Sat Board Reports 4,000 Tests Scored Wrong: ; Problem with Scanning Led to Results Lowered by As Many As 130 Points

Charleston Daily Mail › March 09, 2006

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About 4,000 students who took the main SAT college entrance exam last October received incorrectly low scores because of problems with the scanning of their answer sheets.

The College Board, which owns the exam, notified college admissions offices of the mistake and provided the proper scores for affected students in a letter received by some Tuesday afternoon. A College Board spokeswoman, Jennifer Topiel, said students would be notified by e-mail Thursday. Affected students will be refunded their fees from that sitting, the letter said.

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Sat Board Reports 4,000 Tests Scored Wrong: ; Problem with Scanning Led to Results Lowered by As Many As 130 Points

Topiel said the "vast majority of students" affected received scores that were within...

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