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THE SAT: Design, Support,
and Opportunities for Students
January 29, 2016
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California and the SAT
 241,553 or 60.4% of students from the class of 2015 took the
SAT, compared to 236,923 students (60.3%) in 2014’s
graduating class and 222,658 (51.7%) in the class of 2011.
 45.9% were underrepresented minority students, compared to
44.1% in 2014 and 39.5% in 2011.
 42.1% took the test using a fee waiver, compared to 39.2% in
2014 and 33.6% of the class of 2011.
 Nationally, less than 25% of students take the SAT with a fee
waiver.
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2015: 152,000 Score Sends UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Institutions That Received the Most SAT Program Score Reports from Your Students
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2015: 157,000 Score Sends California State University
Institutions That Received the Most SAT Program Score Reports from Your Students
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K-12 and Higher Ed Partnership Activities
Collaboration with UC President Napolitano on
PSAT/NMSQT and AP Potential campaign
UC Early Academic Outreach Program(EAOP)
Delivering Opportunities professional
development series for the campus EAOP staff
Statewide EAOP and College Board AP
potential and PSAT Interpreting Results
trainings for targeted schools and districts
CSU African American Initiatives including
Super Sunday and Super Saturday
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California and Alignment of the SAT
Suite of Assessments
The alignment of the California State Standards to the SAT
Suite of Assessments is strong to very strong. There is a
very strong alignment of the California State Standards in
reading, writing, and language, and the Reading Test, the
Writing and Language Test, and the SAT Essay in the SAT
Suite. In Math, the alignment of the California State
Standards and the SAT Suite is strong.
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Beyond Assessment: Delivering Opportunity
The Class of 2015 and the
SAT College and Career Readiness Benchmark
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41.9% of SAT takers met the
benchmark
16.1% of African American SAT
takers met the benchmark
22.7% of Hispanic SAT takers
met the benchmark
32.7% of Native American SAT
takers met the benchmark
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The College Board Readiness & Success System
Beyond tests. More opportunities.
Easier for students to
navigate a path through
high school, college and
career
Extraordinary, exclusive
partnerships that deliver
unprecedented benefits
to students, educators,
and states/districts
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The College Board Readiness & Success System
“What should I focus on?”
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The few things that matter most
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The work students are already doing in class
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A clear and open assessment
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Useful benchmarks and consistent feedback
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The College Board Readiness & Success System
“How do I improve?”
Key Components
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A supplement to great classroom
instruction
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Removing barriers to high-quality
practice
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Personalized practice plans
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Collaborating with teachers and the
community
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The College Board Readiness & Success System
“How do I pay for college?”
Key Components
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Additional funds for student scholarships
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AP Potential: Inviting students to take advantage of the
opportunities they’ve earned
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Exam and college admission fee waivers
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SAT School Day
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The College Board Readiness & Success System
“How do I make sure what I do in
high school prepares me for a
career?”
Key Components
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Planning tools that engage students in
thinking about their future
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Delivering skills that matter for jobs of
the future
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Eight Key Changes to the SAT®
Words in Context
Command of
Evidence
Essay Analyzing a
Source
Math that Matters
Most
Problems Grounded
in Real-World
Contexts
Analysis in Science
and in History/Social
Studies
U.S. Founding
Documents and the
Great Global
Conversation
No Penalty for
Guessing
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Words In Context
Students will need to:
Interpret meaning based on context
Master relevant vocabulary
Engage in close reading
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Command of Evidence
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
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Essay Analyzing a Source
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
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Math that Matters Most
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; geometry,
trigonometry)
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Problems Grounded in Real-World Contexts
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
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Analysis in Science and in History/Social Studies
Students will apply their reading, writing,
language, and math skills to answer questions
in science, history, and social studies contexts.
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U.S. Founding Documents and
the Great Global Conversation
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.
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No Penalty for Guessing
One point for each correct answer
Zero points for unanswered items
Zero points for wrong answers
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SAT® Reading Test: Features
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
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SAT ® Writing and Language Test: Features
Passage based
Cross-disciplinary contexts:
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Humanities
History/social studies
Science
Careers
Informational graphics
Multiple text types: argument, informative, nonfiction narrative
Focus on:
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Expression of ideas
Standard English conventions
Words in context
Command of evidence
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SAT ® Essay Test: Features
Common Prompt:
Write an essay in which you explain how the author builds an argument
to persuade the audience of the passage’s point of view. In your essay,
analyze how the author uses specified features to strengthen the logic
and persuasiveness of the argument presented. Be sure that your
analysis focuses on the most relevant features of the passage.
Your essay should not explain whether you agree with the author’s
claims, but rather explain how the author builds an argument to
persuade the audience.
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SAT ® Math Test: Features
Multiple item types
Focus on what matters in college/career readiness
Calculator/No calculator sections
Focus on application, procedural skill and fluency,
conceptual understanding
Rich application contexts:
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Social studies
Science
Careers
Item sets
Multistep problems
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SAT ® and the rest of the Suite of Assessments
The SAT is the culmination of the College Board’s efforts to
build and expand opportunities for students
It’s important to have a sense of the entire Suite of
Assessments and the supports and services that support
students
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The SAT® Suite of Assessments
Readiness
Baseline
Check-in and
Focus
Connect to
College
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Longitudinal Progress Monitoring
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Section Scores will be placed on a vertical scale.
This same concept will hold true for the Test and CrossTest Scores as well as Total Score.
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Direct Feedback on Strengths and Weaknesses
Student and educator online score reports through their
College Board accounts
- Students can review each test question, their answers, and the
correct answers with answer explanations
- Grade-level benchmarks available for students to establish and
track college and career readiness trajectories
- Displays all score information, including subscores for additional
insight
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Student Reports – Report Detail
Detailed information of all
scores
College Readiness
Benchmark of the two section
scores – Evidence-based
Reading and Writing and
Math
Projected score range on next
assessment
Percentile rankings
Performance based on
benchmarks for individual
scores:
Need to strengthen skills
Approaching benchmark
Meets or exceeds benchmark
Tallies of correct and incorrect
answers
NOTE: All reports are subject to change and should not be considered final.
Reports shown are illustrations, and all data is fictitious.
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Educator Reports – Instructional Planning
Provides breakout of
student performance, in
each Section, Test, and
Subscores:
Need to strengthen skills
(red)
Approaching benchmark
(yellow)
Meets or exceeds
benchmark (green)
At school-level, ability
to see student in each
performance group
See state standards for
subscores
Drill-thru to Question
Analysis report
NOTE: All reports are subject to change and should not be considered final.
Reports shown are illustrations, and all data is fictitious.
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Expanded Scholarship Opportunities
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Personalized SAT® Practice through
Khan Academy
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+ The College Board and Khan Academy have
partnered to provide online SAT® test
preparation programs and resources entirely
free of charge.
+ Beginning in June 2015, Khan Academy
released an interactive and personalized
practice program for the redesigned SAT
+ Features include:
+ Thousands of practice problems
+ Personalized tutorials on test content
+ Official SAT practice questions and
full-length tests
+ Comprehensive reporting for students
+ Access anytime, anywhere — for free
+ We are working with educators, community
groups, college access organizations, and
parents to provide the necessary resources to
propel students to college success.
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AP PotentialTM
AP PotentialTM through student College Board account
- Provides personalized recommendations to help students identify
the AP courses in which they’re most likely to succeed
- In development—research to support potential for placing
students in College Board partner programs and courses with
Project Lead the Way and code.org
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