1. 6/13/20169/20101 Understanding Your EXPLORE ® Results Preparing for a World of Possibilities

2. ACT EXPLORE Score Interpretation Session Goals:  During today’s session we will: Review basic fundamentals of the ACT EXPLORE Explain the various components of the Student Score Report Identify how EXPLORE and PLAN results can help students prepare for the ACT

3. Why Take EXPLORE?  EXPLORE shows you your academic strengths and weaknesses in English, mathematics, reading, and science.  EXPLORE helps you search for careers and learn which ones might be right for you.  EXPLORE helps you choose high school courses that will prepare you for college and work.

4.  7th Explore (1-25)  8th Explore (1-25)  9th Plan (1-32 )  10th Plan (1-32)  11th ACT/MME (1-36)  Allows for one year’s measurement of growth and time for inventions.

5. ACT Readiness Benchmarks for Credit-Earning College Courses College EXPLORE (8 th /9 th )PLAN (10 th )ACT (11 th /12 th ) Credit-EarningCollege ReadinessCollege ReadinessCollege Readiness CourseBenchmarksBenchmarksBenchmarks English Comp.EnglishEnglishEnglish AlgebraMathMathMath Social ScienceReadingReadingReading BiologyScienceScienceScience ACT College-Readiness Benchmarks 75 % chance “C” or better 50% chance of “B” or better Are these students “on track”? 9th 14 18 16 20 8th 13 17 15 20 10th 15 19 17 21 11th 18 22 21 24

6. Using Your EXPLORE ® Results Student Guide to EXPLORE 3 9/2010

7. 30 minutes Content/Skills Number of Items Usage/Mechanics 25 Punctuation 6 Grammar and Usage 8 Sentence Structure 11 Rhetorical Skills 15 Strategy 5 Organization 5 Style 5 Total 40 ACT EXPLORE ENGLISH TEST

8. 30 minutes Content Area Number of Items Pre-Algebra 10 Elementary Algebra 9 Geometry 7 Statistics/Probability 4 Total 30 ACT EXPLORE Mathematics Test

9. ACT EXPLORE Reading Test 30 minutes Content Area Number of Items Prose Fiction 10 Humanities 10 Social Studies 10 Total 30

10. ACT EXPLORE Science Test 30 minutes Earth/Space Sciences Data Representation 12 questions Life Sciences Research Summaries 10 questions Physical Sciences Conflicting Viewpoints 6 questions Total 28 questions

11. Student Score Report  What is the Student Score Report? This report is an individualized score report detailing scores received on the assessment, and the career plans and needs indicated by the student.  What will the Student Score Report do? The Student Score Report will provide –suggestions for improving student academic skills –careers that match student interests –indicators of college readiness

12. EXPLORE Score Report Side 1

13. Your Career Possibilities

14. Sample Interest Inventory Questions: I would dislike doing this activity (D) I am indifferent (I ) I would like doing this activity (L )  Help someone make an important decision  Use a microscope or other lab equipment  Find errors in a financial account  Write reviews of Broadway plays  Design a poster for an event (Examples from ACT PLAN UNIACT Interest Inventory)

15. Your Career Possibilities  Based on John Holland’s six interest and occupational types (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising and Conventional)  Uses ACT's Interest Inventory (UNIACT) – 72 items to assess basic interest areas

16. Important Interpretative Points of World of Work Map:  26 career areas (Career Area List)  12 regions (plus Region 99)  4 work tasks (Data, Things, Ideas, People)

17. Your Scores

18. Your Estimated PLAN ® Composite Score Range

19. Your High School Course Plans Compared to Core

20. Areas in Which You Would Like Additional Help

21. Your Plans for After High School

22. College Readiness

23. EXPLORE Score Report Side 2

24. Review Your Answers

25. Your Skills

26. West’s Scores

27. What is West doing to prepare your child for the EXPLORE next year and beyond  PD training- Christine Gullen, Oakland School’s consultant, educated our staff on EXPLORE, PLAN and ACT  Test preparation prior to EXPLORE by our core curriculum teachers  Staff meetings devoted to data analysis on EXPLORE results  Counselors interpreted EXPLORE results for all 7 th /8 th grade students  Core curriculum teachers will review and analyze highly missed questions with 7 th /8 th graders on May 9 th -test booklets will be sent home with your child on the 9 th  Parent nights

28. What can West parents do to prepare their student for the EXPLORE next year  Study and analyze your son/daughter’s EXPLORE report mailed to your home  Review the EXPLORE results booklet to help you better understand the results report  Talk with your son/daughter about how they scored and how they can improve  Start a file

29. K-12 Curriculum Alignment  The 1-25 score measured by the Explore are all standards covered in Elementary and Middle School.  Our District is shifting curriculum alignment to the ACT College Readiness Standards (rather than the MEAP).  Elementary and MS have been in-serviced on the Standards and the State is moving to the National Core Standards which are ACT based.

30.  All graduates of the Rochester Community Schools will be College Ready, Career Ready and Life Ready in English Language Arts.  All graduates of the Rochester Community Schools will be College Ready, Career Ready and Life Ready in Mathematics.  All graduates of the Rochester Community Schools will be College Ready, Career Ready and Life Ready in Science.

31. Scholars of Highest Distinction GPA 3.9 - 4.0 4 AP Courses ACT Score of 32 or higher Scholars of Distinction GPA 3.8 3 AP Courses ACT Score of 28 or higher Scholars of Achievement GPA 3.5 2 AP Courses ACT Score of 26 or higher

32.  STEP ONE: As you review questions and answers for the English section, circle whether your student had the question correct or incorrect. This will allow you to focus on the strong items as well as those that may need to be readdressed. NOTE- Look closely at the number of the test item; they are not in order. We have grouped them by the skill being measured. Usage/Mechanics: Punctuation Student Results Notes 1. CCorrectIncorrect 11. BCorrectIncorrect 21.ACorrectIncorrect 25.DCorrectIncorrect 32.BCorrectIncorrect 37.BCorrectIncorrect

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35.  Questions?