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Preparing Students and Families for the 2017 Colorado PSAT 10® and Colorado SAT®
Presented in Partnership with the Colorado Department of Education
collegeboard.org/colorado
Colorado High School Assessments
CMAS
• Readiness Baseline • Aligned to Colorado
Academic Standards • Free to students in
grades 3 – 9 attending Colorado public schools • Includes English
Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies Assessments
PSAT 10
• Check-in and Focus • Aligned to Colorado
Academic Standards and College Board’s College Readiness Benchmarks • Free to 10th grade
students attending Colorado public schools
SAT
• Connect to College • Aligned to College
Board’s College Readiness Benchmarks • Free to 11th grade
students attending Colorado public schools
Spring Testing – PSAT 10
►April 11 or April 12. Districts have selected one of these dates to administer the PSAT 10.
►April 25 or April 26. Make up test date, depending on the primary testing date selected by the district.
►Students do not need to register for the PSAT 10. Registration will be taken care of by the school district and the Colorado Department of Education.
About PSAT 10® • The PSAT10 focuses on the skills and knowledge at the heart
of high school education. It measures:
• What students learn in high school
• What students need to succeed in college
• The PSAT 10 measures reading, writing and language, and math skills developed over many years.
• The PSAT10 does not ask for facts from literature, history, or science, or for recall of math formulas, because it measures reasoning and critical thinking skills.
• No need to discover secret tricks or cram the night before.
• There is no penalty for guessing.
• The test length is 2 hours, 45 minutes.
Spring Testing – Colorado SAT®
11th grade students attending Colorado public schools will participate in the CO SAT.
► Test day is: April 11, 2017
► Makeup test day is: April 25, 2017
► Students will have the choice to take the SAT or the SAT with optional Essay.
► Students do not need to register for the April CO SAT. Registration will be taken care of by the school district and the Colorado Department of Education.
► Initial registration for all students is for the SAT without essay. Students who do not want to take the optional essay do not need to do anything.
► Students who wish to include the essay must add it to their registration between January 27 – February 12, 2017. This is a student task.
► Students who choose to take SAT with Essay will complete both the SAT and essay during the school day test administration.
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About the SAT®
200-800 poin
200-800 points
Math Optional Essay
(separate scores)
Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
200-800 points
3 Hours 50 Minutes
Key Features of the SAT®
Words in Context Command of Evidence Essay Analyzing a Source Math that Matters Most
U.S. Founding Documents Problems Grounded in Analysis in Science and in and the Great Global No Penalty for Guessing Real-World Contexts History/Social Studies Conversation
SAT® Scores and Subscores
Longitudinal Progress Monitoring
Section Scores are placed on a vertical scale.
SAT (200-800)
PSAT 10 (160-760)
100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
The same concept holds true for the Test, Cross-Test Scores and Total Score.
SAT (10-40)
PSAT 10 (8-38)
SAT (400-1600)
PSAT 10 (320-1520)
6 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600
The Optional SAT Essay
Information and Resources
The Optional SAT Essay
• The SAT Essay is voluntary and optional and can be added at no cost to students.
• Adding the essay to their SAT registration is a student level choice and the student’s responsibility. Individual teachers, the school, or district cannot make a policy decision as to who will or will not take the essay nor should schools or districts encourage or discourage individual students from taking the SAT Essay.
• The SAT Essay is given as part of the school day administration
• There will be separate testing rooms for the SAT and the SAT with Essay.
• The SAT with Essay will take approximately one hour longer than the SAT.
SAT Essay Overview • Offered at the conclusion of the required SAT tests (Reading, Writing and Language, and
Math) • Requires students to make purposeful, substantive use of textual evidence in a way that
can be objectively evaluated • Not designed to elicit student’s subjective opinions
• Connects reading and writing in a manner that both embodies and reinforces the interdependency of these ELA/literacy skills
• Uses a consistent essay prompt in all administrations of the SAT. • The passage for analysis will differ from administration to administration.
SAT Essay Scores • Each student who opts to take the SAT Essay will receive three scores:
• Reading score • Analysis score • Writing score
• The range for each score is 2-8. • Each essay will be read by two readers who will score on a scale of 1-4 • Two readers’ scores will be added together for scores of 2-8
• The SAT Essay is scored separately from the SAT and does not factor into a student’s SAT total score or subject scores.
Considering theSAT® with Essay
• The SAT Essay asks students to engage in the type of writingoften required in higher education writing courses.
• The SAT Essay is optional, but may be recommended or requiredby the college your student is considering.
• Each college sets their own policy regarding the essay; contactcolleges for specific policies
• Some colleges have shared their policies with the College Board.Find the list athttps://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/register/collegeessay-policies
Two Ways for Students to Add the Optional Essay totheir SAT Registration • Students who wish to take the optional essay must add it to their SAT registration
between January 27 – February 12, 2017. There is no fee for students who wish toinclude the essay.
• Register online using their College Board account.• Register via phone by calling the College Board’s Colorado Service Desk.
• An informational handout about the SAT Essay is available from schools to assiststudents.
Creating a College Board Account
Go to collegeboard.org and complete the requested information
NOTE: Remind students to create a new account using their full legal name that matches what the school has on file.
can have an email sent to recover it.
Using an Existing College Board Account
Provide username and password
If a student has forgotten their username or password, they
Student accounts include an option for parents to alsoreceive information Be copied on importantCollege Board emails Data privacy information
My SAT ► Choose My SAT from the
left-hand navigation bar.
► Select “ChangeRegistration” from theMySAT homepage.
NOTE: If a student does not see their registration after logging in, call customer service, 866-917-9030, for assistance.
April 11, 2017
Register Online for the Optional Essay
► Select “Add the essay to my registrations” from the Change Your Registration page
► We recommend having interested students update their registration during the school day so that the counselor can assist if students have a problem.
Register Online for the Optional Essay ► Once the “Add the essay to my registration” link is selected, a confirmation message is presented.
► Click OK to continue.
Checking the Completed Registration
► Students can review their updated registration
Removing the Optional Essay from a Registration
► If the student would like to remove the essay, select the link to “Remove the essay from myregistration” link before the 2/12/17 deadline.
► Students must take the version of the SAT that they are registered foras of 2/12/17. After that date,students will no longer have the ability to add or remove the optional essay from theirregistration.
Registering for the SAT Essay by Phone
► Students or their parents may call to register for the essay.
► Call the College Board at 1-866-917-9030 and select Option 2.
► When calling, students will need to provide
► Legal first and last name
► Date of birth
► School name
Sending Scores
Every student can send theirscores to up to four colleges oruniversities for free. Students can choose where to send their free reports up to 9 days aftertheir test date.
Sending scores is optional. Student scores will not be released to colleges without the student’sspecific consent.
Score ChoiceTM
enables students to:
• Choose which scores to send to collegesby test administration.
• Send only the scores they want to sendto colleges. *
* Students will need to comply with an institution’s stated score-use practice.
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Student Search Service®
• Free program that connectsstudents with colleges and universities
• Students can opt in when theytake a College Board test and colleges may send theminformation about majors, studentservices, campus life, financialaid, or scholarships
• Participation is optional and voluntary and students maycancel participation at any time
• sat.org/studentsearch
To learn more, visit: sat.org/studentsearch
Download “Daily Practice for the New SAT” for your iPhone or Android device
**This app does not require creation of a College Board account
Daily Practice for the SAT®
Daily SAT practice questions
Instant practice test scoring
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Official SAT®
Practice with Khan Academy®— It’s FREE! • Go to satpractice.org and create a
free account.
• Get personalized recommendations. Link your Khan Academy account to your College Board account to import past SAT Suite results, or take diagnostic quizzes to get personalized recommendations.
• Create a study plan. Select a test date and set up a practice schedule.
Students Answer 2.7 million unique users The Call 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
Free, Official SAT®
Practice Through Khan Academy
satpractice.org
Full Length Practice Tests Six official practice tests, with more to come, plus study and test-taking tips
Video Lessons Easy-to-follow videos explain problems stepby-step
Interactive Problems & Instant Feedback Get hints, explanations and constant progress updates to know where you stand
Daily Practice App More practice available on your phone featuring questions of the day
Student Data Privacy
Creating College Board and Khan Academy accounts to take advantage of free, personalized SAT practice is optional for students.Students’ data are used and shared through a strict usage policy in order to support the educational success of the students and fornoncommercial purposes.
► For more information about the College Board’s Data Privacy Policy,please visit www.collegeboard.org/privacy-policy
► For more information about Khan Academy’s Data Privacy Policy, please visit https://www.khanacademy.org/about/privacy-policy
Personalized SAT®
Practice Through Khan Academy
What are the benefits of linkingaccounts?
Create Personalized Practice Through Khan Academy
Ensure Future Scores Are Included For Enhanced Personalization
Jump Right Into Customized Practice
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Khan AcademyResources • Go to satpractice.org/k12 for resources
about Official SAT Practice on Khan Academy.
• View sample study plans and study-group ideas at sat.org/studygroup.
• Student resources for the SAT and PSAT-related assessments are at sat.org/k12.
• Instructional videos on Khan Academy at youtube.com/collegeboard.
Roadmap to Careers
Road Map toCareers Roadtrip Nation and College Board are partnering to help students connect with careers.
• Choose your core interests.
• Watch videos of leaders who share your interests.
• Learn about majors and careers that align to your interests.
• See examples of leaders who followed a similar path.
Thank you for your participation
A recording of this webinar will be posted atwww.collegeboard.org/colorado in the next 2 weeks.
Additional resources may be found at:www.collegeboard.org/colorado
Contact your local high school or school district for follow upquestions and additional information about SAT in your community.