1. Testing and your high school student: what you need to know
December parent meeting, high school counseling dept

2. Testing overview End of Course Exams: 9, 10, 11, maybe 12th PSAT: 11th
ASVAB: 11th
ACT: 11th

3. End of course
End of Course (EOC) Exams are connected to current Ohio Dept of Education Graduation Rules
Students must earn a minimum of 18 combined points out of a possible 35 on a total of 7 assessments. Additionally, students must meet the required sub-scores: 4 English points (2 tests), 4 Math points (2 tests) and 6 Science/Social Studies points (3 tests).
EOC Point System: CCP Final Grade Conversion:
1 Limited A or B 5
2 Basic C 4
3 Proficient D 3
4 Accelerated F 0
5 Advanced

4. End of course Tests: English 1 (English 9) English 2 (English 10)
Algebra (Advanced Algebra 1 or Algebra 1b, 9th or 10th grade)
Geometry (Advanced Geometry or Geometry, 9th,10th or 11th grade)
American History (20th Century 10th grade))
Biology (9th grade, or 8th grade if advanced Science student)
American Government (Gov’t/Econ, 11th grade)
What if student is taking a CCP Course?
Student must still take EOC for all English and Math tests
Students may convert their final course grade to EOC score for American History or Gov’t CCP Course
Students must take Biology EOC, but can use either final CCP grade conversion of EOC scores, whichever is higher

5. End of course
Students take the test in the Spring, results arrive Fall of following year
Re-test window early December for students recommended to re-test
Every fall, each students scores/sub-scores are reviewed and recommendations are made
Letter reviewed with all students recommended for re-test, mailed home to families
Example:
Eng 1: 2 Algebra: 1 Bio: 3 Gov’t: NA
Eng II: 1 Geometry: 2 Am History: 2
Sub-score: 3 Sub-score: 3 Sub-score: 5 Total: 11 Junior Student taking Algebra 2, Eng 11, Gov’t
Recommendations: Retest Eng II, maybe Eng 1, Algebra

6. End of course Recent Updates to Ohio Graduation Rules and EOC
House Bill 491: Allows the alternative pathway options that were available to the class of 2018, also available to the class of 2019
What does this mean for students?
All students must retake any Math or English test with a score of 1 or 2
If you are unable to obtain the 18 point minimum, you may meet 2 of the following 9 eligibility criteria to still earn an Ohio Diploma:
1) 93% attendance Senior year 2) 2.5 GPA in 4 full year senior year courses
3) Complete a ‘Capstone’ project 4) Complete 120 hrs of work or community service within their Senior year
5) Earn 3 credit hours via CCP coursework 6) AP/IB options* (not available at WL-S)
7) Pass 3 components of state’s job skills assessment 8) Earn approved job credential
9) Earn Ohio Means Jobs readiness seal

7. End of course How to help your student prepare
Learn more about EOC at Ohio Dept of Education website:
Practice tests and resources at:
Ohio’s State Test Portal
Top Left ‘Users’ drop down menu, choose ‘Students and Families’
Click on upper left box ‘Student Practice Site’
Login; choose student grade level
Test options available to that grade will appear

8. Psat Practice SAT/NMSQT (National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test)
Why the PSAT?
SAT is a less likely college readiness assessment…but the test does allow entry into the National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Entry is determined by student responses to their prior test cohort group. Student score report provides the student’s Selection Index, the student’s responses to entry items, and whether or not the student meets participation requirements to enter the competition.
An average of 1.6 million test takers each year meet entry requirements.
About 50,000 will earn scores high enough for the recognition.
Students will be notified the following year of their eligibility and required to submit other academic requirements.
Learn more by visiting:

9. PSAT
PSAT scores offer grade-level benchmarks that can help to gauge students college readiness.
The College and Career Readiness Benchmark scores predict a 75% likelihood of achieving a C or higher in related first semester, college-bearing college courses.
Color coded bar chart for section scores

10. ASVAB
All Juniors test late November, receive scores and interpretation mid-late December
Does help to determine military eligibility (31 minimum)…
...But so much more than that!
Beneficial Career Planning tool

11. ASVAB How to use the ASVAB score report for occupational planning
Login with Access code from score report
Take the FYE (interest inventory)
Identifies top 3 interest codes (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional)
Start exploring
Related careers looking at interest codes and top ASVAB scores
Provides description of job, required skill set, job outlook, what education is required for career and which colleges offer those programs
Map of the US with entry level and average salary for the career you explore

12. ASVAB Additional Resources of ASVAB
March 2 Success: Help to prepare for ACT
Additional test prep
Career One Stop

13. ACT
In house test, free of charge Spring of Junior year (new ODE graduation eligibility pathway)
National Test dates available ACT.org
Sep, Oct, Dec, Feb, April, June & July
Register ACTstudent.org

14. ACT With your student account, access to locating local test sites
Free test prep resources:
Question of the Day
“Preparing for the ACT”, 64 page PDF
Practice Test Questions
Test Taking Tips
Test Descriptions

15. ACT Additional ACT test prep resources:
Online or Classroom ACT prep programs
KAPLAN
Princeton Review

16. WL-S Average Composite Scores past 5 years:
ACT
WL-S Average Composite Scores past 5 years:
2018
20.3
2017
21.1
2016 22
2015
21.4
2014
22.8

17. ACT vs SAT All US colleges accept either ACT or SAT scores
SAT recommended for students looking into out of state colleges (but not required)
Students who do not do well on ACT may do better on SAT

18. ACT vs SAT ACT SAT 2 hrs 55 mins 3 hours Section on Science No Science
Can use a calculator on a math section
No calculator on a math section
Geometry: 35-45% of math section
Geometry: less than 10% of math section
No math formulas provided
(Some) Math formulas provided
Math accounts for ¼ of total score
Math accounts for ½ of total score
No evidence support questions in Reading section
Has evidence support questions in Reading section
Reading section: Random order of questions related to passages
Reading Section: Questions will flow in chronological order