1. ACT Aspire SCORE REPORTS

2. Purpose Is my student on target for high school, college, and career? For most students, reaching their goals includes getting a high school and college education. Preparing for college or workplace training means having access to quality instruction and putting forth their best effort. Your student’s ACT Aspire score report refers to ACT Readiness Benchmarks, ACT Readiness Ranges, and, if he or she is in 8th grade or above, a Progress Towards Career Readiness indicator.

3. Reports

4. Sample Report A Score Report will be coming home with your child’s 1 st Progress Report.

5. Readiness Benchmarks- bench A Readiness benchmark indicates the score a student would need to achieve in order to be ready to be considered ready for The ACT test as an 11 th grader. The Readiness Benchmarks for each ACT ASPIRE test and grade level are below:

6. South Carolina Levels of Performance Each level E,R,C, N is shown by the bold letter E E xceeding: at or above the High Cut Score R R eady: at or above the Benchmark Score and below the High Cut Score C C lose: at or above the Low Cut Score and below the Benchmark Score N In N eed of Support: below the Low Cut Score

7. English Benchmarks SubjectGradeLow ScoreLow CutBenchmarkHigh CutHigh Score English3400408413418435 4400411417423438 5400412419426442 6400413420427448 7400413421429450 8400415422429452 N N C C E E R R Scores E- Exceeds R- Ready C-Close N- in Need of Support

8. Reading Benchmarks SubjectGradeLow ScoreLow CutBenchmarkHigh CutHigh Score Reading3400411415419429 4400412417422431 5400415420425434 6400416421426436 7400417423429438 8400418424430440 NN C C E E R R Scores E- Exceeds R- Ready C-Close N- in Need of Support

9. Writing Benchmarks SubjectGradeLow ScoreLow CutBenchmarkHigh CutHigh Score Writing3408420428436440 4408420428436440 5408420428436440 6408420428436448 7408420428436448 8408420428436448 N N C C E E R R Scores E- Exceeds R- Ready C-Close N- in Need of Support

10. Mathematics Benchmarks SubjectGradeLow ScoreLow CutBenchmarkHigh CutHigh Score Mathematics3400409413417429 4 400 411416421431 5 400 412418424434 6 400 414420426436 7 400 416422428438 8 400 419425431440 N N C C E E R R Scores E- Exceeds R- Ready C-Close N- in Need of Support

11. Understanding Student Reports Click this link to view a video explaining your child's report: http://www.discoveractaspire.org/parent-overview/understanding-results/