College Readiness, Access and Acceleration As more high school students in New England seek to access higher education, institutions in our region have developed a range of innovative, data-driven systems for supporting the transition to post-secondary learning and accelerating the path to success.

Students: Finding a College Is Serious Business 2 Source: Survey of over 200K students visiting the Big Future website When compared to other choices in students lives, finding and choosing a college is like ________:

3 On a scale of 1–10, how big a deal is the college planning process to you? Source: Survey of over 200K students visiting the Big Future website “A… choice that will impact my whole life.” “It’s just something I have to do.” Students: Finding a College Is Serious Business

Colleges: Finding Students Is Serious Business 4 Sources: The Landscape of Higher Education (College Board National Forum 2012) Number of Public High School Graduates by Race/Ethnicity, by CB Region: 1992–2028

A Unified Approach 5

Helping students make the transition to college and institutions find qualified students. 6

Class of 2014 SAT Participation + 1,672,395 students from the class of 2014 took the SAT, an increase compared to 1,660,047 students last year ,986 students were minority students — an increase from 762,511 last year ,992 low-income students took the exam using a fee waiver, an increase from 387,748 last year. 7

Not enough students are prepared for college + Only 42.6% of students who took the SAT met the College Board benchmark for readiness % of African American SAT takers met the benchmark % of Hispanic SAT takers met the benchmark % of Native American SAT takers met the benchmark. 8

Missed Opportunities in the Class of

300% Average amount by which students and parents overestimate the cost of attending a public four-year college 23% Proportion of students with the qualifications to attend a four-year college and apply to only one college 82% Proportion of high-achieving, low-SES students who do not apply to a single college on par with their academic qualifications Many Information and Aspiration Gaps Persist 10

Powerful Effects of College Communications Research demonstrates that information received from colleges shapes college choices for more than a third of low-income students. 11 Complexity in College Admission: The Barriers Between Aspiration and Enrollment for Lower-Income Students (Oct. 2011)

Good News on Student Behavior & Perceptions + Current high school students exhibit a strong entrepreneurial, independent and self-sustaining spirit with a driving motivation to map out their own future. + The cohort is also certain about the importance of higher education. -81% of students say that a college degree is important to the have for the career they want. -65% feel that the college costs are worth it; the benefits will outweigh the costs. + They have notable concerns about financial futures, including the cost of college. -67% are concerned about being able to afford college. 12 Northeastern University, 4 th Innovation Imperative Poll, 2014

May 2014 AP Exam Administration Participation + 1,478,084 11th and 12th grade public school students took AP in 2014, an increase of 3.8% from last year ,808 were traditionally underrepresented minority students, an increase of 7.0% from last year ,379 were low-income students, an increase of 7.3% from last year. 13

However, only 12.9% of African American and 12.0% of Native American public high school 11th- and 12th-graders took an AP Exam in May AP Participation Among Underrepresented Minority Students 14

Benefits of Advanced Placement + AP students perform well in subsequent college courses in the discipline. + AP students are more likely to major in their AP subject or a related discipline, particularly in STEM subjects. + AP students take more – not less – college course work in the discipline. + AP students are more likely to graduate within four years. 15

AP Performance and Success 16

PSAT/NMSQT results are the best predictor of a student’s potential to succeed in certain AP courses. From these results, educators can identify students with a high likelihood of succeeding in particular AP subjects. This figure reflects participation among public high school students in the class of AP Potential 17

The Challenge: Equitable Access to AP Courses Hundreds-of-thousands of students are not participating in the AP subjects for which they have a high potential for success 18 Note: “AP Potential” is defined here as a 70% or greater likelihood of scoring a 3 or higher on an AP Exam. These data are based on projections from the 2 million students PSAT/NMSQT test takers in the class of 2010 Asian 42% 58% White 62%38% Hispanic/Latino 70% 30% Black/African American 80% 20% Took Recommended AP Did Not Take Recommended AP

Beyond Assessment: Delivering Opportunity 19

Beyond Assessment: Delivering Opportunity 20

21 College Attendance Patterns* of New England 2013 College-Bound Seniors Who Took the AP®, PSAT® or SAT®, National Student Clearinghouse and The College Board, 2014

22 College Attendance Patterns* of New England 2013 College-Bound Seniors Who Took the AP®, PSAT® or SAT®, National Student Clearinghouse and The College Board, 2014 in New in New England England Out-Of-Region

Appendix State Data 23

24 College Attendance Patterns* of New England 2013 College-Bound Seniors Who Took the AP®, PSAT® or SAT®, National Student Clearinghouse and The College Board, 2014

25 College Attendance Patterns* of New England 2013 College-Bound Seniors Who Took the AP®, PSAT® or SAT®, National Student Clearinghouse and The College Board, 2014

26 College Attendance Patterns* of New England 2013 College-Bound Seniors Who Took the AP®, PSAT® or SAT®, National Student Clearinghouse and The College Board, 2014

27 College Attendance Patterns* of New England 2013 College-Bound Seniors Who Took the AP®, PSAT® or SAT®, National Student Clearinghouse and The College Board, 2014

28 College Attendance Patterns* of New England 2013 College-Bound Seniors Who Took the AP®, PSAT® or SAT®, National Student Clearinghouse and The College Board, 2014

29 College Attendance Patterns* of New England 2013 College-Bound Seniors Who Took the AP®, PSAT® or SAT®, National Student Clearinghouse and The College Board, 2014

Eight Key Changes to the SAT 30

Change for a Reason: The Redesigned SAT 31