Supporting LASS High Schools Session

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Supporting LASS High Schools Session

• Indiana College Acceleration Network ( ICAN )
• Lakeshore Alliance for Student Success, Inc
• Edward Schoenfelt, Executive Director
• 220 S. 13th Street, Chesterton, IN 46304-2104
• Wednesday, February 16, 2011 900 a.m. Noon CST

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Network of Indiana High Schools

• These schools work to engage freshman, use 21st
  Century
• Learning strategies, and ready ALL high school
  students for
• college and careers.
• Pass out Crown Point high School brochures

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Freshmen Academies (transitions)

• Bridge them into the high school . . .
• Place on teams as they begin the school year. . .
• Know where each student is . . .
• Provide strong connections to the faculty members
  . . .
• Provide orientation programs . . .
• Requirement participation and involvement . . .
• Junior and Senior mentoring programs . . .
• Power skills development . . .
• Corner Stone Project for each student, parent,
  and teacher . . .
• Career exploration (ACT Explore in 8th grade) . .
  .
• ACT Plan and Work Keys . . .

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21st century skills learned through the
curriculum, which is interdisciplinary,
integrated, project-based, and more, include and
are learned within a project-based curriculum by
utilizing the seven survival skills advocated by
Tony Wagner in his book, The Global Achievement
Gap

• 1 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
• 2 Collaboration across Networks and Leading by
  Influence
• 3 Agility and Adaptability
• 4 Initiative and Entrepreneurialism
• 5 Effective Oral and Written Communication
• 6 Accessing and Analyzing Information
• Curiosity and Imagination
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vNS2PqTTxFFc

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College and Career Programming

• Students
• Walk away for the school with industry
  certifications
• and leave school with some college credits, IB,
  AP,
• honors courses, with a connection to community
• college, tech schools. college or universities.
• Capstone Projects to fulfill their senor year of
  school
• Service Learning, Community service, with a
  report to a
• community board, council, or group

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ACT is a national college admissions exam that
consists of subject area tests in English
Mathematics Reading Science

• ACT Plus Writing includes 4 subject area tests
  a 30-min Writing Test
• ACT results are accepted by all 4-year colleges
  and universities in U.S.
• ACT includes 215 multiple-choice questions and
  takes approximately
• 3 hours and 30 minutes to complete, including a
  short break (or just over
• 4 hrs if you are taking the ACT Plus Writing).
  Actual testing time is 2 hours
• and 55 minutes ( 30 min if you are taking the
  ACT Plus Writing).
• ACT is administered on 6 test dates within the 50
  United States D. C.
• in Sept, Oct, Dec, Feb, April, and June. In
  other locations, the ACT is
• Administered on five test datesall of the above
  dates except Sept.
• The basic registration fee includes score reports
  for up to four college
• choices, if you list valid codes when you
  register.

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ACT The EXPLORE Test

• EXPLORE includes four multiple-choice tests
• Subject Number of Questions How Long It Takes
• English 40 questions 30 minutes
• Math 30 questions 30 minutes
• Reading 30 questions 30 minutes
• Science28 questions 30 minutes
• Your skills in these subjects will make a big
  differencein school and, eventually,
• in your future career. Once you know what each
  test covers, your EXPLORE test
• results can show you where you're strong or weak.
  When you take EXPLORE, you
• answered questions about your educational and
  career plans. This information can
• help you learn more about careers, clarify your
  goals, and begin to plan your
• future including your high school courses and,
  perhaps, a college education.

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ACT The Plan test

• PLAN includes four multiple-choice tests
• English, Mathematics, Reading, and Science.
• Subject Number of Questions Time Allowed
• English  30 minutes
• Usage/Mechanics 30 
• Rhetorical Skills 20 
• Math  40 minutes
• Pre Algebra/Algebra 22 
• Geometry 18 
• Reading 25 20 minutes
• Science 30 25 minutes
• Your skills in these subjects will make a big
  differencein school and,
• eventually, in your career. Once you know what
  each test covers, your
• PLAN test results can show you where you're
  strong or weak.

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ACT Work Keys required skill levels
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ACT Work Keys assessment scores
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ACT Work Keys skill gaps
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Stay On Message

• LEADERSHIP

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Measure your Students

• College and Work Readiness Assessment (CWRA)
• http//www.cae.org/content/pro_collegework.htm
• Measures - critical thinking, analytic reasoning,
  problem solving, and written
• communication (40 per student with minimum of
  100 tested)
• National Student Clearinghouse
• http//www.studentclearinghouse.org/ 450 per
  report, start with last five
• Connect your graduates to postsecondary
  accomplishments, not based on
• students surveys.

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References

• 21st Century Skills Rethinking how students
  learn, James Bellanca and Ron Brandt editors
• Standards for Educational and Psychological
  Testing, American Educational Research
  Association, American Psychological Association,
  National Council on Measurement in Education
  (1999).
• Code of Professional Responsibilities in
  Educational Measurement, National Council on
  Measurement in Education (1995).
• Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education,
  Joint Committee on Testing Practices (2004).
• Alliance for Excellent Education. (2006). Paying
  Double Inadequate High Schools and Community
  College Remediation. Washington, DC Author.
• ACT. (2009). ACT National Curriculum Survey
  2009. Iowa City, IA Author.
• Tony Wagner, (2010) The Global Achievement Gap,
  CELL Conference 2010.
• Dr. Eric Ban, Principal - Crown Point High
  School, 1500 South Main St., Crown Point, IN.
  219-633.4885
• Mr. Edward Schoenfelt, Executive Director, LASS,
  Inc. Lake, Porter, and LaPorte Counties of North
  Indiana www.mvsc.k12.in.us/lass
  schoenfelteddeb_at_yahoo.com