LSAC's New Interpretive Guide to the LSAT

The LSAC has just released its Interpretive Guide for LSAT Score Users. This report reiterates that scores are comparable from test to test. Although your 160 might place you in higher relative standing on the February test than the June test, the LSAC reminds you that it still represents the same ability level, regardless. The LSAC also notes that:

• The test-taker volume for the 2008–2009 testing year was approximately 6.5 percent higher than that reported for the 2007–2008 testing year.
• The mean LSAT score for the 2008–2009 testing year was 0.17 higher than the mean LSAT score for the 2007–2008 testing year.
• Slight differences were noted between the percentile ranks for the two testing periods.

Even still, the LSAC is reminding test score users (i.e., prelaw advisors and law school admissions folks) that a 160 is a 160 is a 160.

-UNLV Prelaw