is a 300 easy to obtain?

[bjcheung77]

Each DSST is different, each 400 could mean anything from 38% correct on the exam (Fundamentals of College Algebra) up to 67% correct on the exam (Principles of Public Speaking). All this does is gauge the "knowledge" the test taker has in relation to the % needed to pass for the exam, along with the test takers (median). It's hard to explain, yes, your school is setting the bar too low.

A 300 for Fundamentals of College Algebra would be 30% correct on the exam, I would really laugh out loud, that could mean a person who failed high school math, would pass this exam. Similarly, a 300 on Principles of Public Speaking would mean they may have got 50% correct on the exam - that in my eyes should be alright, as it has reached the 50% of knowledge.

Here's an example link I found, I had a better one earlier but closed the browser by mistake. It explains the % correct to pass for each of the courses, so a 400 would mean anything above that % - some are relatively easy compared to the others if the test taker is very knowledgeable in that subject/topic.

You can search for newer links, this is from 2017 Link: https://www.acs.edu/wp-content/uploads/2...EB2016.pdf