Transcript SAT - Valley View School District

4 Major Parts of Your PSAT/NMSQT Results
Your Scores
Your Skills
Understanding
Your
PSAT/NMSQT
Results
Your Answers
Next Steps
3 Test Sections
Critical Reading
Mathematics
Writing Skills
Your Scores
Score
You can see your projected SAT
score online in My College QuickStart
(www.collegeboard.org/quickstart).
Score Range
Percentile
If you are a junior, your scores are
compared to those of other juniors.
If you are a sophomore or younger
student, your scores are compared to
those of sophomores.
National Merit Scholarship
Corporation Information
The Selection Index is the sum of your critical reading,
mathematics and writing skills scores.
If it has an asterisk, you do not meet all of the eligibility
requirements for the competition.
The Percentile compares your performance to that of other
college-bound juniors.
The Entry Requirements section displays information you
provided on your answer sheet.
Your Skills
See how you did on each skill. The same skills are tested on the SAT.
You can try hundreds of practice questions, organized by skill, online
in My College QuickStart (www.collegeboard.org/quickstart).
Your Answers
You will get your test book back with
your PSAT/NMSQT results, so that
you can review the questions.
You can also review each test
question in My College QuickStart.
Your Answers:
Student-Produced
Responses
Some of the math problems required you
to grid in answers instead of selecting an
option. For these questions, you will see
the correct answer(s) written out.
Next Steps
What’s next?
Use the access code on your report to log in to My College
QuickStart, a personalized college and career planning kit. There you
can:
•Search for colleges
•Get a personalized SAT study plan
•Take a personality test to find majors and careers that fit you
www.collegeboard.org/quickstart
My College QuickStart
My College QuickStart
My Online Score
Report
• Projected SAT®
score ranges
• State percentiles
• You can filter questions
• Questions and
answer explanations
My College QuickStart
My SAT Study Plan™
• Personalized skills
to improve
• SAT practice questions
• An official SAT practice
test
My College QuickStart
My Personality
• Personality test
• Description of your type
• Tips for success
• Majors and careers that
might be a good fit for you
My College QuickStart
My College Matches
• Starter list of colleges
• Criteria to customize
search
• Ability to save searches
My College QuickStart
My Majors &
Career Matches
• Major you chose
• Related majors
• Related careers
My College QuickStart
Log in to your personalized account at
www.collegeboard.org/quicksta
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Scholastic Assessment Test
Measures “intellectual ability”
The SAT’s ability to predict performance in
college is only a little better than chance.
Some sort of admission testing is necessary
(level the playing field)
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Three-hour and 45 minute test
Three-hours and twenty minutes of which
count toward a students score
There are 3 scored sections in each area
(Math/Reading/Writing)
There are 10 total sections
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This section of the SAT focuses on critical
reading with more than half of the verbal test
devoted to passage-based reading questions.
The verbal test also includes analogies and
sentence completions, which emphasize logical
relationship, vocabulary, and how words
relate.
The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at
all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part
that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence
contains no error, select choice E.
The introduction of elevators in hotels meant that
A previously undesirable rooms on the top floors,
B away from the bustle and noise of the street,
C became sought after and more expensive than the lower floors.
No error DE
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Correct!
Here's Why:
The error in this sentence occurs at (D), where there is an
illogical comparison. It does not make sense to compare
“rooms on the top floors” with “the lower floors.”
Question Type: Identifying Sentence Errors
(Writing)
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The math section measures mathematical
problem solving and covers arithmetic, algebra,
and geometry using student-produced
responses (grid-ins), quantitative comparison
questions, and multiple choice questions.
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B.
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D.
E.
Read the following SAT test question, then click on a
button to select your answer.
On the last day of a one-week sale, customers
numbered 149 through 201 were waited on. How many
customers were waited on that day?
51
52
53
152
153
Correct!
Here's Why:
The number of customers who were waited
on that day is (201 – 149) + 1 = 53, as the total
number of customers is those customers
numbered 149 to 201 inclusive.
Difficulty: Medium
Question Type: Standard Multiple Choice
(Mathematics)
Section
Type of Question
Reading (3 sections)
19 Sentence Completions
Length
48 Reading Comprehension
67 Total Questions
Writing (3 sections)
70 minutes
49 Grammar
1 Essay
49 Total Questions + Essay
Math (3 sections)
60 minutes
44 Multiple Choice
10 Grid-ins
Experimental
54 Total Questions
70 minutes
Reading/Writing/Math
25 minutes
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Pay attention to detail (subtle points)
Answer the question being asked
KEY: The higher the percentage of correctly
answered questions the higher your score will
be. For most people this will not mean
answering every question.
If you need to skip a question, skip the last
ones
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Should I Guess?
There is a small guessing penalty
But, if you can eliminate even one answer
choice, it is to your advantage to guess
Typically 3 of the five answer choices are
“fluff”
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Should I Guess?
Of the two remaining answers one is typically
intentionally misleading or only partially
correct
If you can dismiss the three fluff choices, your
probability of guessing correctly increases from
20% to 50%
TOOK THE PSAT
READING
MATHEMATICS
WRITING
TOTAL
As a Junior (1)
488
496
478
1462
As a Sophomore (1)
516
527
507
1550
As a Sophomore and as a
Junior (2)
535
544
532
1611
GPA
SAT
96-100
1116
90-95
1014
85-89
934
78-84
806
70-77
697
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Year long Algebra II program
Increased the required math credits from three
to four
Review PSAT scores and use data to target
instruction
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Math and Reading teachers are using the SAT
online course as an instructional tool in a
variety of ways
This year all sophomores have taken the PSAT
as part of a mandatory program aimed at
collected student data (financed by the school
district)
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SAT Prep program
More exposure to SAT formatted assessments
and practice tests
Direct vocabulary instruction
Passage-based reading practice
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Because the ACT is curriculum-based (unlike
the SAT), some students tend to score a little
higher on it.
Many students describe the ACT as more
straight forward
There is no penalty for wrong answers
Both tests have become accepted nationwide at
most four-year colleges with no predominant
bias.
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PRACTICE TESTS
TEST TAKING TIPS/RESOURCES
QUESTION OF THE DAY
TESTING DATES/REGISTRATION
COLLEGE SEARCH
SCHOLARSHIP SEARCH
FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION
College Board
ACT Website
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Encourage your child to utilize the online
software
Visit the College Board web page to access the
questions of the day
Private Tutoring
Prepare…prepare…prepare
Grade Point Average does matter…
Valley View
School District