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P.E.R.T.

P.E.R.T. . P.E.R.T. Postsecondary Education Readiness Test. What is the P.E.R.T.?. P.E.R.T. has taken the place of the previous Common Placement Test (CPT). Used by all 28 Florida colleges Determine whether or not a student is ready for college level courses

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P.E.R.T.

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  1. P.E.R.T.

  2. P.E.R.T. Postsecondary Education Readiness Test

  3. What is the P.E.R.T.? • P.E.R.T. has taken the place of the previous Common Placement Test (CPT). • Used by all 28 Florida colleges • Determine whether or not a student is ready for college level courses • P.E.R.T. began in October 2010

  4. Chain of Lakes (COL) Unweighted GPA: 3.0 Pass ALL 3 sections of the P.E.R.T. Tier 1 - Pass all 3 sections of P.E.R.T & 3.0 GPA (Priority into COL) Tier 2 - Pass 2 of the 3 sections of P.E.R.T. & 3.0 GPA

  5. Background of readiness testing http://www.fldoe.org/fcs/OSAS/Evaluations/pdf/Zoom2010-03.pdf

  6. What does P.E.R.T. assess? • Reading • Takes approximately 1 hour to complete • Writing • Takes approximately 30 minutes to complete • Math • Takes approximately 30 minutes to complete • Each section has 30 questions!

  7. Reading • Score needed to pass: 106 • Passing score increased from 104 to 106 in October 2013 • Information below came from PSC Placement Evaluation Chart

  8. Reading Assessment Information came from PERT Study Guide

  9. Sample reading questions from study guide

  10. Writing • Score needed to pass: 103 • Passing score increased from 99-103 in October 2013 • Information below came from PSC Placement Evaluation Chart

  11. Writing Assessment

  12. Sample writing questionsfrom study guide

  13. Math • Score needed to pass: 114 • Passing score increased from 113-114 in October 2013 • Information below came from PSC Placement Evaluation Chart

  14. Math Assessment

  15. Sample math questionsfrom study guide

  16. P.E.R.T. Scores This information came from the FLDOE website.

  17. How many times can you take the P.E.R.T.? • Unlimited HOWEVER…… After 3 attempts, you must take a remedial course before you can retake the P.E.R.T. • P.E.R.T. #1@ PPCA May 28, 2014 • P.E.R.T. #2 @ PPCA October (ish) 2014 • P.E.R.T. #3 Students will need to take at PSC

  18. Math Readiness statistics

  19. Math Readiness by age

  20. Reading Readiness Statistics

  21. Writing Readiness Statistics

  22. P.E.R.T. Resources • FLDOE study guide on PPCA website • P.E.R.T. workbook from Books a Million • www.virtualnerd.com • www.number2.com • www.march2success.com • www.collegeboard.org • www.ihatemath.com • http://www.varsitytutors.com/practice-tests • www.actstudent.org/onlineprep/ • ($21.95 for one year)

  23. Books A Million…. Books below

  24. www.virtualnerd.com

  25. Virtual Nerd cont….. FREE

  26. www.number2.com FREE Add Mrs. Tapp as your coach

  27. www.i-hate-math.com

  28. www.pertfreetestpractice.com

  29. http://www.varsitytutors.com/practice-tests

  30. www.actstudent.org/onlineprep $21.95 for one year

  31. www.homeworksimplified.com FREE

  32. www.collegeboard.org

  33. CollegeBoard cont….. FREE

  34. P.E.R.T. app $9.99 on iTunes

  35. Advice from students… • Even though you have multiple times to take the test, study really hard the first time so you can pass it and not have to worry about taking it again. • -Let them know, not to take studying as a joke, they need to do it!

  36. Don’t Wait…. • Begin studying NOW!!! • What your student puts into this, they will get out of it!!

  37. True story…. • Reading score 99 to 121 (22 point gain) • Writing score 95 to 119 (24 point gain) • HOW… • Studied every night for 1 hour!!! • Utilized resources given

  38. Chain of Lakes (COL) Unweighted GPA: 3.0 Pass ALL 3 sections of the P.E.R.T. Tier 1 - Pass all 3 sections of P.E.R.T & 3.0 GPA (Priority into COL) Tier 2 - Pass 2 of the 3 sections of P.E.R.T. & 3.0 GPA

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