Pioneer Family Communication
Testing Edition - April 2023
Updates from the Pioneer Testing Team
Good Afternoon Pioneer - we hope everyone has a safe spring break. We wanted to share our testing edition newsletter with our 9th, 10th, and 11th grade families to review the processes for MME testing in April. If you have any questions about testing please contact any of the Pioneer Testing Team members via email. All 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students are automatically signed up to test, there is no need to register. Thank you.
Pioneer Testing Team
Pioneer Administrative Testing Question Contacts
Parent Consent Form for PSAT 10 & SAT+essay
Pioneer Families and Students, state testing is right around the corner. Ann Arbor Public Schools requires students to participate in Spring Testing. Juniors must complete all parts of the Michigan Merit Exam: Sat w/Essay, WorkKeys, and MStep to be eligible for graduation in their senior year.
Student Search Service
By opting into the Student Search Service and completing the optional questionnaire, students are allowing the College Board to share personal information, such as college preferences and plans for the future, with colleges and scholarship organizations.
This will provide students with:
• information about colleges and universities that match the student’s academic interests
• information on financial aid and scholarships, helping deserving students to access the assistance they are eligible to receive
• information about academic majors, courses, and degree options
*The Student Search Service option will need to be completed at home.*
If you are interested in your Junior or Sophomore participating in the student search service this will need to be completed at home, not during School Day testing.
Flexibility is being provided in how students may complete the optional questionnaire. In order to minimize the time needed for the in person pre-administration tasks, students may opt into Student Search Service and complete the online questionnaire (http://studentsearch. collegeboard.org) outside of school day testing.
PLEASE NOTE: College Board allows a student to send a SAT score report to four colleges of their interest at no charge (usual cost is $12/college). On pre-bubbling day, students will be asked to complete that information. If you wish to take part in this service, discuss this with your child and have him/her come prepared with the name and location (state) of the college.
What to Bring on SAT/ACT/PSAT Testing Days
PROHIBITED ITEMS FOR SAT - DO NOT BRING
The following devices and aids aren’t allowed in Pioneer for testing:
Mobile phones, smartwatches, fitness trackers, or other wearable technology (simple digital non-smartwatches or analog watches are acceptable)
Audio players or recorders, tablets, laptops, notebooks, Bluetooth devices (such as wireless earbuds/headphones), or any other personal computing devices
Separate timers of any type
Cameras or any other photographic equipment
Pens, highlighters, or mechanical or colored pencils
Books or references of any kind except as approved as an English language learner support for in-school administrations
Compasses, rulers, protractors, or cutting devices
Papers of any kind, including scratch paper
Earplugs
Unacceptable calculators that have computer-style (QWERTY) keyboards, use paper tape, make noise, or use a power cord
IMPORTANT TESTING DATES - PIONEER
SAT w/essay - 4/12/23
ACT WorkKeys+ - 4/13/23
PSAT 10 - 4/12/23
PSAT 9 - 4/13/23
M-STEP Science - 4/19/23 - Cafeteria - A-L 8-11am, M-Z 11:50-2:50
M-STEP Social Studies - 4/19/23 - Cafeteria - A-L 8-11am, M-Z 11:50-2:50
TESTS
*11th Grade Students - SAT w/essay, ACT WorkKeys+, M-STEP Science, M-STEP Social Studies
*Graduation Requirement
10th Grade Students - PSAT 10
9th Grade Students - PSAT 9
**NO 12th Grade testing if testing requirements have been met.
Spring Testing Schedule - April 12 & April 13, 2023
