All Junior students at Waubonsie Valley High School will take the PSAT/NMSQT on Wednesday, October 15th. In addition to helping provide insights to your child's academic strengths and areas to improve, the PSAT/NMSQT can help your child enter the National Merit Scholarship program if they meet the requirements. Please see below for more details about this testing day and to learn more about the SAT/PSAT/NMSQT Assessment. We will continue to update this page with information in the coming days.
PSAT/NMSQT - All Junior Students
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Wednesday, October 15th
Atrium Classrooms - 100/200/300 Level Test rooms assigned by Last Name Dismissal: 10:45am Materials Needed: Chromebook, Student ID, Calculator, Writing Utensil **Busing to and from school will be provided **Click HERE to see approved calculators **Freshmen, Sophomores, and Seniors will participate in an extended Tribe Time day of support |
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Learn More about the Digital SAT Assessment
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The Digital PSAT/NMSQT Consists of 2 Sections:
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Each Section Includes 2 Modules:
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Getting to Know the Digital PSAT/NMSQT
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The Digital SAT/PSAT Includes...
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Students will use Bluebook, the College Board testing application, to take the PSAT/SAT. Bluebook is an application that has already been added to our students' Chromebooks. Bluebook includes various testing tools that will enhance the testing experience:
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Bluebook also offers students a test preview and full length practice in order to prepare for the PSAT/SAT.
BigFuture School
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BigFuture School is a new mobile app to help students plan for the future. In addition, students can sign up to receive their scores through the app, and then college and career guidance is provided.
Once scores are available, the BigFuture School app provides the following resources:
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College Board and Khan Academy
SAT/PSAT partners with Khan Academy to provide support to students based on their scores and progress. Khan Academy will retire the old SAT Practice Experience, and students will now be able to utilize Khan Academy’s Official Digital SAT Prep courses, developed in partnership with College Board.
The two Official Digital SAT Prep courses (Math and Reading and Writing) will provide students the opportunity to do the following:
The two Official Digital SAT Prep courses (Math and Reading and Writing) will provide students the opportunity to do the following:
- Read articles, watch videos, and work on thousands of practice exercises for every skill evaluated in the tests.
- Take quizzes, unit tests, and course challenges to track and prove your mastery level in all skills.
- Track both time spent on SAT prep and mastery data for all of the different skills in each Digital SAT course