What’s the difference between ACT® raw scores and ACT® scale scores? To compute your overall ACT® score, you take the average of all four sections (ACT® English, Mathematics, Reading, and Science divided by four). Scale scores range from 1-36, with 36 being the highest possible mark on the ACT®. All they care about is how many questions you got correct. The ACT® is easy to convert since there is no penalty involved with incorrect answers. By knowing how many questions you got right in each section, you can then reference a conversion table to see how that raw score translates to a scale score.
To calculate your ACT® score, you’ll need to know your respective raw score in the four sections: English, Mathematics, Reading, and Science.
