Agenda

2. Agenda • PSAT/NMSQT® • SAT® • Break • AP® • Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD)

3. Our Mission • The College Board’s mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. • We are a not-for-profit membership organization committed to excellence and equity in education.

4. PSAT/NMSQT®

5. Louisiana PSAT/NMSQT Facts • 12,340 PAST/NMSQT exams were administered to juniors in 2009 • 5,265 PSAT/NMSQT exams were administered to sophomores in 2009 • 2,117 fee waivers were allocated in 2009 • 906 fee waivers were used in 2009

6. PSAT/NMSQT Score Report Plus • Scores and percentiles • Information about performance on every test question • Personalized skills feedback • Information about NMSC programs • Self-reported grade average and college major of interest • Access code for My College QuickStart™

7. College and Career Planning Tools • My College QuickStart™ • Personalized online college planning kit powered by students’ test results • My Online Score Report • Review test questions, answers and explanations • My SAT Study Plan™ • Highlights skills for review and practice • My College Matches • Based on the student’s home stateand selected major • My Major & Career Matches • Based on the major chosen when students take the test. Provides access to MyRoad™

8. My Online Score Report • Look Beyond The Score • When students visit My Online Score Report, they can learn from their test results with these features: • Complete answer explanations • State percentiles • Projected SAT® score ranges • Answers that can be sorted

9. College and Career Planning Tips Arrange for a computer lab session to introduce students to My College QuickStart Use free lesson plans to guide students through structured My College QuickStart and MyRoad activities

10. AP Potential™ • PSAT/NMSQT results Identify students likely to succeedin Advanced Placement Program® • Increases access to AP Helps ensure that no student withthe chance to succeed in AP is overlooked • Easy-to-use online tool Generates rosters of students likelyto score a 3 or better on the 25 AP Exams

11. AP Potential • Access codes are included on the Roster of Student Scores and Plans, delivered with score reports in December. Sign in at www.collegeboard.com/reports

12. AP Potential You select a performance criterion for each AP class your school offers …

13. AP Potential • Student Detail • All courses selected noted • Status of meeting the criteria • Probability for scoring a 3 noted

14. AP Potential Tips • Export data into an Excel spreadsheet to make it easy to read and use. • Create letters to parents. AP Potential provides sample letters in English and Spanish.

15. Get the Most from PSAT/NMSQT Results • Go online for more information about PSAT/NMSQT tools and resources: • www.collegeboard.com/psattools

16. SAT®

17. Louisiana SAT Facts In 2008-09 2,556 SAT exams were administered in Louisiana • Louisiana’s 2008-09 mean Critical Reading, Math and Writing scores were 563, 558, and 555 respectively. • The 2008-09 national mean scores for Critical Reading, Math, and Writing were 502, 515, an 493 respectively.

18. 2009-10 SAT Test Dates

19. Test Center Closures and Makeup Testing • A list of closed test centers and scheduled makeup test dates will be available at www.collegeboard.comduring the week before a test date. • If a test center is closed, the SAT Program will notify test-takers about a makeup test date.

20. Fee Waivers and SAT Subject Tests™ • Fee waivers are available for students who cannot afford the fees associated with the SAT or SAT Subject Tests • Up to four fee waivers • Four additional flexible score reports • Expanded to 9th- and 10th-graders • Up to four requests for waiver of college application forms

21. What’s New with the SAT at collegeboard.com • What’s New for Students • A completely redesigned online registration process • Students choose test centers in real time • A more intuitive score-reporting process • Online Score Choice™ tutorial guides students • A tour of SAT® Skills Insight™ • Helps students understand skills the SAT tests and how they can improve them • My SAT Online Score Report • The primary way students receive scores

22. What’s New with the SAT at collegeboard.com • SAT Counselor Toolkit To access all these resources and much more, visit: www.collegeboard.com/crc

23. 2009-2010 SAT Program Materials (Students) • This Is Your SAT • This new brochure is a great introduction to the SAT and can help students and their parents to learn more about the SAT and SAT Subject Test.

24. 2009–2010 SAT Program Materials (Counselors) • The SAT Program Handbook • This handbook: • Includes important information aboutthe SAT and SAT Subject Tests • Registration • Testing and scoring policies • Practices

25. 2009–2010 SAT Program Materials (Counselors) • Score Choice™ Poster • Displayed in the counseling office or career center, this poster can help answer students’ questions about Score Choice

26. The truth is: a little practice goes a long way

27. 2009–2010 SAT Program Materials (Counselors) • Practice CD • Allows students using the SAT Practice Booklet to hear sample listening test questions • Should be kept in your office for students to use The practice CD for SAT Language with Listening Subject Tests:

28. www.collegeboard.com/satskillsinsight

29. SAT scores are grouped into six “score bands” between 200 and 800. For each score band, academic skills are categorized by skill group. “Academic Skills” are skills typical of students who score within the selected score band. “Suggestions for Improvement” help students advance to a higher score band. “Skill Examples” are actual SAT questions that illustrate the meaning of each skill.

30. About Score Choice • A new score reporting feature: • Gives students the option to send to colleges the test scores they feel best represent their abilities • Designed to reduce student test anxiety and enable students to feel more comfortable on test day www.collegeboard.com/ScoreTutorial

31. How Score Choice Works • Score Choice is optional. • The default selection is all scores. • Scores can be selected by test date for SAT and by individual test for SAT Subject Tests. • Any/all scores can be sent to a college on a single report, at no additional charge. All scores will continue to go to students and high schools. College Score-Use Policies:     www.collegeboard.com/SATSCORELIST

33. Louisiana’s USDOE AP Test Fee Program Rima Duhon Louisiana Virtual School AP® Program Coordinator

34. LA AP® Academy Does the AP Ledger report your school and the AP courses offered by your school? Go to www.collegeboard.org/apcourseledger If you enroll students in LVS AP courses, have you reported this via the schools AP Course Audit account?

35. LA AP® Academy If your AP® course is not authorized through the AP Course Audit your school CANNOT apply the AP label on report cards, to high school transcripts, in course catalogs, or on school websites (David Roe, Director, AP Course Audit, droe@collegeboard.org).

36. 2009 AP® Test Fee Grant Provides funding for reimbursement of low-income AP Exam Fees for tests taken in May 2009. Please note the following: • Students must be between the ages of 5 and 19 on test day • Students must have been enrolled in an AP® course for the test fee being reimbursed • Each student must meet the definition of "Low Income" requirement • Must fill in the "Option 1" oval on qualifying students' AP® Exam answer sheets.

37. 2009 AP® Test Fee Grant The 2009 AP® Test Fee Reimbursement Grant Application is available for download on the Louisiana Virtual School web site. • Go to www.louisianavirtualschool.net/?ap • The new application is a PDF fill-in-form! • DO NOT skip Page 3; you MUST enter the steps taken by your school/district to overcome the six barriers identified in GEPA that may prevent your students, teachers, etc. from access or participation in the AP® Test Fee Program. • Nonpublic schools must give The College Board written permission to release student AP® test data to the Louisiana Department of Education in order to qualify for reimbursement

38. 2009 AP® Test Fee Grant LDOE Reimbursement Process: • Schools submit application • Once application is approved it is moved to BESE for authorization of allocation • If approved by BESE, moved to LDOE Education Finance (Julie Cutrer) for issuance of Grant Award Notice (GAN) • GAN’s are issued to the school district Superintendent or non-public director since Federal Funding must flow through the district • Once district receives GAN they must submit to LDOE Ed Finance Budget Summary and Budget Detail forms along with Federal Assurances form.

39. 2009 AP® Test Fee Grant LDOE Reimbursement Process: • When Budget Forms are received by LDOE Ed Finance they send to me for approval, I approve budget forms and then send back to Julie Cutrer. • Award is then entered into the LDOE Ed Finance system and moved to Appropriation Control • District must submit Request for Funds to Appropriations Control • When Request for Funds is received, if Budget Forms have been received, approved, and processed then payment is sent to the district. District then must reimburse the school.

40. 2010 AP® Test Fee Grant USDOE just announced the RFP for the 2010 AP® Test Fee Program Grant. We will submit another application and the award announcements should be made sometime in January or November 2010.

41. Contact Me Rima S. DuhonLVS AP® Program Coordinator Division of TechnologyOffice of Educator Support 1201 N. 3rd Street, G219BBaton Rouge, LA  70804 NEWOffice: 225.219.0440 NEW FAX: 225.219.0441 NEW Email:rima.duhon@la.gov

42. AP® Course and Exam Updates 2009-10

43. AP Course and Exam Updates 2009-10 • The following exams/courses are undergoing revisions: • AP Art History Exam • AP French Language Exam • AP Computer Science A Course More information: www.collegeboard.com/APUpdates2010

44. AP Course Audit • Created at the request of secondary school and college members of the College Board, the AP Course Audit is designed to: http://www.collegeboard.com/html/apcourseaudit/

45. AP Service Enhancements 2009-10 • Online AP score reporting for schools • The College Board is actively developing an online AP score delivery system for secondary schools and districts, which could be available as early as summer 2010, in time for delivery of 2010 AP Exam scores. • As more information becomes available, updates will be posted on the College Board’s • website and e-mailed to AP Coordinators, AP administrators, AP teachers and district personnel.

46. Where to Find Information About the AP Exam Administration • The testing area of the College Board professionals website contains a wealth of information and resources for AP Coordinators and proctors: • Important changes, updates and announcements • Information about • grade reporting services • Exam calendars, exam ordering and return deadlines • PDFs of AP Exam administration publications, including the AP Coordinator’s Manual and exam scripts • AP Coordinator’s “home page,” with templates for spreadsheets, letters, presentations and forms Visit www.collegeboard.com/ap/testing

47. AP Course Audit 2009-10 Reminders • January 31, 2010, is the final deadline for first-time submissions, all renewals and all Course Audit form approvals for 2009-10 AP courses Only those AP courses that will be offered during the 2009-10 school year should be renewed. Option to renew is available August 1. AP French Literature, AP Computer Science AB, AP Latin Literature and AP Italian Language and Culture labels should no longer be used.

48. Proper Use of the AP Trademark All schools using authorized online AP courses must include these courses in their AP Course Ledger. School administrators can add authorized online courses from their AP Course Audit accounts. Like all courses, only authorized online courses can be labeled “AP.” Reminder

49. AP Course Audit Communication Center • AP Course Audit account holders receive and can send messages directly from their account’s Communication Center. All messages to and from AP Course Audit are stored here.

50. 2009–2010: New AP Course Audit Website • New website includes: • Brand new design • Clearly outlined process • Up-to-date content • Resources organized by role (e.g., teacher, school administrator, higher education)