A misprint was found on one question on the PSAT given last week.

A counselor said he had been told that the misprint was found in many of the tests nationwide.

Zachary Goldberg, a spokesman for the College Board, said via email, "A misprint was found in one question of some of the October 29, 2020 PSAT/NMSQT tests. That item has been removed from scoring and will not affect students’ scores."

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