<p>Our district pays for all sophomores but we pay for juniors. It si tradition in our school that only those kids that might have a chance at NMSF take it as juniors.</p>
<p>We pay in our district.</p>
<p>Taking the PSAT as a sophomore is useful even for non-high-scoring kids. D2 isn’t going to be a contender, but this will give her a sense of what the test is like and what she needs to work on for SAT testing. It’s useful to us the parents because it gives a glimpse of what her scores are likely to be, which means we can figure out some safety schools.</p>
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<p>I agree. Early testing gives you a clue of the ballpark in which your child is likely to be playing when they make it to the show. (Go Rangers!)</p>
<p>A couple of years ago our state started paying for all sophs to take the PSAT, families have to pay for jr year. </p>
<p>My D1 was a soph before this policy, I paid for her to take it as a good indicator of where she was at w/o prep and to give her an idea of what she had to work on the most for when it counted as a jr.</p>
<p>Our Freshmen and Sophomores are invited to take the psat if they want some practice. Parents pay full price. (California is broke!)</p>
<p>All freshman,sophs and jrs. take it in our school system. The school system pays for everyone. I have read recently that our sch. system was considering having all jrs. take the ACT.</p>
<p>At our prep school, everyone takes it freshman, sophomore and junior year. It’s included in the price of tuition. They feel like it’s good practice.</p>
<p>At S’s prep school all freshman, soph, and juniors take the PSAT. Same here in our county public schools.</p>
<p>At the public magnet school where I teach, all freshman, sophomores and juniors took the PSAT today. The seniors were together in the theater getting info on college apps, senior projects, graduation, etc., etc. The school district pays for every student.</p>
<p>This year, the district dropped funding for freshmen, I believe, so the school picked it up. The district/state pays for all sophomores and juniors.</p>
<p>Wow lots of district and school funding! Here (in CA public school) we have to pay</p>
<p>We have to pay to take PSAT in sophomore and junior year.</p>
<p>Our school requires it of all 10th & 11th grade. Optional for others. At our private school we do not have to pay (it is “included” in tuition - so we do pay behind the scenes). All public neighboring districts, students pay and take it on Saturday rather than during school day.</p>
<p>Our school does no offer PLAN.</p>
<p>At my school it’s optional for freshman, paid for by the state for sophomores, and basically mandatory but not paid for by the state for juniors.</p>
<p>I think it’s interesting the number of districts that pay sophomore year but not junior year, when it counts.</p>
<p>Freshman D took the PLAN today, sophomores and juniors at her school all took the PSAT. I think the school builds the costs into the huge tuition payment we make. :)</p>
<p>Both my D’s took the PSAT in 8th grade and parents had to pay. Mandatory for 9th and 10th grades and free. Optional in 11th grade and parents pay.</p>
<p>Costs $15 here to take the PSAT. Juniors can take that or the ASVAB test that day; sophomores all have to take the PLAN, but can take the PSAT that day and makeup the PLAN the next day; freshman are also offered the opportunity to take the PSAT. </p>
<p>When D1 (Class of 2010) was going through, they didn’t give freshman the option, but they did for sophomores. D2 (Class of 2013) started in freshman year.</p>
<p>In our school district all 11th graders take the real PSAT, and 9th and 10th graders take a real one or a mock one - which grades take which has changed from one year to the next so I’ve lost track. 9th and 10th grade scores are used to smoke out kids who haven’t been pushed to enroll in honors level classes yet but who should be in those classes, and for bragging rights between the various HS principals and PTAs. The only kids who escape this madness are the ones in the most basic level of Special Ed, in the lowest level of ESL, or whose parents pull them out of school for the day.</p>
<p>D attended local public and took the PSAT freshman, sophomore and junior years. I was somewhat surprised when the school S attends did not offer it to freshman. He is a sophomore and took it today. We have never had to pay.</p>
<p>I grew up in the midwest and took the ACT and the PSAT (but never took the SAT). Never heard of PLAN.</p>