Introducing BigFuture® School and Connections
Kerry Stern, Associate Director, State and District Partnerships
Overview
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Search is Good for Students
more likely to apply at four-year colleges than similar students who aren’t identified through Search. 25% more likely to enroll at four-year colleges than similar students who aren’t identified through Search.
31% more likely to graduate
in four years than similar students who weren’t identified through Search.
Enrollment & Completion: Howell, Hurwitz, Mabel & Smith (2021): https://cbsearch.collegeboard.org/pdf/college-outreach-and-student-outcomes.pdf
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23%
Enrollment Completion 34% For Hispanic students 25% For Black students 24% For American Indian/Native Alaskan students who receive outreach via Search 43% For Hispanic students 40% For Black students 48% For American Indian/Native Alaskan students who receive outreach via Search
New Digital Format, A Changing Landscape
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Putting Privacy First
The Power of Score Release
With the transition to digital testing and the changing student data privacy landscape, beginning in fall 2023 students who test during the school day will have a new way to make the most of score release – without sharing personal information.
We will release a mobile app that builds on the powerful moment to provide students with personalized and relevant information about colleges, careers, and scholarships.
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Connecting Students to Opportunity
This app will build on the known positive impact of Search to create productive connections between students and colleges, while enabling students to have control over their data being shared with colleges.
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BigFuture School
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When they test, students can choose to provide a mobile number that will only be used to text them information to access BigFuture School and when scores are available in the app.
Introducing the BigFuture School Mobile App
The power to plan – in the palm of students’ hands
• Direct access to digital PSAT/NMSQT®, PSAT 10 and SAT® School Day scores.
• Customized career guidance and information about planning and paying for college.
• Connections — a feature exclusively for school day test takers that allows them to hear from nonprofit colleges and scholarship programs that may be a good match – without sharing personal information.
Images are illustrative and not final
In early 2024, educators will receive aggregate information and insights about student engagement with the app and its features.
https://satsuite.org/k12bigfutureschool
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7 01 Student Onboarding Student Onboarding 02 Score Release 03 Connections 04 Career Insights 05 Settings (Opt-In/Opt-Out) Images are illustrative and not final
8 01 Student Onboarding Score Release 02 Score Release 03 Connections 04 Career Insights 05 Settings (Opt-In/Opt-Out) Images are illustrative and not final
9 01 Student Onboarding Connections 02 Score Release 03 Connections 04 Career Insights 05 Settings (Opt-In/Opt-Out) Images are illustrative and not final
10 01 Student Onboarding Career Insights 02 Score Release 03 Connections 04 Career Insights 05 Settings (Opt-In/Opt-Out) Images are illustrative and not final
11 01 Student Onboarding Settings: Opt-in / Opt-out 02 Score Release 03 Connections 04 Career Insights 05 Settings (Opt-in/Opt-out) Images are illustrative and not final
Using BigFuture School and BigFuture
Separate, but complementary, resources to help students plan
Start with BigFuture School
Quickly and directly access scores, planning information, and messages from colleges.
Go deeper on BigFuture.org
Go online for additional resources including a career quiz, college search tool, and more.
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More Ways to View Scores
Students who don’t opt in to BigFuture School or who don’t have a mobile phone can still access their scores and planning information. Students who take the SAT on the weekendwill continue to receive their scores through their College Board account.
Get Score Reports
Schools will continue to receive PDF score reports for all assessmentsthey administer, which they can share with students. The information on the reports will be similar to the information in the app.
Use a College Board Account
As always, students can log in to their personal College Board accounts at studentscores.collegeboard.org to get additional insights about their scores and explore BigFuture.
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Implementation Timeline
• Fall 2023, with the first administration of the digital PSAT/NMSQT. The service will be available for students who take PSAT 10 and SAT School Day starting in 2024.
• We launched The School and District Resource Center for the digital SAT Suite of Assessments this spring as part of the launch of digital ordering.
• The Resource Center includes a BigFuture School/Connections flyer and we’ve also launched a website for Professionals that provides an overview of the program.
• We plan to provide additional tools and resources in the fall, in advance of the PSAT/ NMSQT administration.
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Participation Matters
New findings on the AP experience show that regardless of the score, completing an AP Exam has benefits.
AP students, including those with average scores of 1 or 2, are more likely to enroll in a four-year college compared to academically similar students who did not take AP in high school.
Many students who first earn an AP Exam score of 1 or 2 will then earn a higher score on the subsequent AP Exams they take.
Source: https://research.collegeboard.org/pdf/new-analyses-ap-scores-1-and-2.pdf
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K12 Appendix
The Shifting Landscape: Maintaining the Power and Value
of Connecting Students to College Opportunity
• Counselors, schools, districts, and states value the connection to colleges that the PSAT and SAT assessments provide.
• Students/families are positively impacted when they receive direct outreach from colleges
• Robust research shows the large scale and significant impact of college outreach on student’s educational trajectories
• With the increasing focus by regulators (and consumers) on restoring data privacy, enrollment leaders will need to adapt
• The fast-changing recruitment landscape has already impacted colleges, and that will only continue
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Accessing BigFuture School
Provide a Mobile Number
During the testing experience for the digital PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10, and SAT School Day, students 13 and over can provide a mobile number to receive text messages about the BigFuture School mobile app and score availability. The mobile number will only be used to text students’ information to access BigFuture School and when scores are available in the app.
Access BigFuture School Mobile App
Students can view their scores, along with customized guidance on potential career paths, and information about planning and paying for college. When they optin to Connections, they can begin hearing from nonprofit colleges and scholarship and educational organizations.
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All Centered on Students
• Meet Carolina
• 10th Grade
• Located in Tennessee
• High achiever
• Interested in STEM
• Unfamiliar with college process
• Taking Fall PSAT/NMSQT
Key Moments
• Test Day
• Score Release
• Learning about careers and college planning
• Connecting with colleges
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It’s Test Day! (Signing-up for BigFuture School & Connections)
Carolina gets set-up in Bluebook
As part of getting set-up and ready in Bluebook to take the PSAT/NMSQT, Carolina is given the option to get a text to download BigFuture School and sign-up for Connections
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Downloading BigFuture School
Carolina finishes her
PSAT/NMSQT She submits her test, gets a text for BFS She downloads BigFuture School
Carolina is excited to have achieved this milestone and is looking forward to getting her scores, exploring careers, and getting trusted advice about planning for college
Text provides Carolina with a link to download the BigFuture School app from the app stores. Texts will be sent outside school hours.
Carolina is an iOS user, so the text sends her to the Apple App Store to download the app. BigFuture School will also be available on Android.
Carolina launches the BigFuture School
Carolina is among the 91% of students recently surveyed that indicated they are likely to download the app and benefit from what it has to offer.
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Carolina starts using BigFuture School
Carolina is ready to take advantage of all that BigFuture School has to offer, the convenience of getting her scores on her phone, the value of career and college guidance, and access to Connections
BigFuture School Live Demo