Administrators |
| SAT preparation options |
- After school SAT preparation courses
(contact: Lee Stevenson, Hayfield Secondary)
- 9th grade practice PSAT test
(contact: Lee Stevenson, Hayfield Secondary)
- technology
(training for teachers)
- CPMSAC
(Chantilly HS)
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| Reasoning Skills Course |
- Verbal and math skills using SAT type questions
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| PSAT results |
- Use of results
- Distribution of results
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Parental involvement
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- information nights for PSAT and SAT/ACT tests
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| Use of EDSL for strand identification |
- Identify patterns in strenghts and weaknesses of SAT related skills
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| Summer institute - focus on language arts and math skills |
- Target students in AYP sub-groups and those students whose test scores indicate low success rate
- Mentoring/follow-up program for participants (beginning in September)
(contact: Jane Lipp, Hayfield Secondary)
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Remediation during school
(contact: Leslie Blitz, Marshall)
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| Teachers |
| Classroom implementation |
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Reasoning Skills course
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- Verbal and math skills using SAT type questions
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| PSAT results |
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Use of EDSL for strand identification
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After school and Saturday SAT prep course
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| Summer institute - focus on language arts and math skills |
- Target students in AYP sub-groups and those students whose test scores indicate low success rate
- Mentoring/follow-up program for participants (beginning in September)
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SAT question of the day in daily homework and class activities (math classes)
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- Take questions from ACCES database
- Integrate textbook SAT questions into class work and homework
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| Counselors |
| SAT preparation options |
- identification of studetns who would benefit from SAT preparation options
- 9th grade practice PSAT test
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| Reasoning Skills course |
- Verbal and math skills using SAT type questions
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| PSAT results |
- Use of results
- Distribution of results
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| Publication and advertisement of registration deadlines and test dates |
- School-wide
- Mailings home
- School newsletter
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Special mailings to reach minority and ESOL parents
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Word of the Day contest
(contact: Nancy Barron, Herndon) |
- Word posted daily (taken from SAT hot words list) with correct pronunciation, definition and sentence usage
- Vocabulary quiz given at the end of ech month via English classes
- Prizes awarded through drawing from quizzes with perfect scores
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| Career Center Specialists |
| Publication and advertisement of registration deadlines and test dates |
- School-wide
- Mailings home
- School newsletter
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Special mailings to reach minority and ESOL parents
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| Liaison between College Board and teachers |
- Test dates
- Resource materials available via College Board
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Grade-specific SAT/PSAT lessons/information incorporated into the career/college preparation unit
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