1. EXPLORE Test Results 2008-09 Scott Highlands Middle School

2. Parent FAQ –EXPLORE results are included in portfolio. –The EXPLORE, like all standardized tests, are only an insight to what a student has learned and can demonstrate. –The EXPLORE will help students, parents, teachers and counselors gain an insight to student needs and course scheduling upon entering high school.

3. Student Score Your Score 1.Composite Score (Range 1-25) 2.Four Academic Tests (Range 1-25) a.English (has 2 separate sub scores) Usage/Mechanics (range 1-12) Rhetorical Skills (range 1-12) b.Mathematics c.Reading d.Science

4. Estimated PLAN Score The EXPLORE Test results provides an estimate for the PLAN Test. The PLAN is a 10 th grade test that helps estimate your ACT score. EXPLORE has a range of 1-25 PLAN has a range of 1-32. The ACT has a range of 1-36.

5. Student Score Percentiles- (% of students that scored at or below your score) Student individual results are compared to student percentiles in the nation, SHMS, School District 196.

6. Your Reported Needs “Blue check marks” : student indicated this as an area of need as they move forward with their education.

7. Your Plans after High School Educational Plans –Self reported Career Area Preference –Self reported from choices given.

8. College Readiness Benchmarks English13 Math17 Reading15 Science20 College Readiness: indicates students’ probable readiness for college-level work by the time they graduate from high school. Note: the science benchmark is set very high (90% nationally).

9. The World of Work Wheel Student answers to an interest inventory provides insight to careers and jobs in the work world. Go to www.EXPLOREstudent.org to EXPLORE an interactive World of Work Wheel.www.EXPLOREstudent.org

10. Your Skills (back side) Every question from each test with student response and correct response. Total correct responses. Suggestions to improve your skills in each of the academic areas.

11. How can we use our results? Examples.. Math Item #6 (Elementary Algebra) You help in the school cafeteria by emptying the trash barrels. You are paid $4 for each day you work. Let d be the number of days you work in a month. Which of the following expressions represent your pay for that month, in dollars. F. d 4 G. d/4H. 4+dJ. 4-d K. 4d –77% of our students answered correctly. (K) Math Item #27 (Geometry) One side of a triangle is 8 feet long and another side is 16 feet long. Which of the following CANNOT be the length of the third side. A. 4B. 9C. 12D. 16E. 20 –33% of our students answered correctly. (A)

12. Mean Scores TestSHMSNational English14.114.2 Math15.1 Reading13.913.8 Science15.815.9 Composite14.9

13. National Quartiles 68% of SHMS 8 th graders composite scores fall into the top half of the national scores. In other words, 50% of the nation had a composite score range between 14-25 inclusive, whereas, SHMS had 68% of its students scoring between 14-25.