NOVEMBER 17, 2008 TELECONFERENCE PRESENTED BY DR. BETH CIPOLETTI OFFICE OF ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY DIVISION OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION EXPLORE.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2008 TELECONFERENCE PRESENTED BY DR. BETH CIPOLETTI OFFICE OF ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY DIVISION OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION EXPLORE and PLAN

Webinar Agenda Test information Student score reports ACT college readiness standards Ideas for progress Sample questions

EXPLORE AND PLAN Test Information

EXPLORE Overview English (40 item, 30-minute) test measures conventions of standard written English and of rhetorical skills Mathematics (30-item, 30 minute) test emphasizes solving practical quantitative problems Reading (30-item, 30 minute) test measures reading comprehension as a product of referring and reasoning skills Science (28-item, 30 minute) test measures scientific reasoning skills

PLAN Overview English (50-item, 30 minute) test measures conventions of standard written English and of rhetorical skills Mathematics (40-item, 40 minute) test emphasizes solving practical quantitative problems Reading (25-item. 20 minute) test measures reading comprehension as a product of referring and reasoning skills Science (30-item, 25 minute) test measures scientific reasoning skills

Other Components Interest Inventory – helps students explore personally relevant career options Needs Assessment – collects information about students perceived needs Educational plans and Background Information – gathers information about students school coursework plans, educational career plans after high school and other relevant information

EXPLORE AND PLAN Student Score Reports

9/ Your High School Course Plans Compared to Core

11 Your Estimated PLAN Composite Score Range

12/2006 Areas in Which You Would Like Additional help

13 Your Plans for After High School

College Readiness

College Readiness Benchmarks Subject Test EXPLORE Test Score PLAN Test Score ACT Test Score English Mathematics Reading Science202124

16 Your Career Possibilities

IDEAS FOR PROGRESS College Readiness Standards

Descriptions of the skills and knowledge students are likely to exhibit based on their scores in each academic test: English, Mathematics, Reading and Science

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20 Your Skills

PLAN

PLAN Your Skills – Side Two Content AreasTo improve your skills you can: Basic Operations Probability Determine the discount price of items on sale (for example, an item that normally const $10.00 is on sale for 13% off, so the same price of the item is $8.70) Calculate the score value you need on your next math test to raise your overall grade by a certain percent Predict the outcome of simple events (for example, the sum of two 6-sided fair number cubes when rolled)

Ideas for Progress Suggest learning experiences that a student from which a student might benefit to increase his/her achievement and achieve a higher score on the ACT Provide bridges between adjacent score ranges

Resources

EXPLORE Interpretive Visuals 9/

WVDE Teach 21 ( Assessment updates College Readiness ACT/SAT Guides for writing and mathematics EXPLORE File Cabinet ( explore ) Frequently asked questions Administration manuals Sample reports PLAN File Cabinet ( Frequently asked questions Administration manuals Sample reports

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