Grading Astb Sample Tests

[cnata001]

I just took the ASTB sample test in the back of the Cliffs Notes book.
Does anybody know how I can determine my scores (1-9) for each section based on how many I got right in each section (example 30/37 in math/verbal, 11/30 mechanical, etc.)?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

-Craig

 

[BigRed389]

I just took the ASTB sample test in the back of the Cliffs Notes book.
Does anybody know how I can determine my scores (1-9) for each section based on how many I got right in each section (example 30/37 in math/verbal, 11/30 mechanical, etc.)?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

-Craig

You can't. The 1-9 scale is based on how other people taking the test have done.
Since that hasn't been done for the practice test, you can't score it in that sense. Just shoot to max it out, IMO.

 

[Spencer]

I found this MS Excel file somewhere on this site last night. It's original post, that I cannot find now, said it was from an older form of the ASTB which included a biographical information section.

I appears to closely resemble what formulae are actually used. I used it to score a practice test I took last night. I also plugged in the results from the first official ASTB exam I took, and the scores it generated were roughly the same as my official scores.

I don't think it's completely the same anymore, but this might be a useful tool to assess your current performance capabilities.

All you have to do is plug in your raw scores into the MVT, MC, ANI, & SA sections in the upper left hand corner of the sheet. It will automatically generate an PFAR, NFAR, AQR, & OAR which is at the bottom of the page.

I hope this helps! Let me know if anyone has any questions.

Note: I did not create, re-create, steal, or formulate this file. I do not know it's origination point. I found the file haphazardly while browsing randomly on this website. I do not maintain that this worksheet was actually generated by the Navy, NAMI, NOMI, or any other Navy personnel or constituent.

 

[BigRed389]

Holy ####!

Anything that looks that complicated has to be right.

Thanks.

Edit: According to the spreadsheet, it seems like there's a LOT of room to #### up on the Spatial and Aviation/Nautical info section. The Mechanical seems to factor in much more heavily on a per question basis.

The OAR computation seems a lot more unforgiving.

 

[RHPF]

I believe that was the formula, I have seen it before also... But if you look it has BI (the Bio section), which was only in versions 1 and 2. So it would not apply to versions 3, 4, 5... and I am sure the rest was probably changed accordingly.

 

[pdx]

You can't. The 1-9 scale is based on how other people taking the test have done.
Since that hasn't been done for the practice test, you can't score it in that sense. Just shoot to max it out, IMO.

This is true, regardless of how complicated a formula somebody made up. The actual formula is VERY simple, if you are in the top 4% of everyone taking the test, you get a 9. If you are in the next 7% (top 11%), you get an 8, and so on.

If you are more curious than this, do a google search for "stanines."

 

[RHPF]

This is true, regardless of how complicated a formula somebody made up. The actual formula is VERY simple, if you are in the top 4% of everyone taking the test, you get a 9. If you are in the next 7% (top 11%), you get an 8, and so on.

If you are more curious than this, do a google search for "stanines."

If you look on the chart it has a raw score and a weighted score. I assume the weighting takes care of the ranking (i.e. the 60 turning into 68)?

 

[pdx]

If you look on the chart it has a raw score and a weighted score. I assume the weighting takes care of the ranking (i.e. the 60 turning into 68)?

True, there is a raw score and a weighted score, but I'm not sure what you mean by "ranking."

Each section (spatial apperception, basic mechanics, etc) has a weight for each of the three main scores. For example, the spatial test is weighted heavily for the PFAR and lightly (or not at all) for the FOFAR. There is no fancy math, just multiplying weights and adding section scores.

 

[BigRed389]

I didn't look carefully, but it looks like the raw score conversion tables are probably being based off of past scores. That possibly could change based on how people have done recently, but it's still the best approximation you can get for the practice tests.

 

[Spencer]

Good eye, JetJunkie! You should change your name to "Your Company's Computer Guy."

Seriously.

 

[RHPF]

Good eye, JetJunkie! You should change your name to "Your Company's Computer Guy."

Seriously.

BTW it also says it was created: "Wednesday, October 07, 1998 12:02:57 PM"
So that was back when versions 1 and 2 were being used. Also from some reading it was common for NRDs to have the answer key, so that may well have been accurate. Now that is not the case and only NAMI/NOMI have it.