SAT Concordance

Using Concordance Tables

Concordance tables support these essential campus uses:

Comparing scores on the new SAT to the old SAT and the ACT for admission and placement purposes
Determining a policy score on the new SAT that is comparable to an established policy score
Converting scores for use in a predictive model or index
Converting scores for use in internal and external reports

Concordance Tables and Guide

Concordance Tips

Use concordance tables consistently to ensure equity in the admission process.
You may find that concorded total scores do not equal the sum of concorded section scores; this is common and expected.
Since most students in the high school class of 2016 submitted old SAT scores, most colleges will convert new SAT scores to old SAT scores for this cohort.
Since most students in the high school class of 2017 will submit new SAT scores, most colleges will convert old SAT scores to new SAT scores for this cohort.
Both 2400 total and 1600 total concordance tables are provided since some colleges consider all three sections of the old SAT while others consider only two (Critical Reading and Mathematics).
Because the new SAT tests both reading and writing in one section, there’s no concordance table from the new SAT’s Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (ERW) section to the old SAT’s Critical Reading section. Instead, compare these sections by concording a combination of the old SAT’s Writing section and Critical Reading section to the new SAT’s ERW section.

Concordance Tables

Higher education professionals need concordance tables at the total, section, and test levels. To ensure the highest degree of accuracy, we’re providing two tables for each concorded score pair, allowing institutions to convert scores in both directions.

Concordance Tables: New SAT to Old SAT and ACT
Table 1	New SAT to Old SAT (Total 2400)
Table 2	New SAT to Old SAT (Total 1600)
Table 3	New SAT Math Section to Old SAT Math Section
Table 4	New SAT Writing and Language Test to Old SAT Writing Section
Table 5	New SAT Reading Test to Old SAT Critical Reading Section
Table 6	New SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Section to Old SAT Writing plus Critical Reading Sections
Table 7	New SAT Total to ACT Composite
Table 8	New SAT Writing and Language to ACT English/Writing (pre-2015)

Concordance Tables: Old SAT and ACT to New SAT
Table 9	Old SAT to New SAT (Total 2400)
Table 10	Old SAT to New SAT (Total 1600)
Table 11	Old SAT Writing plus Critical Reading Sections to New SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Section
Table 12	Old SAT Math Section to New SAT Math Section to New SAT Math Test
Table 13	Old SAT Writing Section to new SAT Writing and Language Test
Table 14	Old SAT Critical Reading Section to New SAT Reading Test
Table 15	ACT Composite to new SAT Total
Table 16	ACT English/Writing (pre-2015) to new SAT Writing and Language

Developing Concordance Tables

We’re using the Equipercentile Concordance method, which relates scores on each test that have the same percentile rank. In other words, scores on two different tests are considered concorded when they have the same percentile rank. For example, the score at the 75th percentile on the old SAT score distribution would correspond to the score at the 75th percentile of the new SAT score distribution.