SAT Essay View for Colleges and Other Institutions Help
- How do I access students' essays?
- How do I log in?
- How do I sign out?
- What is my user ID and/or password?
- What if I forgot my user ID and/or password?
- Whose contact information from my institution should I provide?
- How can I update my institution's contact information?
- Can I be notified by email when students' essays can be viewed?
- Where do I find a student's essay locator ID?
- How do I look up another student's essay?
- How do I view the essay score along with the essay?
- How are essays scored?
- How do students provide my institution access to their essays?
- Can my institution receive students' essays in batches?
- How do I sign up to receive batch essay files?
- Will I be alerted when new batch essay files are available?
- In what format are the batch files?
- How do I access batch delivery files?
- Is there any kind of index with batch files?
- What is contained in the error log?
How do I access students' essays?
Images of student essays will be available from the College Board to supplement a student's score report. An individual essay locator ID will appear on each student's score report. Admissions staff can use the essay locator ID to view and/or print an applicant's essay image. Colleges will have access to images of essays from every regular administration taken by the student.
How do I log in?
All institutions were sent a user ID and password in April 2005. Enter your user ID and password when prompted to gain access to the website. If you forgot your user ID and/or password, please contact Code Control at 609 771-7091.
How do I sign out?
To end your session, click on "Log Out." This link appears in the top right corner of the screen under the name of your institution.
What is my user ID and/or password?
A mailing containing a user ID and password, along with detailed instructions, was sent to colleges in April 2005. A user ID and password will allow access to the individual student essays.
What if I forgot my user ID and/or password?
If you forgot your user ID and/or password, please contact Code Control at 609 771-7091.
Whose contact information from my institution should I provide?
The contact name and email address you provide will be used for essay inquiries and essay lookup communications only. You should enter the information of a person who will be responsible for communications about receiving essays, including information about passwords.
How can I update my institution's contact information?
If you wish to update your institution's contact information, please contact Code Control at 609 771-7091.
Can I be notified by email when students' essays can be viewed?
When you sign in for the first time, you will be prompted to enter contact information including an email address. You will also be able to choose to have notification emailed when a student's essay is available for viewing. Email notifications will be sent weekly, and you may also receive daily emails with rush score delivery. You may already receive email notification with Internet Score Delivery, but these notification emails are separate.
Where do I find a student's essay locator ID?
The essay locator ID can be found on the top right corner of a paper score report, or in position 500-509 in an electronic data layout.
How do I look up another student's essay?
If you are already viewing a student's essay, you can go to another student's essay by entering the essay locator ID for that student in the Essay Locator ID box, which can be found on the right side of the screen on the Essay Viewer page.
How do I view the essay score along with the essay?
You can choose to view or hide the essay score when you view a student's essay. Select either the "Show Scores" button, which will show the score, or the "Hide Scores" button, which will hide the score, on the Essay Viewer page.
How are essays scored?
Each essay is scored independently by two qualified readers, on a scale of 1 to 6 by each reader, with the combined score for both readers ranging from 2 to 12. (Essays not written on the essay assignment will receive a score of zero.) If the two readers' scores differ by more than one point, a third reader scores the essay. View the SAT Essay Scoring Guide.
How do students provide my institution access to their essays?
When a student sends your institution an official score report, they also provide you with permission to view a copy of their essay. Just as all previous SAT scores are reported when students send you their scores, all previously written essays are also reported. Please encourage all students to send official score reports to your institution or you will not have online access to their essay.
Can my institution receive students' essays in batches?
Colleges can choose to receive batches of essays in addition to the individual lookup option. Batch essay files from the March, May, and June administrations were made available for batch download in August 2005. Batch essays are available on the Web after each SAT administration on an ongoing basis.
How do I sign up to receive batch essay files?
Institutions can sign up to receive batch delivery of essays with the annual score report options mailing that is sent to institutions in June. Institutions can also sign up for batch delivery of essays by calling Code Control at 609 771-7091.
Will I be alerted when new batch essay files are available?
Yes. When you sign up to receive batch essays, you are required to provide an email address. You will receive an email when a batch of essays is available for download.
In what format are the batch files?
Batch files are in PDF format. When you sign up to receive batch files, you can also choose to receive large or small batch essay files. Each small file contains up to 100 essays, and each large file contains up to 500 essays.
How do I access batch delivery files?
You access batch essay files in much the same way you access individual essays. After you log in, click the link to the batch essay files. On screen, you will see a list of your batches by test administration or by the week in which they were sent. Each contains the batch essay files from that SAT administration or from that week. You will receive an email when a batch of essays is available for download.
Is there any kind of index with batch files?
Yes. Along with your batch(es) of essays, a complete index file is included that can be used to determine which students' essays can be found in each PDF file. In addition, each PDF file comes with its own index.
What is contained in the error log?
The error log contains all the essay locator ids in which the essay image could not be provided by the College Board.