1. Follow-up for Super Test Day- 9th Grade
EXPLORE Results
Follow-up for Super Test Day- 9th Grade
Platte County High School

2. Goals of today’s presentation
Introduce College and Career Readiness (CCR) standards and what they mean to you
Introduce College and Career Readiness (CCR) benchmarks for EXPLORE
Begin comparing your EXPLORE results with the CCR benchmarks
Examine next steps and conversations you can have with your parents

3. How do we define College and Career Readiness?
The acquisition of the knowledge and skills a student needs to enroll in and succeed in credit-bearing first-year courses at a postsecondary institution (such as a two- or four-year college, trade school, or technical school) without the need for remediation.

4. What do my EXPLORE benchmark scores mean to me?
What do we mean by “a high probability of success?”
Why these courses?
English Composition, College Algebra, and Biology are the first credit-bearing courses most commonly taken by first-year college students. Course placement data also show that reading achievement is most closely aligned with success in credit-bearing courses in college.
Students who meet a benchmark on ACT EXPLORE or ACT PLAN are likely to have approximately this same chance of earning such a grade in the corresponding college course(s) by the time they graduate high school.

5. What are the ACT College Readiness Benchmarks?
College Course or
Course Area
Test
Explore
Score
(Range 1-25)
Plan Score
(Range 1-32)
ACT Score
(Range 1-36)
ACT Compass
English Composition
English 13 15 18 77
Social Sciences
Reading 16 22 88
College Algebra
Math 17 19 52
Biology
Science 20 23
n/a

6. Interpreting Student Results

7. Interpreting Student Results

8. Additional Student Resources
Explore
World of Work Map

9. How to start talking to your parents about
College and Career Readiness?
-Review your EXPLORE test data and discuss strengths and areas for improvement
-Share your reported needs with parents
-Talk about goals that a you have for your future
-Share your course plan for PCHS and how it relates to your goals
-Create a timeline for College or Career Readiness Planning
-Start looking at programs and colleges that align to your goals

10. Super Test Day Fall of 2015 you will take the PLAN
Further questions, please contact Mrs. Wirsig
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