Understanding Your PLAN Results:

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• Understanding Your PLAN Results
• Preparing for Success

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Why Did I Take PLAN?

• PLAN shows you your strengths and weaknesses in
  English, math, reading, and science
• PLAN lets you know if youre on target for
  college or job training
• PLAN helps you find careers that match your
  interests
• PLAN helps you prepare for the ACT

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Your Scores

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Your Estimated ACT Composite Score Range
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What Is a Good ACT Score?
College
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Your High School Course Plans Compared to Core
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College Readiness
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Profile for Success
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Your Reported Needs
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Review Your Answers
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How To Improve for the ACT
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Your Career PossibilitiesWorld of Work Map
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www.planstudent.org
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What do I do now?

• Using your PLAN Score Report, ask yourself some
  questions
• Am I on target for college or a job?
• What skills do I need to improve to be ready for
  college or work training?
• Am I taking a rigorous core curriculum?
• What careers interest me most?

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Keys to Good Educational Planning

• Take challenging college prep courses in high
  school.
• A fourth year of English is more important than
  an Elective.
• Be sure to take at least 3 years of SS
• Taking physics can add 6.6 points to your science
  ACT score.
• Taking Trig and Calc. can increase math ACT score
  by 9.8 POINTS!!

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Keys to Good Educational Planning

• Think about how good grades and ACT scores can
  help make college admissions easier.
• Factors in College Admissionof Considerable
  Importance
• Grades in College Core Courses 74
• Standardized Admission Tests 59
• Grades in All Courses 54

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Keys to Good Career Planning

• College ReadinessWorkplace Readiness
• Soft Skills skills that employers/teachers find
  to be most important in their employees/students
• Preparedness
• Positive Attitude
• Pride
• Respect
• Teamwork

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Keys to Good Career Planning

• Explore the many career options available to you
  and think about how your career choices will
  affect your future.
• Use World Of Work Map from planstudent.org
• Go back to Career Cruising for more research and
  actual schools
• Set career goals and develop an educational plan
  to achieve them.

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Formula for Student Success