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PSAT 10 and SAT School Day

Starting in the 2017-18 school year, the PSAT 10 and the SAT became the assessments administered to all 10th and 11th grade high school students in Rhode Island.

Increased participation in the PSAT 10 and the SAT  was the first step toward ensuring more students are college and career ready. These assessments maintain an appropriately high standard for Rhode Island students and are good tools to help close the gap between expected future job requirements for post-secondary education and current college enrollment and completion.

Participating in the SAT School Day and PSAT 10 School Day 

This is a clarification of who can participate in the Rhode Island statewide administration of the SAT and PSAT 10 tests. This information applies only to the dates published by RIDE for SAT and PSAT 10 and does not apply to any other administrations. Dates for the Rhode Island State Assessment Program administrations for all state assessments can be found on the Assessment Schedules page of this website. 

  • Public School Students: It is expected that students attending public school in Rhode Island will participate in the required tests for their current grade level. Public school students are expected to participate in the PSAT 10 administration in grade 10, and the SAT or the alternate assessments in grade 11.
  • Students Attending Outplacement Schools: It is expected that students attending an outplacement school, whose tuition is paid for by a Rhode Island LEA, will participate in the required tests for their current grade level. Students attending outplacement schools are expected to participate in the PSAT 10 administration in grade 10, and the SAT or DLM alternate assessments in grade 11.
  • Alternate Assessment Students: Students who qualify for the alternate assessments will not take the SAT or the PSAT 10.
    • Tenth-grade students will not participate in state assessments. There are NO alternate assessments at the 10th grade.
    • Eleventh-grade students will take the Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) alternate assessments in English language arts, mathematics, and science.
  • Homeschooled Students: Any homeschooled student living in Rhode Island can participate in the in the April 2024 PSAT 10 administration in grade 10 or the SAT in grade 11 free of charge. This does not apply to any other College Board test administrations (Saturday administrations, 8/9 PSAT, NMSQT, AP tests, or School Day administrations in any month or date other than what is published by RIDE).
    • Parents: If you are interested in having your homeschooled student participate in either of these assessments, please contact your district office and notify them that your child will participate in either the PSAT 10 or SAT at your local high school in your city or town.
    • Districts: Enrollment information for any homeschooled student must be updated in the Enrollment Census through eRIDE. Scores of homeschooled students will not be used for accountability purposes. Use the following to ensure the students can be correctly identified:
      • Enrollment Type = H (Homeschooled)
      • Enrollment record must be active
      • Grade = either 10th or 11th grade
      • School Code In = xx190. This is the "district" school or other homeschool "school" designated by your district in the Enrollment Census.
      • School Code Out = xx900
      • SASID = Each homeschooled student should have a valid SASID.

Student Privacy Letter Information

Below is information on College Board's policies regarding the use of student personal information. Districts/schools should distribute the letter to families prior to testing using the PDF version below.

Additional information on College Board policies regarding how student data will be used is below. Please direct any questions to College Board to John Fallon (jfallon@collegeboard.org).

College Board’s College and Career Readiness Educational Services

With the PSAT 10 and SAT School Day, College Board shall provide the following educational services to help students navigate post-secondary and career pathways and to help K-12 educators and counselors serve their students' needs (collectively, “Educational Services”).

“App” refers to a College Board mobile application, BigFuture® School, that students age 13 and older can download from the App Store to access Educational Services. The App is only available for students taking the SAT School Day, PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10, and PSAT 8/9. “BigFuture School” as used herein refers to the Educational Services provided on the App (including in-App notifications if the student elects to turn on those notifications) and potential other channels such as through a website portal exclusively for the Educational Services.

SCORE INFORMATION: In BigFuture School, students may access their scores and other score information (collectively, “Score Information”) for College Board assessments including scores received by students on Covered Assessments. For SAT School Day, Score Information will include career readiness indicator(s) derived from the student’s scores and the U.S. Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration Occupational Information Network (O*NET), mapping the math, reading, and writing skills measured by the SAT to the qualitative and literacy skills for occupations in O*NET.

RECOMMENDATIONS: In BigFuture School, College Board may provide students with educational information and recommendations about college and career options including, for example, AP Potential, postsecondary options and opportunities, career pathways, scholarships, National Recognition Program potential eligibility, financial aid and paying for college information, and opportunities to participate in College Board research studies (collectively, “Recommendations”). In providing and customizing Recommendations, College Board may use score(s) achieved on Covered Assessments, career readiness indicators as provided in their Score Information for SAT School Day, and student information collected in connection with Covered Assessments and through students’ use of Educational Services. In the Recommendations, College Board may include third-party links to other sites that are not operated by us, including colleges, universities, scholarship organizations, and career information sites. College Board is not responsible for the content or operation of other websites, and links to other websites are not intended to imply endorsement of them by College Board.

CONNECTIONS*: Connections is available to students taking the SAT School Day, PSAT/NMSQT, and PSAT 10. Connections is a College Board program through which students are provided information about non-profit colleges, universities, nonprofit scholarship providers, and other government agencies administering educational programs (“Eligible Institutions”) and may receive preliminary offers of admission from nonprofit colleges and universities (“Participating Colleges”). Information provided to students is based on criteria provided by those Eligible Institutions and Participating Colleges and student information and interests. This may include:

  • student interests, demographics, students’ use of Educational Services, and other information collected by College Board during Covered Assessment(s) for which the student opts-in to Connections;
  • students’ interests and preferences (such as through user controls within the App, through engagement in BigFuture School, and any updates students make to their information in their use of Educational Services);
  • assessment score ranges the student received on past and future SAT, AP, PSAT/NMSQT and PSAT10 assessments;
  • for preliminary offers of admission from Participating Colleges, assessment score ranges the student received on past and future SAT assessments may be used, and race and ethnicity will not be used.

College Board never shares students’ personally identifiable information with Eligible Institutions or Participating Colleges as part of Connections.

Connections is entirely optional, and students must affirmatively opt-in and agree to College Board’s use of their information as described above for Connections if they wish to participate. Unless an LEA or a school directs College Board to exclude its students from Connections (as further described below), students can opt-in during Covered Assessment(s) or in the App and may be able to do so through other channels. If a student opted-in to Connections during a prior SAT School Day, PSAT/NMSQT, or PSAT 10 assessment pursuant to an agreement with their school, district, or state, Client acknowledges and agrees to use of the student’s information from Covered Assessment(s) under this Agreement in Connections, with notice of the same and opportunity to opt-out presented to any such students during the Covered Assessment(s).

Students can opt-out of Connections at any time, using any of the multiple ways provided, including, an opt-out feature within the App, an unsubscribe option from Connections emails, opt-out instructions included in each mailing, and by contacting College Board’s customer service. Students can also choose to remain in Connections but opt-out of individual communications channels (emails, hardcopy mailings, and in-App).

Opted-in students may receive information from and about Eligible Institutions and Participating Colleges in the App (including in-App notifications if the student elects to turn on those notifications), by hard copy mail, and by email, subject to the student providing their home address, email, and/or downloads the mobile application, all of which data elements are optional. Eligible Institutions and Participating Colleges do not know the identity of a student to whom information is delivered unless and until the student chooses to provide their personal information directly to the Eligible Institution or Participating College, which the student can only do outside of the App and outside of the Educational Services. A student may be able to link from the App, email, or QR code in a mailing to further content within BigFuture School or to an external webpage or webform hosted by that Eligible Institution or Participating College. Any preliminary offer of admission will include a school-specific website link through which the student may share their information directly with the Participating College, after which the Participating College may inform the student about any next steps to enroll as well as to be considered for any financial aid. College Board may track students’ access to such links/webpages for purposes of reporting and analytics, but College Board will not disclose such information to Eligible Institutions or Participating Colleges other than in de-identified and aggregated form.

Content provided to students through Connections are created by Eligible Institutions and Participating Colleges and may include text, images, videos, and interactive elements. While Connections may be personalized by College Board (e.g., student name at the top of an email) through automated means, College Board is not responsible for and does not create, edit, or approve of the content. Notwithstanding the foregoing, College Board may send a communication to the student alerting them that information through Connections is forthcoming and/or available in BigFuture School for them to access.

For students who receive a preliminary offer of admission, there is no guarantee of admission, scholarships, or financial aid and it may require them to complete additional steps to accept the offer as defined by the Participating College(s). The Participating College(s) may also require confirmation of information it relied upon in making a preliminary offer of admission, such as requiring the student to submit their final transcript to complete the admissions process. Each Participating College makes the decision on preliminary offers of admission. College Board is not involved in any of the selection or decision making by the Participating College(s).

*Not offered in New York at this time. There may be other exclusions.

In preparation for administering the PSAT 10 and SAT School Day, each high school must have the following (a person can fill more than one role, if necessary):

  • SAT School Day Supervisor
  • PSAT 10 Supervisor
  • SSD Coordinator (Services for Students with Disabilities)
  • Back-up Supervisor(s)

Accessing College Board:

SAT and RI Core Standards Alignment (pdf). This document contains an alignment analysis of both mathematics and English language arts RI Core Standards and the SAT assessments.

SAT Test Specifications Documents. The documents below contain test and content specifications, including distribution of items and percentages of items across content domains for reading and writing, and mathematics as well as test design features. 

SAT Practice at Khan Academy. This site offers College Board-approved practice activities for students preparing for the SAT.

The digital PSAT 10 and SAT are composed of two sections: reading and writing and math. Students have 64 minutes to complete the reading and writing section and 70 minutes to complete the math section for a total of 134 minutes (2 hours and 14 minutes).

COMPONENT
TIME ALLOCATED
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS/TASKS
Reading and Writing 64 minutes 54
Math 70 minutes 44
TOTAL 134 Minutes 98

Each section is divided into two equal-length modules. The first module is broad mix of easy, medium, and hard questions. The second module will be either more or less difficult based on the student's performance on the first module.

While most test questions are multiple choice, some math questions will require students to enter their answer.