# Nelson-Denny reading test scoring

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nelson-denny-reading-test-scoring/552103>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 31, 2010, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nelson-denny-reading-test-scoring/552103 "2010-08-31T06:31:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nelson-denny-reading-test-scoring/552103/1 "2010-08-31T06:31:05Z")

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I recently took a Nelson-Denny reading test and scored a 14.7. I’m not sure what to make of this score. I tried googling but most results were either websites selling the N-D product, test prep, or some vague papers about having to be scored within a certain percentile for qualifications for certain programs.

Is there a resource I can look at to better understand the scoring?

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**Author:** ![xxivythistlexx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/8edcca/32.png) [@xxivythistlexx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xxivythistlexx)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nelson-denny-reading-test-scoring/552103/2 "2010-11-09T23:36:44Z")

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The sheet I got said that for high school freshman a 9 is average, sophmore 10, junior 11 ect.

But I got a 17 and english is not one of my best classes, so I don’t know how accurate that is.

I’m not quite sure what the highest possible score is, but if you ever find out, tell me.