O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s

[acciohp5 at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 30007

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> > All I was able to find is what they stand for, and that Percy and 
> Bill 
> > both got 12s on their O.W.L.s.
> 
> I have had this whole business explained to me at least once and I 
> still don't get it. How can you "get" a certain number of levels of 
> these things? Here in the States we get a score on tests like the 
> SAT, but that's apparently not the same thing. Or is it? 
> 
> Steve (who scored really, really high on the SAT about 25 years ago)


Maybe the O.W.L. score of 12 is more like the ACT (for those of you 
not familiar it is an alternative to the SAT accepted by most 
colleges) A score of 27 would be normal rather than the 1000 or 1200 
for the SATs.