College Board for Counselors collegeboard.org/counselors College Board for Counselors collegeboard.org/counselors collegeboard.org/counselors SAT Suite of Assessments collegeboard.org/counselors SAT Suite of Assessments Beyond Tests, More Opportunities collegeboard.org/counselors PSAT-Related Assessments collegeboard.org/counselors Planning Test Dates 2017-18 collegeboard.org/counselors Preparing What’s new for 2017-18? Changes to Pre-Administration Schools can order score labels No need to return PSAT 8/9 Questionnaire and additional score reports test book collegeboard.org/counselors PSAT/NMSQT Educator Score Release: • Educators will be able to access their students’ Score Release PSAT/NMSQT scores in the K12 Reporting Portal starting on Dec. 4 – a week before students start receiving their scores. • Mark your calendars for Score Week for Counselors 2017: Dec. 4-8 Student Score Release: • Students will receive their scores over the course of three days, from December 11-13, similar to the way we release AP scores to students. • Students will receive an email when their PSAT/NMSQT scores are available to be viewed. collegeboard.org/counselors Improvements to Remittance Schools with allocated fee waivers will use Test Ordering Site to Procedures identify individual eligible What’s new for 2017-18? students. All schools will be able to make grade level adjustments. October 2017 December 2017 January 2018 If your school is not using By January 12, complete all fee waivers, complete fee waiver identification and Final invoices remittance following test grade level adjustments. generated and administration. sent to schools. collegeboard.org/counselors AP Potential AP Potential™ information can be found: Find students likely to score 3 • Student Score Report or higher on AP Exams, based on scores of the SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, • Student Online Score Report PSAT 10, and PSAT 8/9 • K–12 Reporting Portal • AP Potential website New for 2017-18 • Physics 1 January 30, 2018 collegeboard.org/counselors Score Week Save the Date! Score Week for Counselors: December 4–8 Learn how to maximize the K–12 score reporting portal with Take advantage of recorded webinars, videos, and downloadable resources Score Week Resources • Short videos provide easy step-by-step instructions for accessing the portal, identifying your access manager, and more. • Webinars walk you through understanding the reports that mean the most to counselors. • Videos and student-facing resources help your students make the most of their scores. December 4-8,2017 collegeboard.org/counselors Educ ators can now use the K-12 online reporting portal to explore SAT Reports for and SAT Subject Test data by graduating class for their schools and districts. Your Work No longer frozen “point in time” Roster Report snapshots, portal updated frequently • Provides roster of all test takers for a given exam and test date • Student level data is customizable and filterable • Easily exported to Excel • Pull access codes needed for students to view their scores online • Print student score reports, labels, and admission tickets Scores by Institution Report • Select exam, and filter by date or cohort year • Provides school’s overall mean score, total test takers, and student level data Scores by Demographic Report • Select exam, and filter by date or cohort year • Provides score distribution and mean scores through various filterable demographics collegeboard.org/counselors SAT collegeboard.org/counselors Fee Waivers What’s new for 2017-18? Fee Waivers no longer expire. collegeboard.org/counselors SAT Score Score delivery times have been reduced Delivery Updates • Scores from the August administration will be released September 18. What’s new for 2017-18? • Students receive their multiple choice scores first; their Students may now cancel essay scores come later. scores four business days after the test administration • Specific dates for score releases from each administration are available on the website. • Colleges will receive scores as soon as an individual student’s score is complete (with essay or complete without essay). collegeboard.org/counselors New SAT School Day Opportunity What’s new for 2017-18? WHAT WHEN HOW A way for schools to offer Starting Spring 2018 Operationally similar to the and administer SAT School March 7 PSAT-related assessments in Day without a formal contract how tests are ordered and process March 21 administered April 10 April 24 collegeboard.org/counselors SAT School Day • Four test administration dates are available in spring 2018. Key Benefits • Students test in their home school environment. • Students designate college codes for four free score reports on the answer sheet. • Your fee waiver eligible students receive College Application Fee Waivers, Question and Answer Service/Student Answer Service, four additional free score sends. • Those fee waiver eligible students do not lose their standard national administration fee waivers and benefits. • There is an improved school experience with more dedicated customer service representation. collegeboard.org/counselors Summer Mailing to Good News: A Look Ahead Schools New for 2018-19 • We are reducing waste and over-shipment of materials for 2018-19 SAT and SAT Subject Test materials. • In response to feedback from our counselor community, we are creating a more responsive and personalized model that allows schools to pinpoint what SAT and SAT Subject Test materials they need. • Starting in the spring of 2018, counselors will be able to order online what test date posters, practice guides, informational flyers, and paper registration packets they receive for next academic year. collegeboard.org/counselors19 Official SAT Practice on Khan Academy collegeboard.org/counselors Students answer the call. 4 million unique users 1.5 million linked accounts 40% test takers report using Official SAT Practice 10% decline in commercial test prep usage collegeboard.org/counselors Score Improvements with and Without Official SAT Practice Average number of points gained from PSAT/NMSQT to SAT correlated to hours spent practicing on Khan Academy Based on 250,000 students from the Class of 2017 collegeboard.org/counselors Usage is consistent across demographics. collegeboard.org/counselors Coaching Features include: Resources Recommended SAT Skills to focus on based on class performance • Lesson Plans created by Teachers for Teachers available for skills in Math, Reading, and Writing Allow teachers, counselors and other educators to see student • Additional Khan Academy content progress and provide targeted help based on their practice Recent SAT activity by student • Top recommended skills for practice • Upcoming SAT test date • Notification if account is connected to their College Board account Individual progress by each student • Questions attempted, answer choices, and correct answers • Practice Test scores collegeboard.org/counselors Student permissions Students added to a class will receive the following message Note: In addition to adding a student to a class, the student will need to accept the SAT coach data sharing agreement. When you add students to a class, they will see the following image on their SAT dashboard prompting them to share SAT data with you. collegeboard.org/counselors Recent SAT For each student you can see: Activity • Student’s progress against their question goals for the week. This question goal is determined by the students’ You can view the recent practice schedule they created on their dashboard. SAT activity in your class. • How many questions a student has completed that week, even if they haven’t created a practice schedule. • Whether or not they have any scheduled practice tests that week and whether they completed them. This is also determined from their practice schedule. • The number of days until their SAT that they indicated in their practice schedule. • Whether or not the student has connected their CB account to KA for personalized recommendations based on past PSAT 8/9, 10, P/N or SAT exams. collegeboard.org/counselors Advanced Placement collegeboard.org/counselors AP Credit Policies The percent of policies granting credit for AP scores of 3 increased from National Trends 64% in 2016 to 66% this year. • More selective publics: improved from 69% to 72% More institutions across all • Less selective publics: improved from 85% to 88% segments are accepting AP Exam scores of 3 for college credit • More selective privates: improved from 21% to 24% Number of AP credit policies at 4-year institutions 34,383 Total 33,434 11,430 Less Selective Private 11,007 7,757 More Selective Private 7,587 11,771 Less Selective Public 11,465 2017 3,425 More Selective Public 3,375 2016 collegeboard.org/counselors AP Capstone • AP Capstone schools offer two interdisciplinary courses: AP Seminar and AP Research AP Capstone Diploma candidate designations available on the Common Application and Coalition Application • Skills emphasized in these courses include: this fall • Analyzing sources for credibility and bias; • Creating an evidence-based argument; • Presenting and defending research projects • More than 230 universities and colleges offer elective or course specific credit for AP Seminar and AP Research collegeboard.org/counselors In 2016-17 AP Computer • 2,500 schools administered exam Science Principles • 50,000 students took exam The largest course launch • 2,600 teachers trained for the course in AP history • Offered in 49 states Success • Participation in CS by females and underrepresented minorities