Invest in Kids Act Spring 2024 Administration: Differences Between

Invest in Kids Act Spring 2024 Administration:

Differences Between SAT with Essay and PSAT 10 & PSAT 8/9

Public Act 100-465 established the Invest in Kids Act. The Act includes a five-year tax credit scholarship program for eligible students

who attend qualified nonpublic schools. A portion of the Act requires that scholarship recipients shall be annually assessed at the

qualified school where the student attends school in the same manner in which students that attend public schools are annually

assessed pursuant to Section 2-3.64a5 of the School Code and that such qualified schools shall pay costs associated with this

requirement.

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) is requiring its public schools to administer the PSAT 8/9 to students in Grade 9 and the

PSAT 10 to students in Grade 10. Schools that must administer these tests to scholarship recipients should follow standard protocol for

ordering these materials via College Board’s SAT Suite Ordering and Registration (SSOR) system.

ISBE is requiring public schools to administer the SAT with Essay to students in Grade 11. Procedures for ordering these materials

differ from the standard protocol due to the unavailability of the essay via the SSOR. Therefore, schools that must administer this test

to scholarship recipients should follow procedures for ordering materials for SAT with Essay through ISBE.

The chart below describes the differences in procedures for each test. Please direct any questions to [email protected]et.

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Spring 2024 PSAT 8/9 and PSAT 10

Spring 2024 SAT with Essay

Student Eligibility

All scholarship recipients in Grade 9 must be

tested with PSAT 8/9.

All scholarship recipients in Grade 10 must be

tested with PSAT 10.

Note: The school may choose to test all Grade

9 and 10 students, if desired, please place

order for all students when ordering.

All scholarship recipients in Grade 11 must be

tested with SAT with Essay.

Note: The school may choose to test all Grade

11 and 12 students, if desired but the SAT with

Essay is the ONLY option for the 2024 spring

testing cycle. Schools will NOT be able to use

SAT w/o Essay along with SAT w/ Essay.

Test Dates

March 18-April 26, 2024

Establishing as a Test Site

Identifying Test Staff and Addresses

Administrators from schools serving Grade 9

and/or 10 scholarship recipients must complete

an establishment survey that is currently

available on the IWAS platform. Only

administrators listed in EPS have access to

survey. Please review training video prior to

completing survey. The survey closes

November 30, 2023.

Test coordinators and school addresses will be

listed in the College Board Test Ordering

Services Test coordinators are encouraged to

confirm that the address listed in College

Board’s Ordering System is correct. If a change

of address or staffing update is needed, test

coordinators should call College Board

Customer Service at (888) 477-7728.

Administrators from schools serving Grade 11

scholarship recipients were required to

complete a form to establish their school as a

test site for spring 2023. The link to the form

was sent via email from College Board to

building administrators on September 20,2023,

and closed on September 29, 2023.

Administrator email addresses were provided

to the College Board by ISBE based on

information in ISBE’s Entity Profile System

(EPS). District/school staff must ensure data in

EPS are updated on a consistent basis.

School addresses will be provided to the

College Board by ISBE based on information

in EPS. Test coordinator names and contact

information will be identified by the school

administrator via annual fall establishment

survey response.

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Spring 2024 PSAT 8/9 and PSAT 10

Spring 2024 SAT with Essay

Ordering Materials

School staff will order standard and

accommodated materials in College Board’s

Ordering System. The deadline for schools and

districts to order test materials for April will be in

February 2024.

School staff will be responsible for securely

providing ISBE with a student file that lists all

students who will be tested by January 30,

2024. All changes after this date, schools will

need to contact College Board directly.

Accommodations

Students must have approved College Board

accommodations in SSD Online prior to the

ordering deadline to allow orders for

accommodated materials to be placed in the

Ordering System. The deadline is January 30,

2024.

Students must have College Board

accommodations entered in SSD Online prior

to the accommodations deadline date of

January 30, 2024.

English Learner (EL) Supports

EL supports are available. Extended time

requests are required to be entered in SSD

Online.

EL supports are available. Extended time

requests are required to be entered in SSD

Online.

Training

Standard PSAT 10 and PSAT 8/9 training is

available to test coordinators within their

College Board account.

Test coordinators must complete Standard

SAT School Day training. They will receive a

call-to-action email asking them to complete

training prior to test administration.

Communications

School staff receive standard College Board

communications about fall testing and may

occasionally receive custom emails from ISBE.

School staff will receive emails from ISBE or

customized emails about state testing from

College Board.

Publications

School staff receive standard College Board

publications, including manuals.

School staff will receive some publications

specific to the ISBE-provided administration.

Online Score Reporting for Educators

Scores are released to educators for PSAT 10

and PSAT 8/9 based on the following:

Tests Submitted 3/18/24-3/29/24 – Release

4/16/24

Tests Submitted 3/30//24-4/12/24 – Release

4/30/24

Tests Submitted 4/13/24-4/26/24 – Release

5/14/24

Scores are available in the K-12 College Board

Reporting Portal.

Scores are released to educators for SAT w/

Essay based on the following:

Tests Submitted 3/18/24-3/29/24 – Release

4/16/24

Tests Submitted 3/30//24-4/12/24 – Release

4/30/24

Tests Submitted 4/13/24-4/26/24 – Release

5/14/24

Scores are available in the K-12 College

Board Reporting Portal.

Online Score Reporting for Students

Scores are released to students for PSAT 10

and PSAT 8/9 based on the following:

Tests Submitted 3/18/24-3/29/24 – Release

4/18/24

Tests Submitted 3/30/24-4/12/24 – Release

5/2/24

Tests Submitted 4/13/24-4/26/24 – Release

5/16/24

in student College Board accounts.

Scores are released to students for SAT w/

Essay based on the following:

Tests Submitted 3/18/24-3/29/24 – Release

4/18/24

Tests Submitted 3/30/24-4/12/24 – Release

5/2/24

Tests Submitted 4/13/24-4/26/24 – Release

5/16/24

in student College Board accounts

Grade-Level Adjustments

School staff should complete an invoicing

process in College Board Ordering System after

testing is complete to ensure that the grade

levels listed for students in ordering system are

correct for invoicing and reporting purposes.

Test coordinators will receive an email with

instructions on how to complete this process

when it is time to do so.

School staff should complete an invoicing

process in College Board’s Ordering System

after testing is complete to ensure that the

grade levels listed for students in the ordering

system are correct for invoicing and reporting

purposes. Test coordinators will receive an

email with instructions on how to complete this

process when it is time to do so.

Invoicing

Schools will be invoiced for PSAT 10 and

PSAT 8/9.

Schools will be invoiced for SAT with Essay.