<p>Excerpt from NYT, 8-22-2006:
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NYC will pay the College Board $1.2 million a year in a push to get all of the city's high school sophomores and juniors, as many as 150,000 students a year, to take the PSAT/NMSQT, the precursor of the SAT.
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<p>where I went to high school the PSAT was given to all freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, and the county (I assume) paid for the sophs to get their scores.</p>
<p>It was a half day and the seniors didn't come to school... and the unmotivated underclassmen didn't come either.</p>
<p>Last year, the Los Angeles Unified School District paid for sophomores to take the test. I don't think they paid for juniors. They also administered it during school hours. I don't think it was mandatory, but it was highly encouraged.</p>
<p>My kids' public school pays for 9th, 10th, and 11th graders to take PSATs. Overkill? Probably.</p>
<p>In the back to school packet for my kids high school I noticed that they are giving the PSAT to all Juniors this year. This is the first year they have done this. It is to be given on a school day versus a Saturday. I as assuming that someone is going to pick up the tab. This is a Ca public school.</p>
<p>Our school district (in NC) pays for the PSAT for all high school students (9-11th grades) every year too.</p>