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Wstrdg
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Posted: Wed Dec 5th, 2007 03:59 pm |
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What's the reasoning? Why not send score reports directly to students? They can pick up the test booklet later, at the school, if they want it. This seems especially archaic this year, when students who have tested previously are able to access scores online, before the high school distributes the paper reports.
Jr son can see his scores but soph daughter can't see hers, b/c school hasn't released the paper reports, yet.
Am I overly-sensitive (whines) or is this not an attempt to cut parents out of the process? I'm sure it would be more convenient for both the CB and the high school if my kids just sprouted forth from under a cabbage patch, sans parents, but according to my kids' (mandatory) health class, that's not how it works, and parents are an inconvenient fact of life.
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Kayleigh_9109
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Posted: Wed Dec 5th, 2007 04:13 pm |
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| From what I hear the reason the PSAT is sent back to the school instead of to the Students like the SAT is because the PSAT is practice. The College Board encourages the schools to go over the PSAT and explain the scores, re-explain the test, explain the score report, and to explain the differences in the SAT. They want to make sure the students understand the PSAT in order to do well on the SAT. Not all schools do it, but even less would have it explained if the students got in the mail. Looked at it, didn't understand and through it under the pile of dirty clothes in their room or something...
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Fireflyscout
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Posted: Wed Dec 5th, 2007 04:15 pm |
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I think the College Board does seem to be moving to complete online reporting of PSAT scores, but they do still want counselors to have meetings to "explain the scores".
The online availability of the PSAT score reports this early and in most cases before students receive the physical reports has thrown people off guard. Certainly there was no mention of this as an incentive to sign up for My College Quick Start last year. From what I have heard from my school district, only a small handful of students signed up last year. I predict there will be a lot more interest in My College Quick Start as a result.
As a parent, I'm not feeling cut out of the process. There is a way for students to request College Board send their parents copies of any emails they send to students.
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Wstrdg
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Posted: Wed Dec 5th, 2007 07:02 pm |
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Sorry, but I'm not convinced.
Our hs gc's don't have time for that kinda stuff. Their biggest concern is CAHSEE and NCLB. If you graduate, hallelujah, who cares about college.
Heck the gc's office is so backed up that you have to fill out a request for an appt, and then you'll be pulled out of class, sometime in the next week, if you're lucky. Better to have mom phone, as parent phone calls are returned within 48 hours (bless our new principal!).
If you want to go to college, well, they have books in the "career center," if you can catch the staff person who works there part-time.
Sign ups for PSAT are handled thru the school cashier: no "counseling" there.
When the PSAT's come in, they announce it over the PA: pick up your score at the registrar's office.
To summarize: gc's are for students in trouble (and scheduling changes if you have a persuasive parent), the career center is almost inacessible, the cashier signs you up for entrance exams, and the registrar passes out the PSAT's after recording your scores.
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WestrnMom
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Posted: Wed Dec 5th, 2007 09:12 pm |
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The schools often support the PSAT and some require all students to take it, so they have an investment in the process. Also, the schools need to know if they have National Merit semifinalists asap, which I think is the primary reason the scores go to the schools first. I know, I was frustrated, too, having to wait for months to get the scores. Twice I contacted the GC and asked for a verbal report on the scores in advance of them sending them home.
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CarolynLawrence
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Posted: Thu Dec 6th, 2007 01:57 am |
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| The schools also get a detailed report on their student scores, as well as more materials to help explain the scores to students and parents than are available on the CB site. I think the reasoning is exactly as stated above: that you want students (and parents) to be able to put the scores in context, rather than jumping to conclusions. At my school, I'll be doing presentations for the juniors to explain what they need to do from here, and also to explain what their scores mean when compared to the school averages and the national averages. My son's high school handles it that way as well.
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