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The Suite of Assessments ACT vs. SAT

Supports for Transition

Welcome Wendy Zdeb-Roper

Executive Director

Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals

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Joanne Hopper General Education Leadership Network (GELN) [email protected] @joannehopper

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Develop understanding of how the College Board’s Readiness Assessment System, Suite of Assessments build and connect.

Develop initial understanding of how the redesigned SAT is similar and different from ACT.

Identify supports principals and teachers might use to effectively utilize the identified tools and resources in daily classroom practice.

Learning Targets

Note Taking Devices

Testing Calendar for 2015-16 Michigan Merit Exam: SAT, Work Keys & wrap around

➡SAT: April 12th

➡Work Keys: April 13th

➡Window for wrap around: April 11th-April 29th ➡ Social Studies/Science only wrap around

➡PSAT 9 & 10: April 12th or April 13th

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Fall Testing? - What is your District doing short term/long term?

➡PSAT/NMSQT is available for 10th & 11th

➡Oct.14 or Oct.28

Considerations for fall testing: ➡ Allows for AP potential reports

➡ Qualifies students for scholarship money

➡ Allows Kahn Academy remediation

➡ Provides a practice SAT

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Turn & Talk…

Is your District Fall testing this year?

Why or why not?

Do you see Fall testing as short term or long term?

Beyond Assessment: Delivering Opportunity

➡ 42.6% of SAT takers met the benchmark

➡ 15.8% of African American SAT takers met the benchmark

➡ 23.4% of Hispanic SAT takers met the benchmark

➡ 33.5% of Native American SAT takers met the benchmark

➡ Less than half of the students who take the SAT® are college ready.

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Beyond Assessment: Delivering Opportunity

Michigan Graduating Class % Meeting ACT College Readiness Benchmarks

Turn and Talk What are your key talking points for stakeholders?

➡ How will the SAT “college readiness” score be calculated differently than the ACT?

➡ Knowing that these are National scores and that at this time only Delaware and the District of Columbia are 100% test taking States what do you anticipate in terms of scores for Michigan & your District?

➡ How do these compare to your current ACT College Readiness Rates?

The College Board Readiness & Success System

➡ Key Components

➡Focused and useful

➡Open and clear

➡Common scale and scores over time

➡Reporting connected to classroom work


“What should I focus on?”

SAT Suite of Assessments

➡ Total Scores and Section Scores will be on a vertical scale.

Longitudinal Progress Monitoring

➡ Section Scores

➡ Test, Cross Test, and Total Score

Longitudinal Progress Monitoring

Grade Level Appropriate Reading

Grade Level Appropriate Writing & Language

Grade Level Appropriate Math

SAT Suite Implementation Model

➡Detailed performance feedback connected to standards and instruction ➡Monitor student progress towards college readiness over time ➡Ability to track progress, diagnose, intervene, and accelerate ➡Robust cumulative and individual student reporting for instructional

planning Khan Academy Practice to improve performance ➡Access to career exploration and college planning tools ➡ Increased access to scholarship opportunities ➡Planning for challenging courses, including Identifying students with AP

Potential ➡ “All-In” and Apply to 4 supports for low-income students

Stand and Talk ➡ Why/How might a district incorporate the College Board’s

Suite of Assessments?

➡ PSAT 8 and 9 serve as a foundation for understanding student progress as they enter high school;

➡ PSAT 10 and the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test for Juniors is a “check in” on student progress and pinpoints areas for improving readiness.

➡ SAT is the capstone assessment that provides a powerful connection to college.

➡Key Components ➡Content partnerships with:

➡ Classroom teachers ➡ Khan Academy

➡Delivery partnerships with Community-based Organizations like Boys & Girls Club.

The College Board Readiness & Success

System

“How do I improve?”

Personalized Practice

Khan Academy: Road to Success

Send Score Data

Jeff’s Path to SAT Success

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2 Personalized Learning Roadmap

Official SAT Practice Tests

With Scoring for Paper & Pencil

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Powered By Schools, Educators, Community Groups

Tied to Classroom Learning ➡ The Khan Academy practice program links to classroom

learning and will guide students to: ➡Focus on the knowledge and skills necessary for

college and career readiness. ➡Review any knowledge gaps demonstrated in their

PSAT 8/9, PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10, or SAT performance.

➡Practice within the most appropriate content areas.

➡Build familiarity with the SAT format, question styles, and testing experience.

Developed with the Test Makers ➡ The Khan Academy practice program is the only one of

its kind developed in collaboration with the writers and developers of the SAT

➡ it’s the best available and it’s free!

➡Students will be able to access the new Khan Academy practice program starting in May 2015. Students taking the PSAT/NMSQT in October 2015 and the redesigned SAT in March 2016 will be able to receive their personalized practice plans after scores are released.

➡Key Components ➡AP Potential ➡Fee Waivers ➡Expanded

scholarship opportunities

➡SAT School Day


“How do I pay for college?”

Let’s Take the PSAT ➡The College Board released a version of the

redesigned PSAT in March of 2015.

➡We will take just the first section of the Reading test to get a feel for the assessment.

➡No pressure for you! Just get a sense of what this test is like for the kids.

PSAT Answers… ➡Elect one person to read the answers at the

table.

➡Talk through each answer as you go…did you find it difficult? What do you think students would find difficult?

8 Key Changes to the SAT

➡ Students will need to:

➡ Interpret meaning based on context

➡ Master relevant vocabulary

➡ Engage in close reading

➡Where do you see evidence of this in the practice test?


➡ Students will need to:

➡ Interpret, synthesize, and use evidence found in a wide range of sources

➡ Support the answers they choose

➡ Integrate information conveyed through both reading passages and informational graphics


Command of Evidence ➡ For every passage students read, there will be at least

one question asking them to select a quote from the text that best supports the answer they have chosen in response to the preceding question.

➡ Some passages will be paired with informational graphics, and students will be asked to integrate the information conveyed through each in order to find the best answer.

Command of Evidence ➡ Do students have the opportunity to read and analyze

informational graphics in their classes? How can all staff support students in this work?

➡ How can you ensure that teachers are providing practice passages and questions from their own content that is similar to the SAT?

Redesigned Reading ➡ Single and paired passages

➡ Cross disciplinary contexts:

➡ US and world literature

➡ History/social studies (Founding documents/great global conversations)

➡ Science

➡ Informational graphics

➡ Range of text complexity

➡ Focus on:

➡ Words in context

➡ Command of evidence

Redesigned SAT Rdg - Passage Content ➡ U.S. and World Literature (20% of Test)

➡ 1 passage that is 500-750 words in length

➡ 10 multiple choice questions (20% of test)

➡ History/Social Studies (40% of Test)

➡ 2 passages, or 1 passage and 1 pair of passages 500-750 words in length

➡ 10-11 questions each (40% of test)

➡ 1-2 Graphics

➡ Science (40% of Test)

➡ 2 passages, or 1 passage and 1 pair of passages 500-750 words in length

➡ 10-11 questions each (40% of test)

➡ 1-2 graphics

Redesigned Writing & Language ➡ Informational graphics ➡ Focus on:

➡ Expression of ideas ➡ Standard English

conventions ➡ Words in context ➡ Command of

evidence

➡ SAT Writing and Language Test (35 Mins) ➡ Scale Score 200-800 ➡ 44 Multiple Choice ➡ 4 passages (400-450

words/passage) ➡ Multiple Question

Types: ➡ Argument ➡ Informative ➡ Nonfiction ➡ Narrative

Redesigned SAT Writing and Language Test

➡ Passage Focus

➡ Careers (1 passage; 11 questions)

➡ History/Social Studies (1 passage; 11 questions)

➡ Humanities (1 passage; 11 questions)

➡ Science (1 passage; 11 questions)

➡ The redesigned essay will:

➡ More closely mirror college writing assignments

➡ Cultivate close reading, careful analysis, and clear writing

➡ Promote the practice of reading a wide variety of arguments and analyzing an author’s work


➡ The Target:

➡ Students can demonstrate college and career readiness proficiency in producing a cogent and clear written analysis using evidence drawn from an appropriately challenging source text written for a broad audience.

Redesigned SAT - Essay

➡ 3 distinctive features of the redesigned SAT Essay include:

➡ Use of a common prompt

➡ Emphasis on analysis of argument

➡ Use of clear, powerful evaluation criteria


Key 1 - Common Prompt

Key 2 - Analysis of Argument ➡Unpacking the Prompt:

1. Explain how the writer builds an argument to persuade the audience.

2. Based on the writer’s claim.

3. Explain how the author uses evidence (facts or examples) to support claims, reasoning to develop ideas and to connect claims and evidence, stylistic or persuasive elements, such as word choice or appeals to emotion to add power to the ideas expressed or features of your own choice to add power to their argument.

4. Focus on relevant aspects of the passage.

5. Not explaining whether you agree or not with the claim, but focus on HOW the writer builds an argument.

Reading, Analysis and Writing ➡ Reading: Demonstrate thorough comprehension of the

passage.

➡ Analysis: Demonstrate skill in evaluating the author’s use of evidence, reasoning, style, and other stylistic or persuasive techniques and support and develop claims with well-chosen evidence from the passage.

➡ Writing: Focused, organized, and precise, with an appropriate style and tone that varies sentence structure and follows the conventions of standard written English.

Key 3 - Clear, Powerful Evaluation Criteria

Essay Scoring ➡ Every SAT Essay will be

read by two graders.

➡ Each grader will award 1 to 4 points each in reading, analysis, and writing.

➡ The graders’ scores will be combined for a total of 2 to 8 points in each of the three categories.

➡ Essay scoring will consist of 3 subscores:

Reading

2 – 8 Scale

Analysis

2 – 8 Scale

Writing

2 – 8 Scale


➡ The essay is available on the SAT, but not on the PAST/NMSQT, PSAT 10, or PSAT 8/9.

The ESSAY is only Available on the SAT

➡ Current research shows that three key areas most contribute to readiness for college and career training:

➡ Problem Solving and Data Analysis (quantitative literacy)

➡ Heart of Algebra (mastery of linear equations)

➡ Passport to Advanced Math (familiarity with more complex equations)


Redesigned SAT - Math ➡ 80 Mins of Time Allotted

➡ 55 mins with calculator section (38 questions)

➡ 25 mins w/out calculator section (20 questions)

➡ 58 Total Questions

➡ 45 Multiple Choice (4 options)

➡ 13 Student Produced Response (Grid In)

Comparison of ACT to Redesigned Math ➡ SAT

➡ 80 minutes

➡ Heart of Algebra

➡ Problem Solving & Data Analysis

➡ Passport to Advanced Math

➡ Additional Topics

➡ ACT

➡ 60 mins minutes

➡ Arithmetic

➡ Algebra

➡ Geometry

➡ Algebra II

➡ Trigonometry

➡ Students will engage with questions that:

➡ Directly relate to the work performed in college and career

➡ Include charts, graphs, and passages likely to be encountered in science, social science, and other majors and careers

➡ Feature multistep applications to solve problems in science, social science, career scenarios, and other real-life contexts


➡ Students will apply their math skills to answer questions in science, history, and social studies contexts.


➡ The redesigned SAT will include one of the following:

➡ An excerpt from one of the Founding Documents

➡ A text from the ongoing Great Global Conversation about freedom, justice, and human dignity.

➡ No prior knowledge of the text will be required.


➡ One point for each correct answer

➡ Zero points for unanswered items

➡ Zero points for wrong answers


About the Redesigned SAT

Comparison of

Redesigned SAT - Revisited

Building a Network of

Support

Enter…G.E.L.N. General Education Leadership Network

➡Network of General Education Directors from each ISD/RESA/RESD in Michigan

➡Serve under the direction of MAISA

➡Collaborate with MDE and other Michigan leadership organizations

➡Support leadership, teaching, and learning in Michigan’s schools

Vision: GELN will serve as a proactive, key decision-making group that develops collaboration and efficiencies on projects, issues, and policy regarding student learning. Mission: GELN’s mission is to provide leadership and direction focused on teaching and learning among Michigan’s ISD/RESAs.

SAT Train the Trainers

GELN Sponsored Events in August 2015

MAISA GELN

MDE

MASA

MASSP

Math/ Science

Center Network

College Board

MAISA ELA

Group

MAISA Math

Group

MAC

MCAN

Michigan SAT Task

Force

Board Members

Administrators Teachers Counselors Students Parents

What information/resources are needed to support stakeholders with transition to SAT?

Educator Support

➡ ISDs and Ed Orgs – Resources to provide training and guidance

➡ Central Office Administrators – Timelines, costs, logistics, sample tests, reporting and score correlations, test progression/growth indicators

➡ Principals – Overview, timelines, ordering details, sample tests, test progression/growth indicators, released items, scoring information and Khan Academy Resources

➡ Counselors – Accommodations information, ordering details, score conversations, testing dates and times, Khan Resources

➡ Teachers – Test details and samples, testing logistics, focus on content and instruction, progression of content and tests, scoring information, Khan resources

Student and Parent Support ➡Test overview and

timelines

➡Strategies for best performance

➡Khan resources

➡Scoring information

➡Guidance for next steps

MAISA GELN

MDE

MASA

MASSP

Math/ Science

Center Network

College Board

MAISA ELA

Group

MAISA Math

Group

MAC

MCAN

? What resources do

we each have to share?

Share information in timely manner

Provide introductory

training

Create resource access portal

Develop additional resources

SUPPORT PLAN

Prepare for Year One SAT

Provide resources for target stakeholder groups in readiness for Year 1 Test

Support Instructional Shifts

Support teachers with instructional shifts necessary for standards alignment

Personalize Student Learning

Support students in identifying strengths and addressing challenges with personalized resources

TARGETED FOCUS AREAS

Content-Area Support

Lead by MAISA Math and ELA content groups

➡ Other state-level content areas groups also collaborating on this effort

➡ Resources will include:

➡ Reading, writing, mathematics resources

➡ Data analysis tools to link curriculum, instruction and assessment

Goal: To provide deeper-levels of support for classroom teachers

Web Resource Portal

Address: http://www.gomaisa.org/general-education-leadership-network

Updated regularly as resources become available

GELN Feedback and Questions Joanne Hopper, Ed.D., Director General Education Leadership Network [email protected] (989) 574-6519

Kathleen Miller, Chair, GELN SAT Task Force Shiawassee RESD [email protected] (989) 743-3471 Ext. 2214

Resources to

Explore

➡ www.deliveringopportunity.org ➡ www.collegeboard.org/michigan

➡ A side-by-side comparison of the current and redesigned SAT

➡ www.collegeboard.org/delivering-opportunity/sat/redesign/compare-tests

➡ A simplified one-page blueprint of the redesigned SAT

➡ www.collegeboard.org/sites/default/files/sat-blueprint.pdf

➡ Sign-up for updates from College Board about the new SAT

➡ www.collegeboard.org/delivering-opportunity/sat/updates

➡ Sample Questions, Answer Explanations and Skills Crosswalk

➡ https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat-suite-assessments/practice

http://www.deliveringopportunity.org

http://www.collegeboard.org/michigan

http://www.collegeboard.org/delivering-opportunity/sat/redesign/compare-tests



http://www.collegeboard.org/sites/default/files/sat-blueprint.pdf

http://www.collegeboard.org/sites/default/files/sat-blueprint.pdf

http://www.collegeboard.org/delivering-opportunity/sat/updates

http://www.collegeboard.org/delivering-opportunity/sat/updates

http://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat-suite-assessments/practice

http://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat-suite-assessments/practice

Resource Handout

Contact Information Wendy Zdeb-Roper

Executive Director

Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals

[email protected]

mymassp.org

@massp

Connect with me on Linkedin

Joanne Hopper Director General Education Leadership Network (GELN) [email protected] @joannehopper (989) 574-6519


