1. Tests are standardized. Students are not.™ Michigan Future Schools and Academic Approach Intro to EPAS and CRS

2. Tests are standardized. Students are not.™ About the ACT, PLAN, and EXPLORE

3. About the ACT: Format

4. About the ACT: Scoring Page 5

5. About the ACT: Scoring

6. About the English Test PLAN 50 items in 4 passages; 7:30 per passage EXPLORE 40 items in 4 passages; 7:30 per passage

7. About the English Test Curriculum Rhetorical Skills vs. Usage and Mechanics

8. About the English Test Sample Content – Skills + Strategy Redundancy 3:1 Split

9. Tests are standardized. Students are not.™ About the Math Test

10. PLAN 40 items; 40 minutes EXPLORE 30 items; 30 minutes

11. About the Math Test Math is the only section in which the questions are presented from easiest to hardest. Answer choices are typically presented from smallest to largest or largest to smallest. 1.A fingernail grows at an average rate of 0.12 inches per month. Rip Van Winkle, a character in a story by Washington Irving, slept for 20 years. If his fingernails grew at the average rate, approximately how many inches did each grow while he slept? A. 28.8 B. 24.0 C. 20.0 D. 12.0 E. 2.4

12. Instructional Techniques Sample Math Content: Page 12 Skill Strategy

13. Tests are standardized. Students are not.™ About the Reading Test

14. PLAN 3 600 word passage + 8-9 questions; 6:40 per passage EXPLORE 3 600 word passage + 10 questions; 10:00 per passage

15. About the Reading Test Four passages, always in the same order: Prose Fiction Social Science Humanities Natural Science

16. About the Reading Test Sample Reading Content: Page 15 Skill Strategy

17. Tests are standardized. Students are not.™ About the Science Test

18. PLAN 30 items; 25 minutes; 5 passages EXPLORE 28 items; 30 minutes; 6 passages

19. About the Science Test Seven passages in an unpredictable order (ACT): Passage Type # of questions per passage (ACT ONLY) Details Data Representation 5 questions/3 passages Typically easier, asks mostly data identification questions Research Summary 6 questions/3 passages More challenging, asks more about conclusions Conflicting Viewpoints 7 questions/1 passage Reading based, little or no data, takes the longest

20. About the Science Test Sample Science Content: Page 16

21. Tests are standardized. Students are not.™ About the CRS

22. Reading the CRS or COP 301 Reading CRS Codes: Page 3

23. Reading the CRS Table Reading the CRS Table: Page 4

24. Reading the CRS Table: Story within a Strand

25. Reading the CRS Table

29. Tests are standardized. Students are not.™ Michigan Future Schools Assessment Program

30. Assessments by Grade 11 th Grade 3 Full-length practice SATs 10 th Grade 1 Pre-PLAN (transfer students only) 3 Assessments by Score Band 1 Post-Plan 9 th Grade 1 Pre-EXPLORE 3 Assessments by Score Band 1 Post-EXPLORE

31. Assessments: What is an Assessment by Score Band? Assessments by Score Band Target a narrow score band of standards Freshmen and Sophomores will take 16-23 assessments Should be used to assess standard mastery Contain items that match the proportion of the ACT Are timed more generously than EPAS exams

32. Assessment Timeline Academic Approach sends test booklets, answer sheets, and return envelope to school-based contact School assesses students within the testing window and assembles answer sheets into return envelope Academic Approach schedules answer sheet pick-up and grades tests Academic Approach emails reports to MFS and school-based contact with student and school comparison data Academic Approach will ask for one contact from each school for testing logistics communication.

33. Tests are standardized. Students are not.™ Reading Our Reports

34. Reports: Overview Parts of the Report

35. Reports: Overview

36. Reports: Composite Scores Parts of the Report

37. Reports: Composite Scores

40. Reports: Subject Scores Parts of the Report

41. Reports: Subject Scores

44. Parts of the Report

45. Reports: Subject Scores ACT category, aligned CRS, and curriculum-based lesson Correct answer and item accuracy Distractor analysis and omit rate

46. Reports: Subject Scores Parts of the Report

47. Reports: Subject Scores Class accuracy by lesson. Nested by topic – 12 total punctuation items, which include 9 commas and 3 apostrophes

48. Reports: Subject Scores Parts of the Report

49. Reports: Subject Scores 34% accurate on whole TDPF strand 45% accurate on 24-27 score band 22% accurate on TDPF 28-32.2

50. Reports: Subject Scores

51. Student Score Report

53. Student Question and Answer Report