2017 Kentucky SAT Suite of Assessments Annual Report

Kentucky

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.

27,970testtakerscompletedtheSAToraPSAT-relatedassessment (PSAT/NMSQT,PSAT10,orPSAT8/9)inthe2016-17schoolyear.

Classof2017

SAT Takers? HighSchoolGraduates? SAT Participation Rate

1,608 45,461

4%

Classof2018

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

10,112 50,317

20%

Classof2019

PSAT/NMSQTorPSAT10Takers? 10th-GradeEnrollment? Participation Rate

9,322 54,084

17%

Classof2020 PSAT 8/9 Takers? 9th-GradeEnrollment? Participation Rate

Classof2021 PSAT 8/9 Takers? 8th-GradeEnrollment? Participation Rate

4,232 55,473

8%

1,042 53,005

2%

4% ofgraduates intheclassof2017 took the SAT during high school 20% of11thgraders took the PSAT/NMSQT last fall 17% of10thgraders took the PSAT/NMSQT or PSAT 10 in 2016-17 8% of9thgraders took the PSAT 8/9 in 2016-17

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

1,608

689

43%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

1247

631

616

1288

650

637

Both 79% 85%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

93%

80%

95%

86%

None 6% 4%

Race/Ethnicity

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

TestTakers

Number Percent

3

0%

148

9%

115

7%

76

5%

2

0%

1,155

72%

75

5%

34

2%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

1286 1048 1191

616 535 610

670 513 581

1271 1209 1169

646 616 609

625 593 559

Both

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

None

88% 41% 68%

93% 65% 91%

91% 43% 68%

4% 32%

9%

84% 73% 56%

96% 88% 91%

84% 75% 59%

3% 11%

6%

Sex

Female Male

TestTakers

Number Percent

824

51%

784

49%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

1226

627

599

1269

635

634

Both 76% 82%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

93%

76%

93%

84%

None 6% 6%

FirstLanguageLearned

English Only EnglishandAnotherLanguage AnotherLanguage No Response

TestTakers

Number Percent

1,364

85%

131

8%

97

6%

16

1%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

1251

636

615

1230

611

619

1217

584

633

1208

623

585

Both 80% 76% 73% 75%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

94%

80%

88%

76%

86%

78%

88%

81%

None 5%

12% 9% 6%

HighestLevelofParentalEducation

TestTakers

Number Percent

NoHighSchoolDiploma

17

1%

HighSchoolDiploma

206

13%

Associate Degree

93

6%

Bachelor's Degree

556

35%

Graduate Degree

699

43%

No Response

37

2%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

1125

549

575

1150

582

568

1170

595

575

1235

626

609

1307

660

647

1081

552

529

Both 53% 65% 68% 79% 87% 51%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

77%

53%

87%

66%

88%

69%

93%

80%

97%

87%

68%

57%

None 24% 12% 11%

6% 3% 27%

SATFeeWaiver

Usedatanypoint Didnotuse

TestTakers

Number Percent

144

9%

1,464

91%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

1113

563

550

1260

638

622

Both 58% 81%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

76%

59%

95%

82%

None 22%

5%

?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

376

23%

591

37%

279

17%

294

18%

39

2%

1

0%

28

2%

HighSchoolRank

HighestTenth Second Tenth Second Fifth FinalThree-Fifths No Response

TestTakers

Number Percent

560

35%

190

12%

100

6%

53

3%

705

44%

Took the PSAT/NMSQT?

AsaJuniorandSophomoreorYounger As a Junior AsaSophomoreorYounger NeverTookPSAT/NMSQT

TestTakers

Number Percent

890

55%

334

21%

58

4%

326

20%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

1366

686

680

1292

653

639

1197

606

591

1095

560

535

989

509

480

1144

583

561

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

1354

679

675

1211

615

596

1109

562

547

1049

535

515

1206

614

592

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

1319

666

653

1227

619

608

1157

597

559

1086

553

532

Both 96% 88% 73% 53% 28%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

99%

96%

97%

88%

92%

75%

83%

55%

62%

28%

None 1% 2% 7%

14% 38%

75%

79%

79%

18%

Both 95% 83% 59% 43% 71%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

99%

96%

95%

83%

83%

61%

75%

45%

90%

72%

None 1% 5%

15% 23%

9%

Both 91% 77% 66% 52%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

99%

91%

93%

78%

85%

67%

79%

54%

None 1% 5%

14% 19%

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

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