1 2 3 Welcome! ACT Updates PSAT & SAT Overhaul The Transition Year Your Student

Updated ACT Overview Scoring Math Reading Category Features No changes to 1-36 scoring New scores reported ELA STEM Career Readiness Text Complexity Scoring Math More probability & statistics Reading New paired passages

Updated ACT Overview Essay Category Features Now requires analysis of 3 different perspectives More scores provided Ideas and analysis Development and support Organization Language use Essay

New SAT Overview Timing Scoring Category Features 3 hours, 50 minutes Now scored on a scale of 1600 Evidence-Based Reading & Writing Math New optional Essay scored separately No guessing penalty Scoring

Test & Cross-Test Scores Scoring Details Composite Score Sum of the two Area Scores Range of 400 - 1600 Area Score Math Range of 200 - 800 Area Score Evidence-Based Reading + Writing Range of 200 - 800 Test & Cross-Test Scores 3 Test Scores: Math, Reading, and Writing & Language 2 Cross-Test Scores: Science, History/Social Studies Range of 10 - 40

New SAT Overview Category Features Evidence-based Reading and Writing combined Reading details: No sentence completions Passage topics include US and World Literature, History/Social Studies, and Sciences (500 - 750 words) 65 minutes Writing and Language details: Focus on extended prose (400 - 500 words) 35 minutes Evidence-based Reading & Writing Section

New SAT Overview Math Section Category Features Three areas of concentrated focus: Problem solving and data analysis “The Heart of Algebra” “Passport to Advanced Math” Math fluency emphasized 25 minutes without a Calculator 55 minutes with a Calculator Item Sets Math Section

New SAT Overview Essay Category Features Essay is optional 50 minutes Requires students to analyze a 650-750 word document and explain how the author builds an argument 3 Scores (2-8) Reading Analysis Writing Essay

New Essay Prompt

New PSAT/NMSQT Overview Category Features Timing 2 hours, 45 minutes Structure Aligned with the New SAT, and almost the same length No Essay No guessing penalty Now scored on a scale of 1520 Evidence-Based Reading & Writing Math Scoring

PSAT & New SAT Scoring SAT: 400-1600 PSAT/NMSQT: 320-1520 300 600 900 1200 1500 Composite Score Range

How is the Test Changing? Data Analysis/Problem Solving Number & Operations Reading Comprehension Grammar/Usage/Mechanics Words in Context Evidence-based Algebra SAT Words Rhetorical Skills Rhetorical Skills Geometry Geometry Algebra Essay Trig Reading Math Writing & Language

New SAT and ACT: 5 Key Differences The New SAT has a greater focus on History & Social Studies passages Both focus on Algebra, but the New SAT has a greater emphasis on Data Analysis & Problem Solving The ACT requires more Science reading The New SAT requires more mental math The New SAT has grid-in questions, and an extended thinking grid-in question ACT? New SAT? What’s the Difference?

ACT: Enhanced Scoring + Writing Test PSAT: New Test Launches Test Change Timeline ACT: Enhanced Scoring + Writing Test PSAT: New Test Launches SAT: New Test Launches SAT: 2nd to Last Current Test SAT: Last Current Test Sept2015 Oct2015 Dec2015 Jan2016 Mar2016

New SAT and College Admissions First New SAT administration 21 days + up to 4 weeks for scores to be available New SAT Concordance tables Released in December for the PSAT and May for the SAT New and Old SAT scores Schools will accept both scores for a 3-year transition period

Open Questions Will schools “Superscore” the Old & New? Will schools require the optional Essay? What impact will Test and Cross-Test Scores have on admissions?

Test Options Class of 2018 and Younger Class of 2017 Current SAT ACT New SAT

Test Paths Student Profile Potential Test Path New SAT Early Decision APs and Subject Tests Current SAT or ACT Regular Decision ACT not an option New SAT Great Test Taker Current SAT & New SAT & ACT Anxious test taker Obvious strengths with one test Current SAT or New SAT or ACT

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