Does anyone know how The College Board converts old SAT scores?

Hello, I found some old SAT scores of my cousin as I was rummaging through some things, and I've been wondering, how are these old SAT scores converted to match the current scoring system? Is there a proper conversion method or chart somewhere that I can use?

Converting old SAT scores to the current SAT scoring system can indeed be a bit tricky due to variations in the scoring scale over the years. From 2005 to 2016, for example, the SAT included sections like Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing, all scored on a 200-800 scale, with the total score ranging from 600 to 2400.

Currently, the SAT consists of two sections, Reading/Writing and Math, each scored on a 200-800 scale. The total scoring range is 400-1600.

The College Board itself doesn't provide an official conversion chart that directly converts old scores from the 2400 scale to the current 1600 scale. This is because the two versions of the test are fundamentally different in structure and content and assessed different skills.

However, concordance tables can be used to approximately translate scores across different versions of the test. These tables align scores from different versions of assessments that measure the same construct (such as critical reading ability).

To approximate a conversion of your cousin's old 2400 SAT scores to the new 1600 scale, you could combine the scores of the Critical Reading and Mathematics sections, and disregard the Writing section.

Keep in mind that this method gives a rough approximation and won't necessarily perfectly correlate with how your cousin might score on the current SAT.

While this method isn't perfect, it can give you a ballpark idea of what their score might look like in today's terms. For a more accurate understanding, your cousin would need to take a current version of the SAT. I hope this helps!