Assessment Brief:
PSAT/NMSQT® and PSAT™ 10
Presentation Outcomes
1. Understand differences between
previous SAT and redesigned SAT
2. Understand how scores are reported
3. Understand how to prepare for the SAT
4. Understand trends in admission process
1. Redesigned SAT plus Essay – April 2016
2. WorkKeys jobs skills assessments in reading, math and locating
information - April 2016
3. Michigan developed assessments in math, science and social
studies – April and May 20216
What Do Students Need to Know for Post-High
School Success?
The College Board has identified a critical set of knowledge, skills, and
understandings that predict student success in college and workforce training
programs:
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Comprehend challenging literary and informational texts
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Revise and edit extended texts
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Show command of math, especially algebra and data analysis
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Use evidence in reading and writing
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Analyze data
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Use and understand words in context
Career and College Readiness is determined by student having a 75% chance of
receiving an A or B in their college courses.
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What Does the Redesigned PSAT and SAT Look Like?
► Evidence-Based
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Reading and Writing Section
Reading Test
Writing and Language Test
► Math
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Section
Math Test
► SAT
Essay (Required not optional in Michigan as
part of the Michigan Merit Exam)
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Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Overview
► Evidence-Based
Reading and Writing Section comprises the Reading
Test and the Writing and Language Test.
► Text
complexity: 9th grade through first year post-high school
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PSAT 8/9 reading levels are tested at grades 6 – 10
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PSAT 10 reading levels are tests at grades 9 – 10
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SAT reading level tests at grades 10 - 12
► Emphasis
► Inclusion
► Focus
on source analysis and use of evidence
of data and informational graphics
on words in context and on word choice for rhetorical effect
► Students
work with texts in literature, science and social studies
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On the Reading Test students must:
►Comprehend
a broad range of high-quality,
appropriately challenging literary and
informational texts
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Read passages and answer associated
multiple-choice questions. Some question sets
will refer to paired passages, others will refer to
only one passage.
►Refer
to the specific language in the passages
and use careful reasoning to draw supportable
inferences.
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Writing and Language Test Overview
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Assesses college and career readiness proficiency in revising and editing a range of
texts.
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Does not require students to provide written responses -- multiple-choice questions
only. (the essay will be when student provides written response)
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Attends to a core set of standard English language conventions and to effective
written expression.
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Some passages and/or questions will be accompanied by representations of data —
tables, charts, graphs, etc.
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All passages will be written specifically for the test.
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The most common question format will require students to choose the best of three
alternatives to an indicated part of the passage (often an underlined portion) or to
determine that the version presented in the passage is the best option.
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How many schools do you recognize?
How many schools do you recognize?
ALMA EMU
OU
GVSU
UMAA
Delta
Adrian
WMU
FSU
SVSU
Kettering
Olivet MTU
NMU
LSSU
HOPE
KC
CMU
WSU
MSU
Detroit Mercy Hillsdale
The SAT® Suite of Assessments
Readiness
Baseline
Check-in and
Focus
Connect to
College
Which Students Should Take These Assessments, and When?
Benefits of the PSAT/NMSQT and PSAT 10
1. Prepare students for college and career.
2. Link to online, personalized pathway for practice through Khan
Academy
3. Identify students who have potential to succeed in AP courses
4. Provide entry into scholarship programs.
5. Collect and use valuable data
6. Identify skills for improvement
7. Build a college-going culture
8. Support college and career planning
Example organizations offering scholarships through PSAT/NMSQT:
American Indian Graduate Center
Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
PSAT/NMSQT &
PSAT 10
Reading Test
Content
Specifications
PSAT/NMSQT
and PSAT 10
Writing and
Language
Test Content
Specifications
PSAT/NMSQT
and PSAT 10
Math Test
Specifications
Grade-Appropriate Reading
Grade-Appropriate Writing and Language
Grade-Appropriate Math
Redesigned Assessment Scores Side-By-Side
PSAT/NMSQT and PSAT 10 - Reading Test Sample Questions
Line
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45
It’s ironic that so many people still believe the main remedy for
traffic congestion is to build more roads and highways, which of course
only makes the problem worse. New roads generate higher levels of
“induced traffic,” that is, new roads just invite drivers to drive more and
lure people who take mass transit back to their cars. Eventually, we end
up with more clogged roads rather than a long-term improvement in
traffic flow.
The coming decades will likely see more intense clustering of jobs,
innovation, and productivity in a smaller number of bigger cities and cityregions. Some regions could end up bloated beyond the capacity of their
infrastructure, while others struggle, their promise stymied by inadequate
human or other resources.
Content: Information and Ideas/Interpreting words and
phrases in context
Difficulty: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Students must
determine the meaning of a word in the context in which it
appears.
As used in line 43, “intense” most nearly
means
A) emotional.
B) concentrated.
C) brilliant.
D) determined.
Answer
Choice B is the best answer because the context makes clear that
the clustering of jobs, innovation, and productivity will be more
concentrated in, or more densely packed into, “a smaller number
of bigger cities and city-regions” (lines 44-45).
PSAT/NMSQT and PSAT 10 - Writing and Language Test
Sample Questions
[1] Kingman was keenly interested in landscape painting from an early age. [2] In Hong
Kong, where Kingman completed his schooling, teachers at that time customarily
assigned students a formal “school name.” [3] His interest was so keen, in fact, that he
was named after it. [4] The young boy who had been Dong Moy Shu became Dong
Kingman. [5] The name Kingman was selected for its two parts: “king” and “man,”
Cantonese for “scenery” and “composition.” [6] As Kingman developed as a painter, his
works were often compared to paintings by Chinese landscape artists dating back to
CE 960, a time when a strong tradition of landscape painting emerged in Chinese art. [7]
Kingman, however vacated from that tradition in a number of ways, most notably in
that he chose to focus not on natural landscapes, such as mountains and rivers, but on
cities. His fine brushwork conveys detailed street-level activity: a peanut vendor
pushing his cart on the sidewalk, a pigeon pecking for crumbs around a fire hydrant, an
old man tending to a baby outside a doorway.
Content classification:
Humanities
OBJECTIVE: Students must make revising and editing decisions in the
context of a passage on a topic in the humanities.
.
1 A) NO CHANGE
B) Chinese landscape artists
C) painters of Chinese landscapes
D) artists
Content: Conventions of
Usage/Logical comparison
Difficulty: Medium
Objective: Students must
ensure that like terms are
being compared.
Choice A is the best answer because it creates
a comparison between like terms: “works” by
Kingman and “paintings by Chinese landscape
artists.”
Content: Effective language
Use/Precision
Difficulty: Hard
Objective: Students must
determine the most
contextually appropriate word.
PSAT/NMSQT and PSAT 10 - Math Test Sample Questions
• How many of the 9 people have an actual height that differs
by more than 3 centimeters from the height predicted by the
line of best fit?
• A) 2
• B) 4
• C) 6
• D) 9
Answer
• Choice B is correct. The people who have first
metacarpal bones of length 4.0, 4.3, 4.8, and 4.9
centimeters have heights that differ by more than
3 centimeters from the height predicted by the
line of best fit.
Aaron is staying at a hotel that charges $99.95 per night plus
tax for a room. A tax of 8% is applied to the room rate, and an
additional one-time untaxed fee of $5.00 is charged by the
hotel. Which of the following represents Aaron’s total charge,
in dollars, for staying x nights?
A) (99.95 + 0.08x) + 5
B) 1.08(99.95x) + 5
C) 1.08(99.95x + 5)
D) 1.08(99.95 + 5)x
Answer
Choice B is correct. The total charge that Aaron will pay is the room
rate, the 8% tax on the room rate, and a fixed fee. If Aaron stayed
x nights, then the total charge is (99.95x + 0.08 X 99.95x) + 5,
which can be rewritten as 1.08(99.95x) + 5.
Anise needs to complete a printing job using both of the
printers in her office. One of the printers is twice as fast as the
other, and together the printers can complete the job in 5
hours. The equation below represents the
situation described.
Content: Passport to Advanced Math
No Calculator
Answer
Choice B is correct. From the description given,
is the portion of the job that
the two printers, working together, can complete in one hour, and each term in
the sum on the left side is the part of this
of the job that one of the printers
contributes. Since one of the printers is twice as fast as the other,
describes
the portion of the job that the faster printer is able to complete in one hour and
describes the portion of the job that the slower printer is able to complete in
one hour.
How To Prepare for the PSAT and
Redesigned SAT
► Take
the most challenging courses available at your
school
► Read
often. Build your reading stamina with multiple
types of texts
► Understand
the test format and take practice tests.
There are several free online tests.
► Know
your academic strengths and weaknesses.
Ask your instructor how to improve in areas of
weakness
► Khan
Academy can help with personalized tutorials
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Practice with Khan Academy
►Features
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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
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Practice with Khan Academy
►Practice
programs will be individually
targeted to address each student’s greatest
areas of need (based on diagnostic
assessment on khanacademy.org.).
►Khan
Academy provides online guides and
suggestions to help teachers use Khan
Academy supports in classroom instruction.
►www.khanacademy.org/sat
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Scores and Score Ranges Across the SAT Suite of
Assessments
SUBSCORES
41 ARE NOT VERTICALLY EQUATED
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Trends in the Admissions Process
1.Many colleges/universities prioritize h.s grades and coursework rigor
over test scores.
2.The majority of Michigan colleges /universities accept both ACT and
SAT for admission.
3.Take the ACT if you think your score will give you an advantage toward
acceptance.
4.Go to Career Cruising to learn about the requirement for your colleges
of interest
Institutional Importance of Admissions Factors
 GPA College Prep Courses
 GPA in All Subjects
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Admissions Test Scores
Counselor Letter of Recommendation
Teacher Letter of Recommendation
Essay/Writing Sample
 Class Rank
 Student’s Demonstrated Interest
 Extracurricular
91%
87%
85%
62%
60%
57%
52%
50%
44%
Source: NACAC ‘State of College Admission’ 2008 Report
www.careercruising.com
Michigan State University 2015
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Select Education from menu
Type Michigan State in search box
Select Enrollment from side menu
Scroll to SAT score for freshman
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Next steps for students
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Take challenging coursework in high school
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Sign up for Khan Academy
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Take PSAT in grades 8 - 10
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Understand your strengths and weaknesses. Seek
help on areas of weakness
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Read multiple type texts often
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For more information:
Jeffrey Dole
Career Preparation Specialist
Capital Area Career Center/IISD
611 Hagadorn
Mason, MI 48854
jdole@inghamisd.org
(517) 244-1365