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SAT School Day registration now open

Delaware students may take exam for free Wednesday, April 17
February 15, 2013

Juniors in Delaware’s public schools now can register to take the SAT college readiness exam for free during the school day Wednesday, April 17. Funded by the state as part of Delaware’s $119 million federal Race to the Top grant, the program promotes a school culture that encourages more students to pursue education after high school. The state began this program in 2011, and this year more students across the state entered their senior year of high school with a key college admission credential.

“Every 11th-grader in our public schools, including those who may not have had the means or incentive to do so on their own, now has the opportunity to take this exam, an admission requirement for many of our nation’s institutions of higher learning,” Education Secretary Mark Murphy said. “Since 2011, we’ve heard the stories of students who hadn’t before considered going to college. This opportunity changed that."

Students can register for SAT School Day at http://sat.collegeboard.org/schoolday/delaware through Wednesday, April 3. Registering is easy. Students only need four things: an email account, a free College Board online account, their EDUID (state ID) number and their SAT student voucher, available from their school counselor. Every SAT registration includes up to four free score reports that can be sent to colleges and scholarship services.

Registering for the SAT also enables students to participate in the College Board’s Student Search Service, through which students can let colleges, universities and scholarship programs know they are interested in hearing from them. Students participating in the Student Search Service also have the opportunity to receive educational and financial aid information from colleges, universities and scholarship programs.

To help Delaware students familiarize themselves with the SAT and prepare for the SAT, the Delaware Department of Education and the College Board are providing all public school juniors with free access to the Official SAT Online Course. Additional free and low-cost SAT practice tools and resources - including a free, full-length practice test and the Official SAT Question of the Day - are available at http://sat.collegeboard.org.

Students can use their SAT scores to research colleges and universities on the College Board’s free comprehensive college planning website, BigFuture.org. The BigFuture site was created with the Education Conservancy and in consultation with students and educators to help make the college planning process simpler and more accessible.

Students also have access to Skills Insight, which is a general guide to help students determine their current skill level in reading, writing and math - the areas tested on the SAT.

This year (2012-13), SAT School Day will be administered to all public school students in the states of Delaware and Idaho, as well as in school districts across 10 states (Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas and Washington) and Washington, D.C.

 

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