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ARKANSAS & COLLEGE

BOARD:

END-OF-COURSE

EXAMINATION ALIGNMENT

Prepared for The Arkansas House Interim Committee on Education July 7, 2010

SpringBoard® ELA

and Mathematics

PSAT/NMSQT®

AP Potential™

College Visits

SAT®

Take AP® Courses

College Admissions

ReadiStep™

CollegeEd®

6th Grade

Path to College Readiness

Arkansas End-of

Course Exams

(EoCE)

Career Success

Associated AssessmentsPSAT/NMSQT®

10th & 11th grade

State funded option-10th grade

SAT®

Widely accepted admission test

SAT® Subject Tests™

Advanced Placement®(AP®)

Strong PSAT/NMSQT association

ACCUPLACER®

CLEP

Direct Alignments To Date

EoCE College Board

Algebra PSAT/NMSQT

SAT

Geometry PSAT/NMSQT

SAT

Arkansas State

Standards

Arkansas Curriculum Framework

• Mathematics, Revised 2004

• English Language Arts, Revised 2003

Arkansas End of Course (EoC) Exams

• Algebra I

• Geometry

• Biology

• Literacy

PSAT/NMSQT & SAT AlignmentJanuary, 2006

Evaluated content covered & level of

cognitive processing expected

MATH - Overall, alignment for mathematics is

strong for all courses except Computer

Mathematics

ELA - Overall, alignment for English language

arts is strong for standards in Writing and

Reading

State PartnersMARYLAND HIGH SCHOOL ASSESSMENT

Algebra/Data Analysis - AP Calculus AB or BC, AP Statistics

Biology - AP Biology

VIRGINIA STANDARDS OF LEARNING (SOL)

Algebra I & Geometry I – SAT Subjects Math IC & II C; AP

Calculus; CLEP College Algebra

Biology – SAT Subject Biology; AP Biology; CLEP Biology

NEW YORK REGENTS EXAMINATION

Mathematics A & B - AP Calculus AB or BC; SAT Subject IC or IIC

Science - AP Biology; SAT Subjects Biology, Chemistry, or Physics

WASHINGTON ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING

Math - AP; SAT

Basic Information

PSAT/NMSQT

2 hours & 10 minutes

20-80/section

in-class

Critical Reading

Mathematics

Writing

Summary of Answers

& Skills (SOAS)

SAT

3 hours & 45 minutes

200-800/section

center or school

Critical Reading

Mathematics

Writing (essay)

SAT Skills Insight

PSAT/NMSQT - Arkansas

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

4088 5301 45536395

9900

6827 7005 65666539

6399

144 235 267 493 434

Total Students Testing Annually

10th Grade

11th Grade

Other

SAT - Arkansas

Common Core Standards

College Board has been active partner since

2009 launch

First alignment priorities are Common Core

with PSAT/NMSQT, SAT, AP, and

ACCUPLACER

Alignments in progress

Internal report for PSAT/NMSQT; anticipated

release of November 1, 2010

Contacts

Michelle Overstreet

Senior Educational Manager-Arkansas

866.392.3017 ext. 1817

moverstreet@collegeboard.org

Michelle Cruz Arnold, Ph.D.

Director, State Government Relations-SW Region

832.523.3682

marnold@collegeboard.org