Pelham Awaits College Board's Decision On Wrong PSAT

PELHAM, NY — Pelham Memorial High School administrators mistakenly gave the wrong PSAT test to students on Oct. 12 , and now they're waiting to see if the College Board will release the scores.

They found out when they asked the College Board why the scores weren't back by Dec. 6.

"On December 8, 2022, the District determined that the October 15 version of the test had been inadvertently administered to our students," Superintendent Cheryl H. Champ wrote in a letter to PMHS students and parents. "We again contacted the College Board to determine the course of action necessary to have students’ scores released in a timely manner."

The test given Oct. 12 was the test which the College Board had designed and distributed to be given Oct. 15, according to the Pelham Examiner.

Concerned that students who took the test might have talked to people due to take the exact same test three days later, the College Board asked Pelham to administer a survey to those high-schoolers.

"The survey was administered to students today during class and we are in the process of ensuring that all students are surveyed and the results are returned to the College Board," Champ said Monday. "We expect that once the surveys have been completed by all students, the College Board will release our students’ PSAT results."

Champ thanked the families for their patience and said that in the past week, the foremost priority has been cooperating with the College Board to ensure the release of the PSAT results.

"With that said, please know that I take this matter extremely seriously. My cabinet and I have conducted a full and thorough investigation to determine how the wrong exam was issued. We are taking action to ensure such an error does not occur again," she said. "We recognize the need to be transparent and will continue to provide more detail in alignment with the College Board’s process. My administration and I will remain in regular contact with the College Board and we will provide updates as additional information becomes available."