college board #deliveringopportunity presentation - 3-5-14

#DeliveringOpportunity

David Coleman– President –

It’s not you being tested today,

it’s the College Board itself.

“We must ask ourselves if we are, individually or as a

group, putting our scholarship money where it will do the most good for the country.”

– John Monro, 1953 –

Barely 43%

of students who took the exam were

college-ready.

Not more tests, but more

opportunities.

The real news is the College Board’s renewed

commitment to delivering opportunity.

We must propel students into

the opportunities they have earned.

Once the assessment is done, the real work of opportunity begins.

Every income-eligible student will receive

fee waivers to apply to four colleges.

We do not want to slow students down,

we want to propel them forward.

We need to act earlier to secure

opportunity.

While it may not be our fault,

it is our problem.

We are going directly tostudents and their families to

encourage them to takeopportunities earned.

Providing personalized online guidance and

support to all students and families.

Confronting

the inequalities that surround assessment.

An exam that is clearer and more open than any in

our history.

If assessment will be a force for equity and excellence, it’s time to

shake things up.

Free SAT test preparation

for the world.

Sal Khan– Founder of Khan Academy –

khanacademy.org/sat

The real work of getting ready will happen in our classrooms.

Design models of student work for

grades 6-12.

Mastery of fewer, more important

things matters more than superficial

coverage of many.

Draw upon evidence to make

arguments and convey information.

Enhance instruction and learning for

all students, including those who are behind.

Beyond Assessment: Delivering Opportunity

1. Propel students into opportunities earned2. Provide free test prep for the world3. Enhance instruction and provide

resources for students who are behind

R E D E S I G N E D

SAT

More focused, clear, useful

and open than ever before.

We will tell everyone what is

on the exam.

DeliveringOpportunity.org

Redesigned SATEvidence-Based Reading & Writing

The Essay

Math

Evidence-Based Reading & Writing

Support answers with evidence.

Synthesize information from

words and numbers.

Data Analysts: Informed Citizens

From “SAT words” to powerful words.

Worthy challenges, not artificial obstacles.

The Essay

Fact checking still matters.

“As you read the passage consider how the author uses evidence,

reasoning, and stylistic or persuasive elements to add

power to the ideas expressed.”

Cultivate close reading, careful analysis

and clear writing.

Math

Using ratios, percentagesand proportional reasoning

to solve problems in real-world situations.

Focuses on the mastery oflinear equations and

systems, which echo throughmany fields of study.

Science and career opportunities in the STEM fields.

Mathematics isn’t just a list of problems: it is also

a discipline of ideas.

A few things done well open doors of opportunity.

America’s Founding Documents and

the Global Conversation

Immerse yourself in some of the most

remarkable expressions of the human spirit.

Spring of 2016

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No penalty for wrong answers.

An SAT that rewards the best of high school work.

The SAT and exams like it should never be

used alone to make decisions about a

person’s life and future.

April 16th, 2014

Thank you College Board team and ETS partners.

Thank you teachers.

Thank you admissions officers

and school counselors.

Relief for parents and students.

Productive practice rather than

destructive anxiety.

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Seek action thatilluminates.

Judge us onopportunities

delivered.

Please join us on therooftop for refreshments

and a performance.