PSAT/NMSQT® Student Feedback: Paper Score Report Plus & My College QuickStart

Score Report Plus Scores and percentiles Personalized feedback on skills Student answers Next Steps Note to presenter: Remind participants that the content on the student score report is also presented in other reports; e.g. My College QuickStart, Student Data File, and SOAS reports.

My College QuickStart My College QuickStart is your students’ online post-test feedback. It includes five sections. A student enters a section by clicking on the section box.   The five sections are: My Online Score Report My SAT Study Plan My Personality Major and Career Matches … and My College Matches The sections are numbered to provide guidance to students. The numbers suggest a sequence that presents the information in a meaningful flow – however, following the numbers is not critical.

Signing in Students use the access code on their PSAT/NMSQT® paper score report to sign in at www.collegeboard.com/quickstart. To view My College QuickStart, students sign in at www.collegeboard.com/quickstart. Each student will need a College Board account and an access code to sign in to My College QuickStart. It only takes a student a couple of minutes to create a College Board account if he or she does not already have one. A student’s access code is provided in two locations on the inside of a student’s paper score report.

My Online Score Report Look Beyond Scores Performance on each skill measured State and national percentiles Projected SAT® score ranges Once the student is signed in, a click on Section 1 opens My Online Score Report, which lets students see his/her own test results. Students can see how they performed on each skill tested by the PSAT. These are the same skills tested on the SAT. In addition, students can compare their performance to state and national percentiles, and view their projected SAT score ranges.

My Online Score Report Your Answers Questions and answer explanations Students can filter questions In the Your Answers section of the Online Score Report, students can see how they performed on each question and learn from their mistakes by reviewing the questions along with explanations for the available answer choices. The passage-based reading questions also include the relevant passages. Students can sort the PSAT questions by those questions they omitted or answered incorrectly, by the question’s skill or level of difficulty.

My SAT Study Plan Prepare for the SAT® Personalized skills to improve SAT practice questions An official SAT practice test Section 2, My SAT Study Plan, creates a customized SAT study plan for each student based on the student’s PSAT results.

My SAT Study Plan Review and Practice Review PSAT/NMSQT® questions missed Answer SAT ® practice questions of the same type Students can begin their individual study plans by reviewing the PSAT questions they missed or omitted. Then they can try SAT practice questions that measure the same skills.

My SAT Study Plan My Skills Feedback Based on PSAT/NMSQT results Hundreds of practice questions, organized by skill “Skills not scores” has been a major focus of the PSAT. In My SAT Study Plan, students will find hundreds of practice questions, organized by skill so students can focus on the skills that need the most work. They can also view questions they answered incorrectly or omitted.

My SAT Study Plan Warm Up for the SAT® Essay Strategies for success Official scoring guide Practice essay questions Sample essays for the each score 1-6 Students also get information about managing the SAT Essay. Students learn strategies for success, view the official scoring guide, read practice essay questions, and see scored sample essays at each score level, 1 – 6.

Express SAT® Sign-Up A final advantage to the My SAT Study Plan is that students who took the PSAT are pre-registered for the SAT. Using Express SAT Sign-Up, students can OK the pre-filled forms, choose their preferred test dates, and submit their registrations.

My Personality My Personality is a section that helps students better understand their own strengths, interests, and preferences.

My Personality My Personality uses the O-R-A Personality Profiler which is a research-validated assessment tool based on the works of Carl Jung, Gordon Allport, and David Saunders. Here are some sample questions.

My Personality The O-R-A Profiler provides feedback to students about their strengths, motivations, optimal learning environments, and social interactions. Students will be able to determine their personality type and then explore majors and careers that match their type and their interests.

My Major & Career Matches Connect to the Possibilities Major a student chose Related majors Related careers The 4th section of My College Quick Start covers major and career matches and connects students to MyRoad –an interactive website that lets them explore major and career profiles, read firsthand accounts from students and professionals, and learn about required skills and academic preparations.

My Major & Career Matches Research Majors Description of majors Courses students should take in high school to prepare Courses they will take in college Jobs students can expect achieving different degree levels For each major, students can find a description, courses to take in high school to prepare, courses to take in college, and jobs students can expect achieving different degree levels in that major.

My College Matches Start the College Search Starter list of colleges Criteria to customize search Ability to save searches The last section of My College QuickStart is My College Matches. This section provides students with a starter list of colleges that match each student’s preferred major in his/her home state. Students may then take that list and tailor it by refining the search criteria.

My College Matches Get the Facts Admissions Cost and financial aid Majors offered Sports, housing and more College profiles provide information about college admissions criteria, costs and financial aid, dates and deadlines, athletics and more.

My College QuickStart Tips Arrange for a computer lab session to introduce students to My College QuickStart www.collegeboard.com/quickstartresources TIP Use free lesson plans to guide students through structured activities My College QuickStart is a valuable part of the PSAT and makes the PSAT more than just a one-day experience in October. Through My College QuickStart, students can better understand their test results, prepare for the SAT, learn about themselves, their preferences, and their interests, and connect course-taking with their future career plans. Students will continue to have access to My College QuickStart throughout high school.   Introducing the My College QuickStart tools and encouraging students to use them do become items on a Counselor’s To-Do list. In support of your work, The College Board has prepared both tips and resources for you. It is recommended, when possible, that students be introduced to MCQS in a computer lab session. It helps students get started and ensures that all have an opportunity to get online. Students will need to have their paper score reports on hand because they will need their access codes. Counselors can also facilitate their students’ use of My College QuickStart by taking advantage of the prepared lesson plans that guide students through structured practice and planning activities. Other free resources include letters to parents and an implementation guide. Counselors have access to a My CollegeQuickStart interactive demo account which is available on the My College QuickStart resources page at www.collegeboard.com/quickstartresources. TIP Check out the demo for educators http://professionals.collegeboard.com/k-12/prepare/quickstart