1. Using Your ACT and SAT Data Frenship High School Kim Spicer, Principal Bonnie Thompson, College Readiness Coordinator

2. What is College Readiness? 0 The Level of preparation a student needs in order to enroll and succeed – without remediation – in a credit-bearing general education course at a postsecondary institution. (Conley 2007)

3. How do we assess college readiness? ACTSAT 0 EXPLORE* 0 8 th Grade Assessment 0 PLAN* 0 10 th Grade Assessment 0 ACT* 0 11 th & 12 th Grade Assessment 0 Redi Step 0 8 th Grade Assessment 0 PSAT* 0 10 th & 11 th Grade Assessment 0 SAT* 0 11 th & 12 th Grade Assessment 0 TSI Assessment* 0 College Placement *Assessments FISD currently uses

4. ACT Assessments

5. 3 Assessments – One Common Score Scale 1253236 EXPLORE PLAN ACT

6. EXPLORE / PLAN 0 FISD Tests ALL 8 th / 10 th Grade Students 0 Testing occurs in the Fall Semester 0 Overview is given before and after the test 0 Teacher Meeting

7. EXPLORE / PLAN – What’s on the score report? 0 Predicted PLAN / ACT Score 0 College Readiness Benchmarks 0 Students Self Selected Needs 0 Career Interest Inventory 0 High School Plans

9. ACT 0 Test Prep Seminar 0 During the School Day 0 Student and School cost 0 Summer Scholars Academy 0 Free to Students 0 Week before the June ACT test 0 ACT / SAT Class 0 One Semester – Open to 10 th, 11 th, and 12 th Graders 0 Test Center 0 FHS is a test center for the October, December, February, April, and June test dates

10. SAT Assessments

11. PSAT / NMSQT 0 Test all Freshmen and Juniors 0 Available to Sophomores who sign up 0 Superintendent Select 0 8 th, 9 th, and 10 th grade students 0 Overview is given before and after the test 0 Teacher Meeting

12. PSAT – What’s on the score report? 0 Students Scores and Percentiles 0 National Merit Scholarship Information 0 Skill Categories 0 Answers and Degree of Difficulty 0 Access Code To My College QuickStart

14. My College QuickStart

16. SAT 0 Test Prep Seminar 0 During the School Day 0 Student and School cost 0 Summer Scholars Academy 0 Free to Students 0 Week before the June SAT test 0 ACT / SAT Class 0 One Semester – Open to 10 th, 11 th, and 12 th Graders 0 Test Center 0 FHS is a test center for the October, December, January, May, and June test dates

17. Using The Data EXPLORE / PLAN / PSAT

19. PLAN Profile Summary Report To view the standards go to: www.act.org/standard/guides/plan/ College Readiness Standards (CRS) Range % of students scoring in that range % meeting the College Readiness Benchmark Score

21. PSAT Summary of Answers and Skills Skills that were tested (same as SAT) Difficulty Level How we did compared to the state and nation

22. Look at the questions

23. How did we do on each question? 75-100% 50-74% 25-49% 0-24%

24. What questions do we need to work on?

25. Using the Data in the Classroom 0 Bell Ringers 0 Benchmark Testing (Geometry & Algebra 2) 0 1 full class period – ACT 0 1 full class period – SAT 0 Response Report for each student 0 Testing Strategies

26. What else do we do to help students prepare for college and career readiness?

27. College and Career Night 0 Panhandle TACRAO Schedule 0 Over 50 Different College/Career/Military Recruiters 0 Mini-Financial Aid Fair 0 Invite Students & Parents Grades 9-12

28. College Transition Course 0 Originated from FHS Students 0 Students are given a local credit 0 Seniors – Fall 0 Juniors – Spring 0 Students leave having: 0 Filled out applications 0 Admissions, Scholarships, Housing 0 Researched their top 3 choices 0 Completed a degree plan 0 “Get it together for College” – CollegeBoard

29. Creating a Vision 0 Any student in grades 7 th, 8 th, 9 th, & 10 th can attend 0 Students tour: 0 Texas Tech University 0 South Plains College 0 1 st week in June 0 No cost to the student

30. Dual Credit / Advanced Placement Dual Credit Advanced Placement 0 93 Dual Credit and Technical Credit Hours Offered 0 11 On Site Faculty Qualified to Teach Dual Credit 0 Associates Program 0 Weighted Classes 0 Biology, Calculus, Chemistry, Computer Science, English Lang., English Lit., Physics, Spanish, Statistics, Studio Art, US History 0 Tested off Site 0 Weighted Classes 0 Will also Count Towards Associates Program

31. Questions? Kim Spicer kspicer@frenship.us Bonnie Thompson bthompson@frenship.us