1. What Does My Child’s Test Score Mean?
Lake Orion High School
Add your School Name
Keep or change Presentation Name

2. Purpose of Our Time Together
Gain understanding of the State of Michigan required assessment structure.
Learn how to read and understand the Student Score Report.
Empower parents/guardians with tools and resources to support student’s assessment preparation.
Explain that these are the targets for the presentation

3. Vocabulary
The College Board - The organization that prepares and administers standardized tests that are used in college admission.
SAT- ”Scholastic Assessment Test,” which measures academic skills. Required in Michigan as the state assessment in grade 11.
PSAT – ”Pre-SAT,” which is taken in Michigan in grades 8, 9 and 10 fall and spring.
PSAT/NMSQT - ”Pre-SAT,” which is taken in grade 11 and used for National Merit recognition.
KHAN Academy – Personalized, official online SAT prep.
Share this vocabulary with parents so they will know what you are talking about

4. Michigan Assessment Requirements
Grade 8
M-STEP* (Spring)
Grade 9
PSAT 8/9 (Spring)
Grade 10
PSAT 10 (Spring)
Grade 11
SAT and M-STEP Science & Social Studies (Spring)
Explain that currently Michigan testing requirements at grades 9/10/11 are
8th grade currently utilizes M-STEP but beginning in they will use PSAT 8/9 w/ an M-Step wrap-around component for Social Studies and Science
9th Grade
10th Grade
11th Grade
Be sure to add any other assessments that your school is using.
Explain that todays presentation is on PSAT/SAT because that is the College Entrance exam and what is likely to be the State of Michigan's long term plan.
* Beginning in Michigan will replace the M-STEP with PSAT 8/9 as the grade 8 assessment in ELA and Math.

5. Take a Deep Breath

6. Arrows:
Total Test Score
Percentile Ranking- means the percentage of students they scored higher than.
Math Score & EBRW score
Indicates if they are on track for college readiness. Green range on track. Red Range not on track.
Test Scores- shows how many questions were correct out of how many asked in the specific subject
Cross Test Scores- How well they were able to use the content of History/Social Studies and Science within the tested questions. EX A reading passage contained science content
The scores are further broken down by the most important skills in each subject area

7. The second page of the student report further explain
What the student can likely already do
Suggestions on how to improve skills

8. Page 3 of the Report
How you answered each question
Key
Access Code will give access to further information about the content of the question

9. So, what do we do with these scores?

10. Practice Options – Daily App
Download the Daily Practice App and get one question each day.
Available in the App Store, Google Play or via the web!
You can download an APP that will give you one question a day to practice for the SAT
Show Video
collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/practice/daily-practice-app

11. Practice Options – Full Length Tests
8 tests available, which can be scored immediately using the daily app.
Explain that there are 8 practice tests available.
Students should take the Paper/Pencil version in a simulated testing environment
Getting a feel for the timing is important
Provide information about how your school is or will use the practice tests
collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/practice/full-length-practice-tests

12. Explain to parents that KHAN academy is a web based educational site that includes many academic resources for students. They have partnered with College Board to create a SAT interactive practice program.
Tell parents your school plan to use KHAN
Inform Parents that you have provided a hand out with step by step information on how to use and monitor KHAN

13. Practice Options – KHAN Academy
Click “Practice” to master specific skills.
Your child’s prior grade tests will be displayed here.
By far the best practice they can utilize is right here...
khanacademy.org/mission/sat/overview

14. Creating Your Account - Parents
1. Parents can create an account in Khan and monitor student progress
2. This information is available in a handout.

15. So, why are scores important for college?
Colleges look at SAT scores as part of the admissions process.
Different universities have varying requirements for acceptance.
Scores can also be used to determine both university and local scholarships

16. College Search – Big Future
Big Future by College Board – part of student portal
Search and filter colleges based on distance, SAT scores, housing, etc.
College Board makes searching for colleges easy with Big Future.
Students can search schools, learn about entrance standards based on their SAT scores, and other important information.
They can even add colleges to their saved list and find out if they are on track based on their scores.

17. College Information – Requirements Worksheet
The Michigan Colleges entrance worksheet indicates what the average entrance requirements are for Michigan Colleges. Each year the requirements will change slightly based on the incoming freshman class application volume. If a college is getting applications with lower scores they may make an adjustment in their entrance criteria. In other words, the more applicants the higher the academic requirements.
This worksheet is in the parent handout package

18. College Search – Next Steps
Research College Options
*Admission Requirements
*Majors and Program
*Location and Surrounding Community
*Cost/Financial Aid
*Size of Campus/Campus Environment
*Internships and Study Abroad
*Support Services

19. College Search – Next Steps
For current Juniors: FAFSA Night September 2019
For current Sophomores: SAT Prep class
Practice with Khan Academy