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It quantifies that both groups represent about 1% of their respective populations, then explains why CLT10 winners are drawn from a more competitive, higher-scoring pool. 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Key Facts .......................................... 1  \n2. The CLT10 National Award ................................ 2  \n3. The National Merit Scholarship Program ........................ 3  \n4. Score Comparisons .................................... 4  \n1. Key Facts  \n1. Both CLT10 National Award winners and National Merit Scholarship semifinalists comprise about 1% of their respective student populations.  \n2. CLT10 National Award winners are at the top of a more competitive student population than National Merit Scholarship semifinalists.  \n3. The concordance relationship between the CLT10 and the PSAT shows that 10th grade CLT10 National Award winners score at or above the 99th PSAT/NMSQT percentile of both 10th grade and 11th grade PSAT/NMSQT norm groups.  \n2. The CLT10 National Award  \nEvery year, the Classic Learning Test (CLT) awards the top 50 CLT10 test takers in the country with the CLT10 National Award. Due to tied scores, it is possible for more than 50 students tobe awarded in a given year. To qualify, students must take the test in the 10th grade. In the 2022-2023 academic year, 5131 10th grade students took the CLT10 and 50 won the award, corresponding to 0.98% of all qualifying test takers. We expect this percentage to decrease significantly as the annual number of test takers increases because the CLT10 National Awards are not based on a set cut score but rather a constant number of top scores. As the number of test takers increases, the number of scores at the high end of the scale will also increase. Assuming that the proportion of each score stays constant, this means that a fewer percentage of all test takers will win the award. Moreover, we expect a significant increase in the number of test takers given the trends shown in Figure 1 and Table 1 . Table 1 and Figure 1 show both the number of unique students and the total number of tests taken per academic year since many students take the CLT10 multiple times.  \nTable 1: Number ofCLT10 Test Takers by Academic Year  \n\n| Academic Year | All Tests | Unique Students |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| \u003Cbr>2022-2023 | \u003Cbr>10957 | \u003Cbr>10221 |\n| 2021-2022 | 9164 | 8278 |\n| 2020-2021 | 7839 | 7144 |\n| 2019-2020 | 7326 | 6587 |\n| 2018-2019 | 6143 | 5693 |\n| 2017-2018 | 3403 | 3403 |\n| \u003Cbr>2016-2017 | \u003Cbr>95 | \u003Cbr>95 |\n\nFigure 1: Number ofCLT10 Test Takers by Academic Year  \n3. The National Merit Scholarship Program  \nThe National Merit Scholarships are awarded to the program finalists as the result of a two-year process[1] . To become candidates for the 2024 National Merit Scholarships, participants were required to take the PSAT/NMSQT in 11th grade, which corresponded to the October 2022 administration. In the 2022 cohort, it was anticipated that more than 16,000 students would advance to become semifinalists. According to the College Board’s 2022-2023 SAT Suite of Assessments Annual Report[2], 1,486,999 11th grade students took the PSAT in the last academic year. This means that about 1.08% of all PSAT/NMSQT test takers would become semifinalists, which is slightly higher than the percentage of the CLT10 National Award winners.  \n4. Score Comparisons  \nIt is important to note that the two groups oftest takers compete in very different populations. Approximately 40% ofCLT10 test takers are homeschoolers. In contrast, most PSAT/NMSQT test takers are public school students. A study we conducted in 2022 showed that the average CLT10 score of homeschoolers is 4 points higher than the average CLT10 score of public school students, which is a difference of 0.24 standard deviations. This means that the CLT10 National Award winners are at the top of a higher scoring population. For more direct comparisons of CLT10 National Award winners to National Merit Scholarship semifinalists, we","cbCaioaZn3oRebq7","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioaZn3oRebq7","pdf",1754918,"English","# Key Facts\n# The CLT10 National Award\n# The National Merit Scholarship Program\n# Score Comparisons","[{\"question\":\"How rare are CLT10 National Award winners and National Merit semifinalists?\",\"answer\":\"Both groups comprise about 1% of their respective student populations.\"},{\"question\":\"What determines eligibility for the CLT10 National Award?\",\"answer\":\"Students must take the CLT10 test in 10th grade; the award is given to the top 50, with ties potentially increasing the number of winners.\"},{\"question\":\"How are CLT10 winners compared to PSAT/NMSQT semifinalists in scores?\",\"answer\":\"A CLT10-PSAT concordance table is used to predict PSAT scores and evaluate them against PSAT/NMSQT percentile norms for relevant grade-level user and national groups.\"}]","Comparing CLT10 National Award Winners to PSAT/NMSQT Semifinalists - A Comparison | PDF",13]