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T-Score explained: what does a 60 actually mean?

Your T-Score is not your raw score. Here is a one-minute explanation that will help you read your result page without confusion.

Editorial team · · 2 min read
T-Score explained: what does a 60 actually mean?

Your T-Score is a standardised score, not the count of correct answers. The formula puts the average candidate at 50 and one standard deviation at 10.

T-Score curve

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  • 30 to 40 — below the cut-off for most cadres
  • 40 to 50 — below average
  • 50 — the average candidate
  • 60 — about top 16 percent
  • 70 — about top 2 percent

So a 60 means you outscored roughly 84 out of every 100 candidates who took that test.

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