Educational Planning and Assessment System

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Educational Planning and Assessment System
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EPAS Scales Relationship
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College Readiness Standards (CRS) are the
statements that represent widely held learning
goals that are important for success in high
school, college, and the world of work. The
CRS link EXPLORE, PLAN, and the ACT Assessment
scores to curriculum and instructional decision
making.
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College Readiness Standardsby Learning Strands
and Score Ranges
Scores are seen as Assessment for Achievement,
rather than Assessment of Achievement!
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ACT College Readiness Standards
Kentucky 2006
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ACT CRS Ranges Page 12
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PLAN EXPLORE Score Reports
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PLAN EXPLORE Score Reports
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CRS and Your Curriculum

• Review of state objectives
• Review of state approved textbooks
• Collaboration with national teacher
  organizations NCTM, NCTE, IRA, NSTA
• Local item writers
• National Curriculum Survey
• Comparisons with over 35 states curriculum
  frameworks, including Kentucky
• Worksheets for local comparison

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EXPLORE PLAN CRS Standards
Reports and Guides
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Improving Academic Achievement

• CRS Guides
• Examples of test items by Strand by Score Range
• Suggestions for strategies and assessments by
  Strands
• Special Section Using Assessment Information to
  Help Support Low-Scoring Students

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College Readiness Benchmark Scores
The ACT Benchmark Score indicates a 50 chance
of obtaining a B or a 75 chance of obtaining a
C in corresponding credit-bearing college
courses.
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Percent of Kentucky Graduating Seniors Meeting
College Readiness Benchmark Scores
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PLAN EXPLOREScore Reports

• Do my scores indicate that I am on track to being
  ready to succeed in college courses?

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Title screenCourses Count
Courses
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Count!
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Meeting Benchmarks by Courses Taken
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Math Courses Count
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Science Courses Count
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Courses Count!
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Gain KC13 TN5
Gain KC9 TN4
Gain KC9 TN3
Gain KC7 TN3
Gain KC7 TN2
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Reading Between the Lines

• Those ACT-tested students who can read complex
  texts are more likely to be ready for college
• Performance on complex texts is the clearest
  differentiator in reading between students who
  are likely to be ready for college and those who
  are not. And this is true for both genders, all
  racial/ethnic groups, and all annual family
  income levels

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Reading Between the Lines

• More students are on track to being ready for
  college-level reading in 8th 9th grade than are
  actually ready by the time they reach 12th grade
• Not enough high school teachers are teaching
  reading skills or strategies and many students
  are victims of teachers low expectations

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Reading Between the LinesKentucky Report
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Reading Between the Lines

• Recommendations include
• Provide high school teachers in Kentucky with
  professional development training to help them
  incorporate the kinds of complex text and
  instruction into their courses that will help
  increase students readiness for college-level
  reading. . . .
• Page 7, KY Reading Report

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ACT and Education Trust

• What are the components of high school courses
  that prepare students for successful entry into
  postsecondary education without the need for
  remediation?

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On Course for Success ACT and Education Trust

• Selection criteria
• 40 minority or 50 free/reduced lunch
• Strong performance on Benchmarks
• Common success resources
• College-oriented content in the courses
• Qualified and experienced teachers
• Teaching that is flexible and responsive to
  students
• Extra student support when needed

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On Course for Success ACT and Education Trust

• Content and strategies
• Textbook-shaped, college preparatory
• Teacher-directed, constant flow of questioning
• Exposition and questioning
• Students expected to
• act like scholars in the field
• practice good work habits
• Outside-of-class academic support

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On Course for Success ACT and Education Trust

• Chapters IV, V, VI
• Composite syllabi in each discipline
• Discussion of each syllabus
• Syllabus for
• Geometry
• Algebra II
• Precalculus

• English - Grade 10
• English - Grade 11

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics

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A Grading Scale
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Other Reports

• Intervention Rosters EXPLORE and PLAN
• Self-reported Needs
• Dont plan to finish high school or no
  postsecondary plans
• Intervention Roster EXPLORE only
• Scoring in lowest 10th percentile
• Intervention Rosters PLAN only
• 2 Rosters related to college planning
• CRS Report and 5 Guides EXPLORE and PLAN

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Resources
www.act.org/ew/resources
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College Readiness Begins in Middle School
Courses Count
On Course for Success
Reading Between the Lines
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Policy Reports
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Policy Reports
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Policy Reports
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Other Research

• Ready for College and Ready for Work Same or
  Different
• Schools Involving Parents in Early Postsecondary
  Planning
• School Relationships Foster Success for African
  American Students

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