PLAN Interpretive Visuals 9/00 Interpretive Visuals Presented by Dan Litzinger Mike Leu Jane Mueller

PLAN Interpretive Visuals 9/00 1 Your PLAN Results Building a Foundation for Your Future

PLAN Interpretive Visuals 9/00 2 PLAN: A Solid Foundation for Student Success STUDENT SUCCESS Course Selection Preparation for College or the Workplace Career Planning Academic Development

PLAN Interpretive Visuals 9/00 3 Using Your PLAN Results

PLAN Interpretive Visuals 9/00 4 Student Report

PLAN Interpretive Visuals 9/00 5 Test Scores

PLAN Interpretive Visuals 9/00 6 Estimated Range of ACT Assessment Composite Scores College admissions policies may be characterized as follows:  Highly Selective — Majority of accepted freshmen in top 10 percent of high school graduating class.  Selective — Majority of accepted freshmen in top 25 percent of high school graduating class.  Traditional — All accepted freshmen in top 50 percent of high school graduating class.  Liberal — Some accepted freshmen from lower half of high school graduating class.  Open — All high school graduates accepted, to limit of capacity Typical ACT Composite Scores

PLAN Interpretive Visuals 9/00 7 Your Item Responses

PLAN Interpretive Visuals 9/00 8 Amount of Help You Said You Needed

PLAN Interpretive Visuals 9/00 9 Your Educational Plans

PLAN Interpretive Visuals 9/00 10 Career Area You Preferred

PLAN Interpretive Visuals 9/00 11 PLAN Student Report, Side 2

PLAN Interpretive Visuals 9/00 12 Summary From examining your PLAN Student Report and working through the Career Exploration and Planning Steps, you should have a better sense of your Academic strengths Academic areas that need improvement Career interests Training requirements Appropriate high school coursework

PLAN Interpretive Visuals 9/00 13 Next Steps Throughout high school, plan carefully and focus on two key areas: ACADEMICS CAREER EXPLORATION And, most important: START PLANNING NOW!

PLAN Interpretive Visuals 9/00 14 Formula for Student Success plan  Academic Development Career Exploration Student Success +=

PLAN Interpretive Visuals 9/00 15 ACT’s Educational Planning and Assessment System (EPAS)

PLAN Interpretive Visuals 9/00 16 EXPLORE, PLAN, ACT Assessment and Work Keys EXPLORE, PLAN, the ACT Assessment, and Work Keys can provide a solid base of eighth-grade to twelfth-grade guidance information. The EXPLORE/PLAN/ACT/ Work Keys connection can help achieve several goals: Evaluate students’ preparation and planning Chart patterns in academic development, interests, needs, and plans Help in making sound course selection decisions Promote student persistence and success in high school and beyond Provide Information for Life’s Transitions