PSAT/NMSQT

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college admissions test scholarship qualifying test standardized test

The PSAT/NMSQT is a standardized, preliminary version of the SAT taken by high school students in the United States that also serves as the qualifying test for the National Merit Scholarship Program.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
PSAT 10 1
PSAT 8/9 1
Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf college admissions test ⓘ
scholarship qualifying test ⓘ
standardized test ⓘ
abbreviation PSAT/NMSQT self-link ⓘ
administeredBy College Board ⓘ
ageGroup secondary education students ⓘ
coSponsoredBy National Merit Scholarship Corporation ⓘ
countryOfUse United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
deliveryMode in-school administration ⓘ
evidenceBasedReadingAndWritingScoreRange 160–760 ⓘ
feePayer school or district ⓘ
student ⓘ
firstAdministered 1971 ⓘ
fullName PSAT/NMSQT self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test
governingOrganization College Board ⓘ
hasSubsection Math (calculator) ⓘ
Math (no calculator) ⓘ
Reading ⓘ
Writing and Language ⓘ
intendedUse practice for SAT without score reporting to colleges ⓘ
mathScoreRange 160–760 ⓘ
noPenaltyForGuessing true ⓘ
offered once per year ⓘ
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
purpose practice for the SAT ⓘ
qualifying test for the National Merit Scholarship Program ⓘ
qualifiesForProgram National Merit Scholarship Corporation ⓘ
surface form: National Merit Scholarship Program
registrationMethod through high schools ⓘ
relatedExam PSAT/NMSQT self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: PSAT 10

PSAT/NMSQT self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: PSAT 8/9

SAT ⓘ
scaleScoreRange 320–1520 ⓘ
sections Evidence-Based Reading and Writing ⓘ
Math ⓘ
sectionScoreRange 160–760 ⓘ
selectionIndexDefinition sum of three test scores multiplied by 2 ⓘ
selectionIndexRange 48–228 ⓘ
targetPopulation high school students ⓘ
testDurationMinutes approximately 165 ⓘ
testFormat multiple choice ⓘ
standardized paper-based test ⓘ
testType criterion-referenced test ⓘ
typicalAdministrationMonth October ⓘ
typicalGradeLevels 10th grade ⓘ
11th grade ⓘ
usedFor National Merit Scholarship eligibility ⓘ
college readiness assessment ⓘ
identifying academically talented students ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

PSAT/NMSQT → abbreviation → PSAT/NMSQT self-link ⓘ
College Board → administers → PSAT/NMSQT ⓘ
College Board → develops → PSAT/NMSQT ⓘ
PSAT/NMSQT → fullName → PSAT/NMSQT self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test
subject surface form: TI-84 Plus
PSAT/NMSQT → relatedExam → PSAT/NMSQT self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: PSAT 10
PSAT/NMSQT → relatedExam → PSAT/NMSQT self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: PSAT 8/9