college board updates on the sat: tools and resources

College Board Updates on the SAT: Tools and Resources

Session D

June14, 2017

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Jim Bonner, Director Higher Ed Services, College Board

Megan Rafferty, Associate Director K-12 Services, College Board

Andy Losier, Associate Director College Counseling, Sage Hill School

Western ACAC ~ Est 1967

• Best practices for using the SAT Suite data from the K12

Educator Reporting Portal to understand and improve students’

college readiness.

• An understanding of how higher admissions professionals can

use the Higher Education Score Reporting Portal to understand

SAT score send data from year to year.

• An understanding of what worked for students using Official

SAT Practice on Khan Academy, and how it can work for the

students you serve.

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Key Takeaways

K-12 Educator Reporting

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What was Counselor Week?

• A week dedicated to helping counselors help students access, understand, and use PSAT/NMSQT scores.

• Educators received scores a week before students.

What were the results?

• 40% YOY increase in unique educators accessing the reporting system on the first day of score week.

• 23k educators accessed reporting when it was made available (165% YOY increase)

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Score Week For Counselors

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Take Advantage of Score Week Resources

psat.org/scoreweek

Recorded Webinars

Titles:• Three Steps to Accessing Scores• Understanding Scores and Critical Reports• Put PSAT/NMSQT Scores to Good Use

Videos

Including:• Activate your Manage Access Tool• Understanding Roles in the K-12 Score Reporting Portal• Access and Understand Students’ Score Reports

Additional PDF Resources for Counselors

Including:• Three Steps to Accessing Scores• Put PSAT/NMSQT Scores to Good Use• Using PSAT/NMSQT Scores: What Students Will See• Understanding Roster Reports for the PSAT/NMSQT

• Summary Report

• Roster Reports

• Scores by Demographic and Institution

• Essay Scores by Demographic and Institution

• Benchmarks by Demographic and Institution

• Instructional Planning and Question Analysis

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Educator Reports

Managing Day-to-Day Work for CounselorsRoster Detailed Report

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K12 Reporting Portal Roles

ManageAccess Tool K12 Score Reporting Portal

AccessManager / DAT

File Downloads

Summary Reports

Detailed Reports

Download Center Reports Center

• Find access codes and registration numbers for student assessments

• Check SAT® fee-waiver usage for proper allocation.

• View AP Potential™ to see what students are seeing, and talk to them about their options.

• Drill into individual student performance to view student progress.

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Using the Roster Detailed ReportUnderstand College Readiness

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Access the Roster Detailed Report

Note: All data is illustrative

Roster Detailed ReportAccess the Roster Detailed Report from the Roster Report Summary

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Users can filter and customize the information shown in this report

A Complete Resource for Counselors’ Daily Work

Note: All data is illustrative

Tab DesignIntuitive tab design helps educators find exactly what they need

Registration NumbersEducators can access registration numbers from the student roster

Student RosterList of all students who took a particular assessment

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Print Score Reports and Labels

Note: All data is illustrative

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Admissions Ticket Printing (SAT Only)Roster Detailed Report

Note: All data is illustrative

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Track Growth and Identify Opportunities

Note: All data is illustrative

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Which Reports Will Help You The Most?

Scores by Institution

Student Intervention

Curriculum and Instruction Review

School ImprovementAnd Accountability

Roster Reports

Student Reports

Scores by Institution

Essay Scores by Institution

Instructional Planning

Question Analysis

Scores by Demographics

Essay Scores by Demographics

Benchmarks by Demographics

Tracking Student Progress Benchmarks by Demographics

Benchmarks by Institution

Use Benchmarks To Enhance College Readiness

Gauge college readiness

Identify strengths and weaknesses

Strengthen academic programs

Students and educators can track progress toward college readiness from year to year.

• 75% likelihood of earning at least a C in a first-semester, credit-bearing college course in a related subject

• Set at section level

• Overall college and career readiness is defined as achieving both of the section-level benchmarks on a given assessment.

• Grade-level benchmarks are based on expected student growth toward the SAT Benchmarks:

SAT® College and Career Readiness Benchmarks

Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 SAT

Section Level390 410 430 460 480 ERW

430 450 480 510 530 MATH

• A student who meets the benchmark for

her grade level is in the green range

• A student who does not meet the

benchmark for the previous grade level

is in the red range

• A student in between these two ranges

is in the yellow range

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Section Score Ranges

11th Grade Section Benchmark Example

Grade 10 BM    Grade 11 BM

See Aggregate Student College Readiness Information

NOTE: All data is illustrative

Segment Data by Demographic Group

NOTE: All data is illustrative

Identify Areas for Student Growth Instructional Planning Report

Compare Student Performance with State and National PercentagesView both aggregate and student-level percentages

NOTE: All data is illustrative

Higher Ed Reporting

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HED Reporting Portal Roles

ManageAccess Tool HED Reporting Portal

AccessManager / DAT

Data Files Management

Summary Reports

Detailed Reports

Download Center Reports Center

• Executive Summary Reports

• Essay viewer

• Enhanced SAT Trend Dashboard

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Newly Enhanced Higher Education Reporting PortalEnhancements and New Features

Updated Weekly!

Updated Weekly!

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Higher Ed. Reports CenterIntegrated site for SAT score send and SAT enrollment reports

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Executive Summary ReportsAvailable for Enrollment Planning Services (EPS) Subscribers

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Essay Viewer

SAT Trends DashboardConnecting the Dots

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Score Senders Volume By Month

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Unique Student Score Data

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Unique Student Score Data (cont.)

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Institutional Landscape Data

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Total Score Reports

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International Score Report Data by Class

Official SAT Practice on Khan Academy

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satpractice.org

What’s New: Official SAT Practice on Khan Academy

Full Length Practice TestsSeven official practice tests, with more to come, plus study and test-taking tips

Video LessonsEasy-to-follow videos explain problems step-by-step

Interactive Problems & Instant FeedbackGet hints, explanations and constant progress updates to know where you stand

Daily Practice AppMore practice available on your phone featuring questions of the day

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Students Answer The Call 3.2 million unique users

1.1 million linked accounts

10% drop in paid-for commercial test prep resources

"If you don’t have money to pay for a class, you’re usually just stuck buying a book or you’re on your own mostly, so this time it was really helpful that they had unlimited resources basically for anyone.”

– Maia, Washington, DC

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User Data

anyone who completes at least one problem using Official SAT Practice on Khan Academy

Active User

200,000active users in any given week

(higher the week before the exam)

44minutes/week

the average active user spends this amount of time using Official SAT Practice

• Time spent practicing on Khan Academy showed a positive relationship with score growth between PSAT-related Assessments and the SAT

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Efficacy Results

• The score growth is above the average for students not using Official SAT Practice

• The score growth transcends all demographics!

School districts, community groups, and college access

organizations are enabling access.

Data shows that:

• Over half of US high schools have at least one PSAT-related

Assessments taker who has linked their College Board and Khan

Academy accounts

• States that administer the SAT to all high school juniors have the

highest percentage of PSAT-related Assessment takers who have

linked accounts

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Leverage the availability of free, world-class practice resources for all students

Get Results for Your Students

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Recently Added Features and Resources

Official SAT Practice Upgrades

Live Instruction

Educator Best Practices

Additional Practice Tests

Guided Essay Practice

Thank You!

Jim Bonner, Director Higher Ed Services, College Boardjbonner@collegeboard.org

Megan Rafferty, Associate Director K-12 Services, College Boardmrafferty@collegeboard.org

Andy Losier, Associate Director College Counseling, Sage Hill SchoolLosierA@sagehillschool.org