PDF 2017 North-Carolina SAT Suite of Assessments Annual Report

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AboutThisReport

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:.

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SATSuiteParticipationSummary

TheSATSuiteofAssessments-- theSAT(grades12and11),PSAT/NMSQTandPSAT10(grades11and10),andPSAT 8/9(grades9and8)-- measuresastudent'scollegeandcareerreadiness.Together,theseassessmentsprovidea comprehensivesolutionthatsystematicallyandprogressivelymeasurestheknowledge,skills,andunderstandingsessential for success in college and career.

144,705testtakerscompletedtheSAToraPSAT-related assessment(PSAT/NMSQT,PSAT10,orPSAT8/9)inthe2016-17

schoolyear.

Classof2017

SAT Takers? HighSchoolGraduates? SAT Participation Rate

49,595 101,408

49%

49% ofgraduates intheclassof2017 took the SAT during high school

Classof2018

PSAT/NMSQT Takers? 11th-GradeEnrollment? Participation Rate

45,189 115,278

39%

Classof2019

PSAT/NMSQTorPSAT10Takers? 10th-GradeEnrollment? Participation Rate

31,964 127,370

25%

Classof2020

PSAT 8/9 Takers? 9th-GradeEnrollment? Participation Rate

2,894 138,889

2%

39% of11thgraders took the PSAT/NMSQT last fall 25% of10thgraders took the PSAT/NMSQT or PSAT 10 in 2016-17 2% of9thgraders took the PSAT 8/9 in 2016-17

Classof2021

PSAT 8/9 Takers? 8th-GradeEnrollment? Participation Rate

2,077 125,878

2%

2% of8thgraders took the PSAT 8/9 in 2016-17

?Reflects2017highschoolgraduateswhotookthenewSATduringhighschool. ?KnockingattheCollegeDoor,WICHE,December2016. ?PSAT-relatedassessmentdatareflectstudentswhotestedduringthe2016-17schoolyear.

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SATParticipationandPerformance Datareflect2017highschoolgraduateswhotookthenewSATduringhighschool.IfastudenttooktheSATmorethanonce,the mostrecentscoreandself-reportedSATquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized.

Total

Total Took Essay?

TestTakers

Number Percent

49,595

30,658

62%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

1081

546

535

1109

561

548

Both 50% 56%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

76%

52%

81%

58%

None 21% 17%

Race/Ethnicity

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

TestTakers

Number Percent

370

1%

2,037

4%

12,024

24%

4,884

10%

43

0%

27,196

55%

2,130

4%

911

2%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

990

502

487

1169

572

598

954

483

471

1047

529

518

1039

527

512

1140

576

564

1080

548

532

1031

524

506

Both 28% 68% 21% 42% 35% 65% 49% 37%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

61%

29%

82%

73%

52%

23%

72%

44%

77%

37%

88%

66%

78%

51%

69%

39%

None 37% 13% 46% 25% 21% 10% 20% 30%

Sex

Female Male

TestTakers

Number Percent

27,939

56%

21,656

44%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

1068

544

523

1099

548

550

Both 46% 56%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

76%

48%

77%

59%

None 22% 20%

FirstLanguageLearned

English Only EnglishandAnotherLanguage AnotherLanguage No Response

TestTakers

Number Percent

42,892

86%

4,235

9%

2,175

4%

293

1%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

1083

548

535

1066

536

530

1072

529

543

1086

552

534

Both 51% 46% 48% 51%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

77%

53%

72%

48%

70%

54%

77%

53%

None 21% 25% 24% 20%

HighestLevelofParentalEducation

TestTakers

Number Percent

NoHighSchoolDiploma

2,153

4%

HighSchoolDiploma

12,254

25%

Associate Degree

6,047

12%

Bachelor's Degree

17,428

35%

Graduate Degree

10,390

21%

No Response

1,323

3%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

974

489

486

1009

510

499

1033

523

511

1114

562

552

1177

595

582

954

482

472

Both 26% 34% 39% 59% 71% 22%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

56%

30%

64%

36%

71%

42%

84%

61%

90%

72%

49%

25%

None 40% 33% 27% 14%

9% 48%

SATFeeWaiver

Usedatanypoint Didnotuse

TestTakers

Number Percent

14,231

29%

35,364

71%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

969

489

479

1126

569

558

Both 24% 61%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

54%

27%

85%

63%

None 43% 13%

?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

4,247

9%

13,580

27%

9,967

20%

17,222

35%

2,934

6%

98

0%

1,547

3%

HighSchoolRank

HighestTenth Second Tenth Second Fifth FinalThree-Fifths No Response

TestTakers

Number Percent

8,823

18%

7,883

16%

5,925

12%

6,118

12%

20,846

42%

Took the PSAT/NMSQT?

AsaJuniorandSophomoreorYounger As a Junior AsaSophomoreorYounger NeverTookPSAT/NMSQT

TestTakers

Number Percent

14,650

30%

11,702

24%

10,711

22%

12,532

25%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

1228

619

609

1170

590

580

1098

554

544

1002

507

495

905

457

448

832

417

415

1018

517

502

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

1226

616

610

1118

563

555

1057

534

523

972

492

481

1045

529

515

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

1155

583

573

1076

544

532

1087

548

539

994

504

490

Both 81% 72% 56% 31% 11%

4% 36%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

95%

82%

91%

73%

84%

58%

64%

34%

37%

14%

18%

6%

64%

39%

None 5% 7%

14% 33% 60% 80% 33%

Both 82% 63% 45% 24% 41%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

95%

83%

86%

65%

77%

48%

56%

27%

71%

44%

None 4%

12% 20% 41% 27%

Both 67% 48% 54% 30%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

87%

69%

76%

51%

80%

56%

61%

33%

None 11% 22% 18% 36%

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

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