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We will lead the nation in improving student
achievement. Kathy Cox
State School Superintendent
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Improving Student Achievementin Forsyth County
Schools
UTILIZING STUDENTS SCORE REPORT PLUS Including
My College Quickstart and MyRoad PSAT Data
Analysis Using SOAS Data as a Diagnostic
Tool USING AP POTENTIAL TO BUILD THE ADVANCED
PLACEMENT PROGRAM Georgia Department of
Education Kathy Cox, State School Superintendent
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• OFFICE OF STANDARDS,INSTRUCTION ASSESSMENT
• INNOVATIVE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
• AP,PSAT,SAT ACT UNIT
• Becky Chambers, Program Manager
• bechambe_at_doe.k12.ga.us
• 404-463-5098
• Bonnie Marshall, Education Specialist
• bmarshal_at_doe.k12.ga.us
• 404-656-6854
• Georgia Haygood McSwain, Education Specialist
• gmcswain_at_doe.k12.ga.us

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The College Board Contact


Bill Heron Southern Regional Office 770-225-4005
bheron_at_collegeboard.org www.collegeboard.com htt
p//apcentral.collegeboard.com
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• The PSAT/NMSQT is a comprehensive academic
  reasoning test, which focuses on skills that all
  students need to succeed in high school and
  college.
• The reasoning skills focus on three academic
  areas of critical reading, writing, and
  mathematics, but their attainment affects all
  areas of learning because they are transferable
  process skills that are needed to manage and
  apply knowledge in all content courses.
• These skills are relevant to all students and are
  needed by all students. There is a strong focus
  on inclusion when testing with the PSAT/NMSQT.

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PSAT/NMSQT Content and Question Types
Critical Reading, 50 minutes Two, 25-minute sections total of 48 questions 13 Sentence completions 35 Passage-based reading questions
Math, 50 minutes Two, 25-minute sections total of 38 questions 28 Multiple choice 10 Student-produced response
Writing, 30 minutes One, 30-minute section total of 39 questions 20 Improving sentences 14 Identifying sentence errors 5 Improving paragraphs
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Student Score Report Plus
Scores are clearly displayed. Percentiles are
graphically displayed sophomores get sophomore
percentile. Projected SAT range shown on number
line format. School receives two copies one for
student one for school
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Student Score Report Plus

• Personalized feedback on academic skills that
  need improvement.

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Teachers and counselors may use the Student
Score Report Plus to discuss

• academic weakness which can provide opportunities
  to revisit test questions with students
• indicators about areas of interest that may
  provide framework for academic and career
  guidance
• each students interests and academic needs
  when making informed choices about course
  selections ,programs of study, postsecondary
  options.

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Student Score Report Plus

• Students may use their unique Score Report Plus
  code to access free enhancements online at
  www.collegeboard.com/psatextra
• Students may also review complete explanations
  for all responses, including incorrect ones.
• Student may also access individual reports using
  
• SAT Online at www.satonlinecourseschool.com.

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Features of My College QuickStart

• My SAT Study Plan test prep for state-mandated
  tests too!
• Opportunity to practice writing the SAT essay
• Strategies for success
• Official essay scoring guide
• Practice essay questions
• My Major Career Matches connect students to
  profiles of
• College majors based on PSAT interests
• Related majors
• Related careers
• Access to MyRoad. This interactive website
  includes
• College majors and career profiles that includes
  academic requirements, economic outlook

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PSAT Practice Means Higher SAT Scores

• Class of 2007 State average-1472
• Average SAT score without PSAT
  1415
• Average SAT score with PSAT as Junior 1508
• Average SAT score with PSAT as Sophomore or
  younger 1517
• Average SAT score with PSAT as a Junior and
  Sophomore or younger 1630

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PSAT/NMSQT data is communicated in the Summary
of Answers and Skills Report.

• Details the performance of a group (by grade) on
  each individual question.
• Provides insights into wrong answer behavior by
  the group.
• Summarizes comparative standing on skills,
  relative to the state and nation.
• Compares performance on each question to the
  state, nation and comparable group which is an
  indicator of expected academic performance
  based on a database of students academically
  comparable to your school.

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PSAT data as a diagnostic tool

• Identifies strengths and weaknesses in critical
  reading, mathematics, writing
• Identifies strengths/weaknesses in curriculum
  and/or instruction
• May be used as guide for practice or remediation
  for state-mandated tests
• End of Course Tests
• Georgia High School Graduation Test
  (GHSGT)
• Georgia High School Graduation Writing
  Test (GHSWT)
• May be used as practice for SAT
• format
• question-types
• expectations for academic reasoning
  skills
• nationally norm-referenced test

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Use PSAT/NMQST DATA to
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PSAT data may be used as a diagnostic tool.

• WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS WILL
• Examine test booklet.
• Analyze directions and vocabulary in all
  sections.
• Identify questions that might be problematic for
  students.
• Analyze critical reading/math/writing skills
  based on school report.
• Identify areas of weaknesses and strengths

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PSAT/MNSQT SKILLS ARE ALIGNED TO GPS

• In Critical Reading
• In Mathematics
• In Writing
• web address
• http//www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/counsel
  ors/psat/Georgia.pdf

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CR1 Understanding main ideas in a reading
passage How to improve Read the whole passage
carefully and try to determine the authors
overall message. Practice making distinctions
between the main idea and supporting
details. Georgia Standard(s) this skill
complements Reading Literature ELA9RL1.1.a.,
ELA9RL1.1.c., ELA9RL1.2.c., ELA9RL2.a.,
ELA9RL2.d., ELA9RC2.a., ELA10RL1.1.c.,
ELA10RL1.2.a., ELA10RL2.a, ELA10RL2.ii,
ELA10RL2.iv, ELA10RC2.a., ELAALRL1.1.a.,
ELAALRL1.c., ELAALRL1.2.c., ELAALRL2.a.,
ELAALRL4.c., ELABLRL1.1.a., ELABLRL1.1.c.,
ELABLRL1.2.c., ELABLRL2.a., ELABLRC2.a.,
ELAWLRC2.a. CR2 Understanding tone How to
improve When reading, consider how an authors
choice of words helps define his or her
attitudes. Pay attention to the way in which tone
conveys meaning in conversation and in the
media. Georgia Standard(s) this skill
complements Reading Literature ELA9RL1.1.a.,
ELA9RL1.2.b., ELA9RL1.2.c., ELA9RL2.a., ELA9RC3.a.
ELA10RL1.1.a., ELA10RC3.a., ELAALRL1.1.a.,
ELAALRL1.2.a., ELAALRL1.2.c., ELABLRL1.1.a.,
ELABLRL1.2.a., ELABLRL1.2.c., ELABLRC3.a.,
ELAWLRC3.a.
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Summary Of Answers and Skills

• Critical Reading (pp. 2-6)
• Analyze Correct Critical Reading Answers Page 3
• Analyze Incorrect Critical Reading Answers
  Pages 4-5
• Analyze Performance on Critical Reading Skills
  Page 6
• Math Reasoning (pp. 7-11)
• Analyze Correct Math Answers Page 8
• Analyze Incorrect Math Answers Pages 9-10
• Analyze Incorrect Answers on Free-Response
  Section ---Page 10
• Analyze Performance on Math Skills Page 11
• Writing Skills (pp.12-16)
• Analyze Correct Writing Skills Answers Page 13
• Analyze Incorrect Writing Skills Answers Pages
  14-15
• Analyze Performance on Writing Skills Page 16

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ANALYSIS OF CORRECT RESPONSES This section
contains a review of your groups responses on
each critical reading question. It indicates the
percentage of your group that responded correctly
as well as the percentage of correct responders
in the state, the nation and a comparable group
(expected performance).
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Analysis of Incorrect Responses

• Look at popular wrong answers for insight into
  students difficulty with the question.
• Consider possible reasons items were omitted.
• Review questions for issues with concepts,
• content, and basic reasoning skills.

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Analysis of Incorrect Responses

• Some hints
• The percentage indicators help identify questions
  that caused problems for large percentage of
  students.
• Letters identify the incorrect answer choice.
• Correct answer is noted in gray shaded cell on
  right.
• Percentage of students who omitted the question
  is in black.

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Analysis of Incorrect Student- Produced Responses
in Math

• Correct answer(s)
• Most popular incorrect answer for each group
• The rest of the incorrect answers are grouped
  together.
• Reading and comprehending directions may be
  variables that affect performance.

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Seven Steps to Using Your SOAS Data

1. Focus on the questions that are noted on the Test
   Question Detail log.
2. Review the incorrect answer choices in the test
   book to discover possible issues.
3. Identify skills assessed by items students
   missed.
4. Make inferences about what led to
   misunderstanding.
5. Share problem questions with students in math and
   English classes to gain further insight.
6. Identify where in the curriculum the skills are
   taught.
7. Work within departments and classrooms to
   address common issues that need curricular
   attention.

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• STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STRATEGIES

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What is AP Potential?
AP Potential is a Web-based tool that helps
identify potential AP students among the
schools PSAT/NMSQT test-takers.
http//appotential.collegeboard.com
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AP Potential

• identifies diamond-in-the-rough AP students
• indicates AP courses for which they might be
  suited
• promotes equity-helps your school find candidates
  for AP courses
• provides counselors/principals with useful lists
  of names of students with potential to be
  successful in AP program
• to expand AP programs
• to add courses
• to increase enrollment in current AP courses

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AP Potential
Choose your grade level and define your pool
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AP Potential
Correlated data shows the percentage of students
with AP potential at intervals of the PSAT/NMSQT
score range
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AP Potential
You select a performance criterion for each AP
course your school offers.
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AP Potential
Subject detail include ethnicity,correlations,stu
dent scores, gender
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AP Potential
Details courses selections, criteria met ,
probability for scoring 3 or above
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AP Potential

• http//www.appotential.collegeboard.com
• Click on About AP Potential
• Click on Demo
• If you have your code, you can print reports for
  each grade level.

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Why should students participate in the AP
Program?

• BENEFITS OF AP COURSES
• increased possibility of those going to college
  who finish and receive a Bachelors degree
• 85 of those taking AP continue education beyond
  high school
• AP courses are related more to degree completion
  than mere entry into college

Adelman, Clifford. Answers in the Tool Box, 1999,
US Department of Education
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Impact of AP on 5-Year College Graduation Rates
Student Group AP Exam Grade of 3, 4, 5 AP Exam Grade of 1, 2 Took AP course, but not exam
African-American 28 higher 22 higher 16 higher
Hispanic 28 higher 12 higher 10 higher
White 33 higher 22 higher 20 higher
Low-Income 26 higher 17 higher 12 higher
Not Low-Income 34 higher 23 higher 19 higher
Source Chrys Dougherty, Lynn Mellor, and Shuling
Jian, The Relationship Between Advanced Placement
and College Graduation (National Center for
Educational Accountability, 2005)
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Academic Preparation
Course/Years of Study Percentage
SAT Score English AP/Honors 36 1657
English more than 4 years 5
1529 English 4 Years 77 1499 Math
AP/Honors 28 1693 Calculus
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1698 Math More than 4 Years 12
1486 Math 4 Years 68 1614 2007
Georgia student data state average 1472
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Academic Preparation
Course/Years of Study Percentage SAT
Score Science AP/Honors
28 1694 Physics 54 1558 Science
4 Years 48 1526 Science
more than 4 years 6
1619 Social Studies AP/Honors 33
1660 Social Studies 4 Years 60
1497 Social studies more than 4 years 6
1573 2007 Georgia student
data state average 1472
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Academic Preparation
Course/Years of Study Percentage
SAT Score FL AP/Honors 17
1718 FL More than 4 Years 4
1711 FL 4 Years 13
1667 FL 3 Years 22
1558 Fine Arts AP/Honors 6
1659 Fine Arts 4 Years
17 1568 2007 Georgia student data state
average 1472
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What are SAT test content and question types?
SAT
Critical Reading (67 items) Multiple-choice items Sentence Completion 19 questions Passage based reading (long and short passages) 48 questions
Math (54 items) Multiple-choice items Number and Operations 11-13 questions Algebra I, II, and Functions 19-21 questions Geometry and Measurements 14-16 questions Statistics, Probability, and Data Analysis 6-7 questions Student-produced responses 10 questions
Writing (50 items) Multiple-choice Identifying Sentence Errors 18 questions Improving sentences 25 questions Improving Paragraphs 6 questions Student-Written Essay Effectively communicate viewpoint, defining and supporting a position 1 question

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Essential Question What are the goals of the
Official SAT Online Course?

• The goals of the SAT Online Course are
• to increase student achievement
• to improve critical reading skills
• to improve writing and communications skills
• to improve reasoning skills
• to increase students familiarity with a
  reasoning test
• to increase students awareness of SAT as a
  reasoning test
• to improve Georgias SAT scores

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How can we use the SAT Online Prep Course?

• Differentiate instruction
• Supplement classroom instruction in all classes,
  not only math and language arts
• Enrich instruction in SAT Prep classes
• Enhance postsecondary success skills for all
  students
• Monitor student/class/school progress
• Increase parental involvement

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Essential Question How does using the Online
SAT Prep Course improve student achievement?

• Students practice their reasoning skills based on
  knowledge and skills developed through their
  course work.
• The Official SAT Online Course provides
  practice opportunities for student to apply
  critical thinking skills.
• The Official SAT Online Course provides
  opportunities for students to analyze and solve
  problems.
• The Official SAT Online Course provides practice
  opportunities through lessons, quizzes and tests
  that mirror standards of the Georgia Performance
  Standards, domains of End of Course Tests, strand
  standards of Georgia High School Graduation Tests
  and content and format of the SAT.

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OUTLINE OF OFFICIAL SAT ONLINE COURSE

• Lesson 1 Overview of SAT
• Lesson 2 Strategies for success on tests
• Lesson 3 PSAT/NMSQT information

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OUTLINE OF OFFICIAL ONLINE SAT COURSE

• CRITICAL READING SKILLS
• Lesson 4 Overview of critical reading
• Lesson 5 Sentence completion
• Lesson 6 Passage-based reading

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OUTLINE OF OFFICIAL ONLINE SAT COURSE

• WRITING SKILLS
• Lesson 7 Overview of writing
• Lesson 8 The essay
• Lesson 9 Identifying sentence errors
• Lesson 10 Improving sentences
• Lesson 11 Improving paragraphs

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OUTLINE OF OFFICIAL ONLINE SAT COURSE

• MATHEMATICS
• Lesson 12 Overview of mathematics
• Lesson 13 Multiple choice questions
• Lesson 14 Student-Produced Responses
• Lesson 15 Numbers and Operations
• Lesson 16 Algebra and Functions
• Lesson 17 Geometry and Measurement
• Lesson 18 Data Analysis, Statistics, Probability

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OFFICIAL SAT ONLINE COURSE
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• www.satonlinecourseschool.com
• EDUCATORS USER ID- gapromoteacher1
• gapromoteacher2
• gapromoteacher3
• Password-georgia1
• STUDENTS USER ID gapromostudent 1 or 2 or 3
• Password georgia 1

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SAT Online Course Class Management
TabTab is available only to teachers/administrato
rs.

• Manage Classes
• Create class sections and manage class
  roster.
• Define Essay Scoring Method
• Teacher selects method for scoring student
  essays. Use the automated system or teacher
  scoring. Choose from more than 25 essay topics.
• Score Essays
• Scoring guidelines and sample essays
• Resources - Additional online resources include
  training tutorial, sample correspondences.