Welcome to PSAT Training

Test Day: Wednesday, October 15th

10th & 11th Grade Homerooms

Please complete your October Testing Raffle card.

PSAT/NMSQTPreliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test

• The PSAT provides practice for the SAT.

• The PSAT provides students the chance to enter NMSC scholarship programs and gain access to college and career planning tools.

• The PSAT measures:• Critical reading skills• Math problem-solving skills• Writing skills

• North Carolina pays for 1 testing opportunity; CMS pays for a 2nd testing opportunity (10th & 11th graders)

• Testing Time: approx. 3 hours Distributing Materials & Identifying Info: 45 min. Sections 1-4: 25 minutes each Section 5: 30 minutes 5 minute break after Section 2 1 minute break after Section 4

Important Information

• Test fee: $14 Covered by NC and CMS for CMS students

• If you have a 10th or 11th grader in CMS who is taking the PSAT (even if he/she is not at West Meck), you cannot be a test administrator or proctor. Please let me know ASAP!

Test Administrators/Proctors:

Before Testing• (Page 40) Prepare a seating plan (on the back of

manual)…Do not allow students to choose their own seats.

• I will collect the seating plans and Supervisor’s Manuals at check-in.

• Remind students to bring No. 2 pencils and a calculator (4 function, scientific, or graphing)

• You are not allowed to offer calculators to students who may not have one.

• Working clock? 2nd timing device? Covered content posters? Uncovered classroom door windows?

Pick Up Time•All pick-up/drop-off of materials will take place in the Media Center.•Brief Testing Session and Sign-In for everyone involved!!!•You will be required to count all materials, so come early!

Before Testing: Morning Check-Out

Make sure your room is suitable for testing. Be familiar with the script.

Begin Testing!!!

6:45 am

6:45 - 7:00 am

By 7:30 am

Everyone reports to HomeroomFollow Checklist for Checking In StudentsProctors: Report to Test Location

7:15 am

RETRIEVE YOUR BIN DURING MORNING CHECK-OUT IN THE MEDIA CENTER• Labeled with Homeroom teacher’s

name• Roster• CHECKLIST to follow closely• Supervisor’s manual to read

instructions verbatim• Supplemental instructions for using

pre-ID labels• Test books• Answer sheets• Pencils• Plastic bags• White envelopes• Testing sign for your door• College Board code sign• School address sign

What’s in Your Bin

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• As students enter, ask for, turn off, and collect their electronic devices in the white envelopes. Write their names on the front, seal them, and store them in your bin in sight of the students (on the teacher’s desk).

• Identify and admit students Utilize roster to confirm students

• Direct students to seats Alphabetical (Left / right and front / back)

• No late arrivals once Section 1 has begun• No cell phones or other electronic devices

• Other than permitted calculators, students are not allowed to have in their possession or to use a cell phone or any other electronic device at any time during testing, including breaks.

Automatic Misadministration

Test Day: Admitting Students

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Test Day Requirements

• Write on the board prior to testing:o Your six-digit School Code (sign provided)o Your school address (sign provided)o Today’s Dateo Start Time: _____ - to be entered for each sectiono Stop Time: _____ - to be entered for each sectiono Break Stop Time: _____- for the 5 minute break

Test Administrators/Proctors:

Test Day Requirements• Thoroughly study Supervisor’s Manual

• Be responsible for testing materials in your possession

• Read script verbatim…follow highlighting

• Uphold the Testing Code of Ethics

• Distribute materials to students individually

• Actively monitor students: no grading papers, reading books, texting, etc.

• Proctors can help distribute materials

• Student:Teacher ratio must be 34:1

• Restroom Breaks: one student at a time with a hall monitor; test administrator must collect materials

Test Administrators/Proctors: Following Instructions• Follow PSAT Checklist!

We are using pre-ID labels this year, which means there are 2 sets of instructions (the supplemental instructions & the manual)!

No U.S. territory addresses. Use Section Timing Chart on page 14 of manual

to stay on track. You cannot move ahead to the next section,

even if all students are done! Entire time must be provided.

Collect all materials listed on the checklist.

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Prohibited Aids• Include, but not limited to (Supervisor’s Manual, pg. 8):

o Electronic equipment (including cell phone, tablet)o Portable listing or recording device (MP3 player,

iPod)o Camerao Pens, colored or mechanical pencils, highlighterso Separate timero Scratch paper, notes, books, dictionaryo Earplugs, protractor, ruler

• If students are seen using any of these devices or if the device makes any noise (ringing or vibrating) during testing or a break, the student will be asked to leave and their answer sheet will be voided

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Irregularities

• All irregularities must be documented on the Irregularity Report

o Examples and Actions: Supervisor’s Manual pgs. 22-24

• Irregularity Report is located in the Supervisor’s Manual on pg. 37 and online at www.collegeboard.org/testright

• Irregularity Report(s) must be submitted with returned materials

• Affected answer sheets may need to be returned separately (on top of other answer sheets), refer to Supervisor’s Manual

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Irregularities

• Student answer sheets may be voided in the following scenarios:o Student becomes ill during the test and/or must

leave before all sections are administeredo Student gives/receives informationo Prohibited Aid (cell phones, etc.)o Working on the wrong section of the testo Working longer than the time permitted

•See official information pgs. 22-24

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Important Facts: Student Answer Sheets

• Current Grade Level (section 3) must be coded correctlyo Schools will be charged for students outside of 10th

and 11th grade

• CMS Student ID number (section 5) must be bubbled correctlyo Start from the left, bubble full 10-digit ID numbero Use leading zeros, if necessary

• School Code (section 6a) is NOT 6 digit courier code. Use College Board School Code.

Test Administrators/Proctors:

After Testing• Collect answer sheets and then test books individually.

Do not have students pass them forward.

• Follow your PSAT Checklist to be sure you are bringing everything back to the Media Center.

• Proctors remain with class; test administrators return materials to the Media Center.

If anything happens, ask students to

close their test booklets and stop working. Mark the time.

Ask your hall monitor to have Ms.

Raynor come to your room.

Refer to pages 22-24 for test day problems.

Check-In (Media Center)

• Look for the labeled bins for where to drop all items.

• The counselors will help with safeguarding test books and answer sheets. They will count all materials brought in by teachers.

Thanks for attending PSAT Training

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