1. Catalyst
1. You have a broken piece of glass, what do you do with it? 2. Before you begin any lab, what do you need to put on? 3. What college do you want to go to?

2. Note for Today’s Lecture
You do not need to take any formal notes
You DO need to answer all quick writes and J – TPS.
Furthermore, it is expected that you engage in all class discussions.

3. College!
Select 10% of students to go to one side of the room and the other 90% to go to the other side of the room.

4. THINK-WRITE-PAIR-SHARE
How did this activity make you feel? Describe some of the thoughts that were going through your head during this activity.

5. A 35 Minute Drive Makes All the Difference…
In 2007, 27% of 11th graders at Roosevelt in East L.A. scored proficient on the English CST. In the same year, 84% of 11th graders at Mira Costa High in Manhattan Beach scored proficient or higher on the English CST.
What do you notice about these scores?
Why do you think Roosevelt students got these scores?
Why do you think Manhattan Beach students received these scores?
Is it okay for these scores to be so different?

7. A 57% Difference

8. Manhattan Beach vs. East LA
East Los Angeles
Average SAT – 1732
Average ACT – 25
67.6% of residents 25 and older have a four year degree
3.1% have less than a high school diploma
Average SAT – 1235
Average ACT – 19
3.7% of residents 25 and older have a four-year degree
66.1% have less than a high school diploma

9. Mira Costa High School 2,300 students 67 % Caucasian (White)
77 students (total) qualify for free lunch
6.6% Latino/Hispanic

10. Roosevelt High School 4,519 students 98 % Latino/Hispanic
35 % English Learners
90% or 4,067 Free or
reduced lunch

11. Partner Talk
Why the difference?

13. Empower Yourself Empower Your Community Empower Your World
Change Begins With You
Empower Yourself Empower Your Community Empower Your World

14. Studio City vs. East LA Studio City East Los Angeles
Average SAT – 2012
Average ACT – 30
49.4% of residents 25 and older have a four year degree
Less than 3% have less than a high school diploma
Average SAT – 1235
Average ACT – 19
3.7% of residents 25 and older have a four-year degree
66.1% have less than a high school diploma

15. Harvard-Westlake Studio City, CA Private School
Tuition = $29,000 a year

17. Facts About Harvard – Westlake
Ranked 35th in the rankings of best high schools in the country.
Los Angeles Magazine named it the most elite prep school in all of LA.
90% of students that took an AP class got a 3 or higher (i.e. they passed).
Average Class Size = 13 students
Average SAT Scores of 650 in verbal, 677 in math, and 685 in writing.

22. Empower Yourself Empower Your Community Empower Your World
Change Begins With You
Empower Yourself Empower Your Community Empower Your World

23. 100% of students will pass the Harvard Westlake final.
Big Goal #1
100% of students will pass the Harvard Westlake final.

24. 5 Minute Break

25. Take a Gamble
What ACT score does the average student going to UCLA score?
What ACT score does the average student going to USC score?
What is the average ACT scores for Hispanics nationally? 28 31
18.7

26. The ACT: Test Basics
Standardized test designed to test for “college-readiness”
4 Multiple Choice Sections:
Reading, English, Math, and Science
Essay section
Each section scored out of 36

27. Graph Analysis
With your table look at the graphs and answer the following questions:
What are the trends that you notice on the graphs?
Are there differences between different races and ACT scores? Why?
How do we reverse the trends?
Give students a printout of graphs on slide 28, 29, 30, and 31. Have them interpret the trends

28. College Ready = 24 composite score

29. Ask students what colleges they said earlier
Ask students what colleges they said earlier. Point out where those scores fall on this graph.

32. 35 minutes (40 questions; 7 sections)
SCIENCE SECTION
35 Minutes—40 Questions
35 minutes (40 questions; 7 sections)
~40% charts & graphs (3 passages; 5 questions per passage)
~40% experiments (3 passages; 6 questions per passage)
~20% fighting scientists (1 passage; 7 questions per passage)

33. Scaled ACT Score
Raw ACT Score 36 40 35 39 34 38 33 32 37 31 30 29 28
33-34 27
31-32 26 25 24 23
27-26 22
Scaled ACT Score
Raw ACT Score 21 24 20 23 19 22 18
20-21 17
18-19 16
16-17 15 14
13-14 13 12 11 10 9
7-8 8 6 7 5
Scaled ACT Score
Raw ACT Score 6 5 4 3 2 1

34. Ask students what colleges they said earlier
Ask students what colleges they said earlier. Point out where those scores fall on this graph.

35. If you are going to go to college, it takes much more than a good GPA

36. 100% of students will get a 24 or higher on the ACT Science section
Big Goal #2
100% of students will get a 24 or higher on the ACT Science section

37. Art Activity
With your groups create a poster of what your futures will look like when these two big goals are accomplished.

39. Closing Time
ACT Science section diagnostic Wednesday!