Confirmation of layout of April 2023 exam

[davidddd5535]

I just wanted to confirm the layout of the April 2023 exam which I will be taking next week. I have been acting under the assumption that the exam will have 3 scored parts: one logical reasoning, one reading comphrehension and one logic games and one unscored experimental section.

I have been practicing with the testing and analytics package using the "3-sections + experimental" tests. However, I read on a forum today and have since been reading several website articles published in 2023 that claim the LSAT is 4 GRADED sections: 2 LR, 1 LG, 1 RC with an additional experimental section making it 5 sections in total.

I wanted to confirm two things:
1. That the test is in fact only going to be 4 sections(5 with the ungraded writing part)-- 3 graded (1LG, 1 RC, 1 LR) and one ungraded experimental that could be a variation of one of the graded sections?

2. That the scores on the PT's i am taking on the testing and analytics package package using the 3-section + experimental are accurate to the scoring formula that will be used for the actual test? Like the calculation used is on par with the formula and the number of parts the actual test will be scored?

Thank you!

[Stephanie Oswalt]

I just wanted to confirm the layout of the April 2023 exam which I will be taking next week. I have been acting under the assumption that the exam will have 3 scored parts: one logical reasoning, one reading comphrehension and one logic games and one unscored experimental section.

I have been practicing with the testing and analytics package using the "3-sections + experimental" tests. However, I read on a forum today and have since been reading several website articles published in 2023 that claim the LSAT is 4 GRADED sections: 2 LR, 1 LG, 1 RC with an additional experimental section making it 5 sections in total.

I wanted to confirm two things:
1. That the test is in fact only going to be 4 sections(5 with the ungraded writing part)-- 3 graded (1LG, 1 RC, 1 LR) and one ungraded experimental that could be a variation of one of the graded sections?

2. That the scores on the PT's i am taking on the testing and analytics package package using the 3-section + experimental are accurate to the scoring formula that will be used for the actual test? Like the calculation used is on par with the formula and the number of parts the actual test will be scored?

Thank you!

Hi David,

Thanks for the post! You are correct. The exam is 3 scored parts: 1 LR, 1 RC, and 1 LG. There will be a fourth, unscored section.

The posts you saw about 5 sections are outdated (p.s.- if they were PowerScore posts, please let us know where, so we can update them!).

For some background, the LSAT used to be 4-scored, 1-experimental. Then, in 2020, the exam moved to 3-scored sections, no experimental. Then after about a year, the LSAT went to its current 3-scored, 1-experimental format. That's super confusing to keep track of, but the only format you need to focus on is the current format, which should not be changing anytime soon.

If you're taking the 3-section + 1 experimental exams on PowerScore, then yes, those scoring scales have been correctly adjusted to accurately reflect the 3-1 format.

Hope this helps! Thanks!