PDF 2017 Total-Group SAT Suite of Assessments Annual Report

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CollegeandCareerReadinessBenchmarks

Thisreportpresentsdataonstudentsintheclassof2017who EachassessmentintheSATSuitehasanassociatedsetof

tookthenewSAT?duringhighschool,aswellastakersof PSAT-relatedassessments--thePSAT/NMSQT?,PSATTM

metricscalledtheCollegeandCareerReadiness Benchmarks.

10,andPSATTM 8/9--acrossthe2016-17schoolyear.

? TheSATMathbenchmarkisthesectionscoreassociated

Withineachassessment,testtakersarecountedonlyonce witha75% chanceofearningatleastaCinfirst-semester,

andonlytheirlatestscoresandmostrecentdemographic

credit-bearing,college-levelcoursesinalgebra,statistics,

responsesaresummarized.(Moststudentssupplyoptional precalculus,orcalculus.

demographicinformationwhentheyregisterforortaketestsin ? TheSATEvidence-BasedReadingandWriting(ERW)

theSATSuiteofAssessments,whichprovidesvaluable

benchmarkisassociatedwitha75% chanceofearningat

contextualinformationtoaidininterpretingandunderstanding leastaCinfirst-semester,credit-bearing,college-level

individualandgroupscores.)

coursesinhistory,literature,socialscience,orwriting.

Score Ranges Herearetherangesforreportedscoresforthe Evidence-BasedReadingandWriting(ERW)andMath sectionsofeachtestintheSATSuite:

? SATsections:200?800 ? PSAT/NMSQTandPSAT10sections:160?760 ? PSAT8/9sections:120?720

Thegrade-levelbenchmarkscoresforPSAT-related assessmentsarebasedonexpectedstudentgrowthtoward theSATbenchmarksateachgrade.WhileSATbenchmarks indicatelikelihoodofsuccessincollege,grade-level benchmarksindicatewhetherastudentisontrackforcollege andcareerreadinessfortheirgrade.Thebenchmarksareset toreflecttypicalannualgrowthfrom yeartoyearfrom 8th through 12th grades. CollegeandCareerReadinessBenchmarks

RecentChangestoDataCollectionandReporting

Assessment/ Grade level

ERW Section Score

Math Section Score

InJune2015,theCollegeBoardaligneditscollectionand

SAT

480

530

reportingofrace/ethnicitycategorieswithU.S.Departmentof Educationguidelines.Inaddition,whilepreviousSATcohort

Grade 11

assignmentreflectedself-reportedinformationcollectedduring Grade10

460 430

510 480

SATorSATSubjectTestregistrationonly,itnowleverages themostrecentinformationfrom theSAT,PSAT-related assessment,orAPprogramsinanefforttomorecloselyalign

Grade 9 Grade 8

410 390

450 430

withschool,district,andstatedatasystems.Forthese reasons,weadvisecautionwhencomparingdatapointsinthis reporttothoseinpreviousreports.

ThenewSATSuitebenchmarkoutcomesshouldnotbe comparedagainstresultsfrom theoldSATorPSAT/NMSQT, asthescorescaleandbenchmarkdefinitionshavechanged.

CaveatonUsingtheData The College Board strongly discourages using scores to compareorevaluateteachers,schools,districts,orstates, becauseofdifferencesinparticipationandtesttaker populations.Relationshipsbetweentestscoresandother backgroundorcontextualfactorsarecomplexand interdependent.

StatisticalDefinitions

Meanscore:Themeanscoreisthearithmeticaverageofa definedsetoftestscores.Meanscorestatisticsarereported hereiftherearetenormorestudentsinagrouporsubgroup. Scaledscore:Ascaledscoreistheresultofadjustingaraw score(thenumberofquestionsansweredcorrectly)inways thatensurethatresultsacrossdifferenttestformsare comparable.Thescoresshownhereandreportedto educators,students,andinstitutionsarescaledscores.

Benchmarkstatisticsarereportediftherearetenormore students in a group or subgroup.

AbouttheCollegeBoard

TheCollegeBoardisamission-drivennot-for-profit organizationthatconnectsstudentstocollegesuccessand opportunity.Foundedin1900,theCollegeBoardwascreated toexpandaccesstohighereducation.Today,themembership associationismadeupofover6,000oftheworld'sleading educationalinstitutionsandisdedicatedtopromoting excellenceandequityineducation.Eachyear,theCollege Boardhelpsmorethansevenmillionstudentspreparefora successfultransitiontocollegethroughprogramsandservices incollegereadinessandcollegesuccess--includingtheSAT? andtheAdvancedPlacementProgram?(AP?).The organizationalsoservestheeducationcommunitythrough researchandadvocacyonbehalfofstudents,educatorsand schools.Forfurtherinformation,visit.

Standarddeviation(SD):Thestandarddeviationisa measureofthevariabilityofasetofscores.Iftestscores clustertightlyaroundthemeanscore,astheydowhenthe grouptestedisrelativelyhomogeneous,thestandard deviationissmallerthanitwouldbewithamorediversegroup andamorewidelydisperseddistributionofscores.

?2017TheCollegeBoard.CollegeBoard,AP,SAT,andthe acornlogoareregisteredtrademarksoftheCollegeBoard. PSAT/NMSQTisaregisteredtrademarkoftheCollegeBoard andNationalMeritScholarshipCorporation.PSATandSAT SubjectTestsaretrademarksownedbytheCollegeBoard.All othermarksarethepropertyoftheirrespectiveowners.Visit theCollegeBoardontheweb:.

2017SATSuiteAnnualReport TotalGroup

SATParticipationandPerformance Datareflect2017highschoolgraduateswhotookthenewSATduringhighschool.IfastudenttooktheSATmorethanonce,the mostrecentscoreandself-reportedSATquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized.

Total

Total Took Essay?

TestTakers

Number Percent

1,715,481

1,202,640

70%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

1060

533

527

1082

544

538

Both 46% 51%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

70%

49%

74%

53%

None 27% 24%

Race/Ethnicity

AmericanIndian/AlaskaNative Asian Black/AfricanAmerican Hispanic/Latino NativeHawaiian/OtherPacificIslander White TwoorMoreRaces No Response

TestTakers

Number Percent

7,782

0%

158,031

9%

225,860

13%

408,067

24%

4,131

0%

760,362

44%

57,049

3%

94,199

5%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

963

486

477

1181

569

612

941

479

462

990

500

489

986

498

488

1118

565

553

1103

560

544

961

475

485

Both 27% 70% 20% 31% 32% 59% 54% 27%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

53%

29%

81%

76%

49%

22%

58%

33%

57%

34%

83%

61%

80%

56%

48%

33%

None 45% 12% 50% 39% 40% 15% 18% 47%

Sex

Female Male

TestTakers

Number Percent

906,019

53%

809,462

47%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

1050

534

516

1070

532

538

Both 43% 50%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

71%

44%

69%

53%

None 27% 27%

FirstLanguageLearned

English Only EnglishandAnotherLanguage AnotherLanguage No Response

TestTakers

Number Percent

1,138,783

66%

319,299

19%

203,124

12%

54,275

3%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

1074

545

530

1034

516

518

1049

513

537

941

463

479

Both 49% 40% 44% 25%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

75%

51%

63%

43%

61%

50%

42%

31%

None 23% 33% 32% 52%

HighestLevelofParentalEducation

TestTakers

Number Percent

NoHighSchoolDiploma

137,437

8%

HighSchoolDiploma

482,194

28%

Associate Degree

134,451

8%

Bachelor's Degree

473,103

28%

Graduate Degree

339,743

20%

No Response

148,553

9%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

944

472

472

1003

507

497

1036

525

511

1118

562

556

1177

591

586

914

455

460

Both 22% 33% 40% 59% 69% 19%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

46%

26%

62%

36%

71%

43%

83%

62%

88%

71%

38%

23%

None 50% 35% 27% 15% 10% 58%

SATFeeWaiver

Usedatanypoint Didnotuse

TestTakers

Number Percent

427,699

25%

1,287,782

75%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

978

494

484

1087

546

541

Both 27% 52%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

56%

30%

75%

55%

None 42% 22%

?ReflectstesttakerswhocompletedtheSATEssayatanypoint,notnecessarilyonthemostrecenttestadministrationdate.

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SATParticipationandPerformanceContinued Datareflect2017highschoolgraduateswhotookthenewSATduringhighschool.IfastudenttooktheSATmorethanonce,the mostrecentscoreandself-reportedSATquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized.

HighSchoolGradePointAverage

A+ (97?100) A (93?96) A-(90?92) B (80?89) C (70?79) D,E,orF(below70) No Response

TestTakers

Number Percent

104,731

6%

300,326

18%

296,589

17%

710,579

41%

171,096

10%

10,815

1%

121,345

7%

HighSchoolRank

HighestTenth Second Tenth Second Fifth FinalThree-Fifths No Response

TestTakers

Number Percent

222,858

13%

192,115

11%

153,570

9%

171,534

10%

975,404

57%

Took the PSAT/NMSQT?

TestTakers

Number Percent

AsaJuniorandSophomoreorYounger 748,415

44%

As a Junior

361,736

21%

AsaSophomoreorYounger

269,509

16%

NeverTookPSAT/NMSQT

335,821

20%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

1254

626

628

1187

595

592

1122

564

558

1005

508

497

899

456

444

850

429

421

987

489

498

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

1232

613

619

1110

556

553

1044

527

517

963

487

475

1030

519

511

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

1098

554

544

1060

534

526

1013

514

500

1011

501

510

Both 84% 74% 61% 33% 13%

8% 32%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

93%

85%

90%

75%

85%

64%

64%

36%

37%

15%

25%

10%

52%

37%

None 5% 8%

13% 33% 60% 72% 43%

Both 81% 60% 44% 23% 40%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

92%

83%

82%

62%

73%

46%

54%

26%

65%

42%

None 6%

15% 24% 43% 32%

Both 54% 46% 36% 36%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

77%

56%

71%

49%

65%

38%

58%

41%

None 21% 26% 33% 37%

?Derivedfrom CollegeBoardrecordsofstudenttest-takinghistory.Previously,thesedatawerebasedonself-reportedinformationcollectedduringregistration.

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SATParticipationandPerformance:ScoreDistributions Datareflect2017highschoolgraduateswhotookthenewSATduringhighschool.IfastudenttooktheSATmorethanonce,the mostrecentscoreissummarized.

TotalandSectionScores

1400?1600 1200?1390 1000?1190 800?990 600?790 400?590 Mean SD

TotalScore 84,806 346,929 621,485 509,278 149,055 3,928 1060 195

5% 20% 36% 30%

9%

ERW

Math

700?800

95,445 6%

120,043 7%

600?690

386,449

23%

312,212

18%

500?590

603,765

35%

616,941

36%

400?490

483,143

28%

472,498

28%

300?390

138,415 8%

183,647 11%

_2_0_0_?_2_9_0______8_,_2_6_4_____________________1_0_,_1_40___________________

Mean

533

527

SD

100

107

Cross-TestScores

Analysis in History/Social

Studies

Analysis in Science

35?40

122,907

127,001

30?34.5

390,332

421,666

25?29.5

636,978

600,620

20?24.5

414,454

441,885

15?19.5

135,662

115,450

_1_0_?_1_4_.5_________1_5_,1_4_8_________8_,_8_5_9_____

Mean

27

27

SD

5

5

TestScores

Reading

Writingand Language

Math

35?40

125,765

110,635

120,043

30?34.5

394,487

410,902

312,212

25?29.5

614,724

571,583

616,941

20?24.5

447,690

443,117

472,498

15?19.5

122,956

164,901

183,647

_1_0_?_1_4_.5_________9_,_8_5_9_________1_4_,3_4_3_________1_0_,1_4_0____

Mean

27

26

26

SD

5

5

5

Subscores

Standard Wordsin Command Expression English Context ofEvidence ofIdeas Conventions

Heartof Algebra

Problem Solving and Data Analysis

Passportto Advanced Mathematics

13?15

173,078

162,577

197,056

169,484

158,499

171,140

202,617

10?12

621,539

494,837

547,298

425,651

467,662

510,462

428,005

7?9

580,407

748,815

644,994

598,679

733,724

587,729

671,398

4?6

261,240

290,490

287,535

429,044

312,975

335,654

359,241

_1_?_3______________7_9_,2_1_7_______1_8_,_76_2________3_8_,5_9_8_______9_2_,_6_23________4_2_,6_2_1_______1_1_0_,4_9_6_______5_4_,2_2_0____

Mean

9

9

9

8

9

9

9

SD

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Essay?

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

Mean

SD

Reading

16,637

79,201

353,272

316,490

293,143

93,524

50,373

5

1

Analysis

7,818

37,315

136,461

218,208

289,331

216,261

297,246

4

1

Writing

15,741

72,773

357,723

302,300

293,397

101,592

59,114

5

1

?ReflectsthemostrecentessayoftesttakerswhocompletedtheSATEssayatanypoint,notnecessarilyonthemostrecenttestadministrationdate.

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