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Score of 300 dsst - natshar - 03-05-2020
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.
RE: Score of 300 dsst - bjcheung77 - 03-05-2020
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-score-conversion.html
https://study.com/academy/popular/how-does-dsst-scoring-work.html
RE: Score of 300 dsst - natshar - 03-05-2020
Yes I know this information but I asking specifically what a 300 is.
So are you saying there isn't a percentage for a 300.
RE: Score of 300 dsst - dfrecore - 03-05-2020
We don't know percentages - they don't list it.
But 400 is passing, so I think that's 70%.
RE: Score of 300 dsst - natshar - 03-05-2020
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?
RE: Score of 300 dsst - bjcheung77 - 03-05-2020
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/2017/02/DSST_Exam_Scoring_FEB2016.pdf