Coordinating the Program
Managing the PSAT/NMSQT at your school
The PSAT/NMSQT Coordinator is the key to the success of a school's PSAT/NMSQT program. As Coordinator, you assume primary responsibility for:
- Ordering materials
- Storing materials before test day
- Preparing students, parents, and staff
- Administering the test
- Returning test materials
- Remitting payment
- Interpreting results and reports
Here is detailed information on what you will need to manage your role as PSAT/NMSQT Coordinator:
- PSAT/NMSQT Dates & Deadlines: A schedule of testing, reporting, and related activity dates
- Registering & Ordering Materials: How to use the PSAT/NMSQT registration and ordering system to do everything from requesting fee waivers and tracking orders to printing your remittance form
- Before Test Day: Information about preparing for the PSAT/NMSQT administration in October
- On Test Day: Test administration resources
- After Test Day: What to do after student and school reports arrive
Schools that close on their registered test day due to unforeseen circumstances such as weather or building disruptions, widespread illness, etc., should contact the PSAT/NMSQT program by 3 p.m. EST Friday, October 16, to arrange for an alternate administration.