GETTING READY FOR

THE PSAT/NMSQT

Agenda

• Changes to the PSAT/NMSQT

• Scores and Reporting

• Resources to Support Students

• Getting Ready for the PSAT

The PSAT/NMSQT is Coming!

Wednesday, October 19

Austin ISD pays for all 10th and 11th grade students to take the PSAT every October. Many districts don’t and students pay for the exam individually. It will be during the first half of the school day. Only juniors take it for National Merit qualification

The PSAT/NMSQT is Coming!

Wednesday, October 19

Anderson High students have been given a student preparation guide & practice test plus there will be an email update about testing day details early in October

The New

SAT Suite of Assessments

Connect to College

Check-in and Focus

Readiness Baseline

The SAT® Suite of Assessments

7 Key Changes to the PSAT as of 2015

Students will need to:

Interpret meaning based on context

Master relevant vocabulary

Engage in close reading

7 Key Changes to the PSAT

Students will be asked 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

7 Key Changes to the PSAT

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

7 Key Changes to the PSAT

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)

7 Key Changes to the PSAT

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

7 Key Changes to the PSAT

Students will apply their reading, writing,

language, and math skills to answer questions

in science, history, and social studies contexts.

7 Key Changes to the PSAT

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.

7 Key Changes to the PSAT

One point for each correct answer

Zero points for unanswered items

Zero points for wrong answers

7 Key Changes to the PSAT

SCORES

AND

REPORTS

320-1520

160 to 760

8 to 38 range

8 to 38 range

1 to 15 range

PSAT/NMSQT Scores

PSAT/NMSQT Score Report

Student Reports - Login

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• Online scores will be

available before paper

reports

• Access code needed

only if name, address,

DOB on account do

not match

• Educators can obtain

access codes from

K12 portal prior to

receiving student

paper reports

NOTE: All reports are subject to change and should not be considered final

Student Reports - Dashboard

• Consolidated view of all

assessment scores

• Brief overview of each

assessment including

grade and year taken

plus top level section

scores

• Includes pre-2015

PSAT/NMSQT scores

• ‘Report Details’ less

detailed for pre-2015

PSAT/NMSQT

20NOTE: All reports are subject to change and should not be considered final

Student Reports – Report Detail

• Projected score ranges

on next assessment

• Percentile rankings

• Tallies of correct and

incorrect answers

21NOTE: All reports are subject to change and should not be considered final

Student Reports – Skills Insight

• Detailed explanation of

current college readiness

skills, based on test score

band and typical students

• Actionable steps to improve

on skills required to be

college ready

• Each skill linked to

applicable subscore

categories

22NOTE: All reports are subject to change and should not be considered final

Student Reports – Additional Features

• Popular Tools

• Personality profile

(MyRoad)

• Career and college

major exploration

• College search

• Scholarship search

• Financial aid

information and

application

• SAT registration

23NOTE: All reports are subject to change and should not be considered final

RESOURCES

TO SUPPORT

STUDENTS

Official SAT® Practice Through Khan Academy®

www.khanacademy.org/sat

Personalized SAT® Practice through

Khan Academy

Send Score Data PersonalizedLearning Roadmap

Official SATPractice Tests

Currently Available on Khan

Feature Description

Practice questions Thousands of practice questions for math, reading, and writing

co-developed with the College Board

Practice tests Four full-length practice redesigned SATs written by the College

Board with answer explanations

Diagnostic quizzes Brief diagnostic quizzes for math, reading, and writing to gauge

starting skill levels

Recommendations Customized skills and tutorial recommendations based on your

skill level and the proportion that topics are tested

Skills analysis Summary of skills for math, reading, and writing and current

performance and level on each skill

Tutorials Customizable exercises and videos that allow you to review

concepts and focus your practice

Expanded Scholarship Opportunities

Increased access to over

$180 million in scholarships!

Student Search Service®

Student Search connects students with over 1,400 opportunities.

Student Search is now partnered with five

additional major scholarship programs:

•Hispanic Scholarship Fund

•United Negro College Fund

•Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

•Asian & Pacific Islander American

Scholarship Fund

•American Indian Graduate Council

These scholarship organizations provide nearly

$180 million in scholarships

The PSAT/NMSQT Student Guide

Math teachers will hand out student guide to every sophomore & junior student; after results arrive counselors will get access codes out to students and assist with interpretation (see IMA B STUDENT score report)

GETTING READY

What to Bring on Test Day

• Two No. 2 pencils

• An approved calculator

• Know which email address you want to use to get

information and updates from the College Board.

**NO ELECTRONIC DEVICES ARE ALLOWED IN THE

ROOM DURING TESTING OR BREAKS**

What NOT to Bring on Test Day

• Any devices, including smartwatches, that can be used to record,

transmit, receive or play back audio, photographic, text, or video

content

• Protractors, compasses, rulers

• Highlighters, colored pens, colored pencils

• Pamphlets or papers of any kind

• Dictionaries or other books — there are no exceptions, even if English

is not your first language

• Food and drinks

Really, Really Important

You will be dismissed immediately and your

scores will be canceled if you use your phone

or if it makes a noise — even during breaks.

Your phone may also be confiscated and

inspected.

For More Information

collegereadiness.collegeboard.org