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EXPLORE and PLAN

EXPLORE and PLAN. November 17, 2008 Teleconference Presented by Dr. Beth Cipoletti Office of assessment and Accountability Division of Curriculum and Instruction. Webinar Agenda. Test information Student score reports ACT college readiness standards Ideas for progress Sample questions.

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EXPLORE and PLAN

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  1. EXPLORE and PLAN November 17, 2008 Teleconference Presented by Dr. Beth Cipoletti Office of assessment and Accountability Division of Curriculum and Instruction

  2. Webinar Agenda • Test information • Student score reports • ACT college readiness standards • Ideas for progress • Sample questions

  3. Test Information EXPLORE and PLAN

  4. EXPLORE Overview • English (40 item, 30-minute) test measures conventions of standard written English and of rhetorical skills • Mathematics (30-item, 30 minute) test emphasizes solving practical quantitative problems • Reading (30-item, 30 minute) test measures reading comprehension as a product of referring and reasoning skills • Science (28-item, 30 minute) test measures scientific reasoning skills

  5. PLAN Overview • English (50-item, 30 minute) test measures conventions of standard written English and of rhetorical skills • Mathematics (40-item, 40 minute) test emphasizes solving practical quantitative problems • Reading (25-item. 20 minute) test measures reading comprehension as a product of referring and reasoning skills • Science (30-item, 25 minute) test measures scientific reasoning skills

  6. Other Components • Interest Inventory – helps students explore personally relevant career options • Needs Assessment – collects information about students’ perceived needs • Educational plans and Background Information – gathers information about students’ school coursework plans, educational career plans after high school and other relevant information

  7. Student Score Reports EXPLORE and PLAN

  8. Your High School Course PlansCompared to Core

  9. Your Estimated PLAN Composite Score Range

  10. Areas in Which You Would Like Additional help

  11. Your Plans for After High School

  12. College Readiness

  13. College Readiness Benchmarks

  14. Your Career Possibilities

  15. College Readiness Standards Ideas for progress

  16. College Readiness Standards • Descriptions of the skills and knowledge students are likely to exhibit based on their scores in each academic test: English, Mathematics, Reading and Science

  17. Your Skills

  18. PLAN

  19. PLANYour Skills – Side Two

  20. Ideas for Progress • Suggest learning experiences that a student from which a student might benefit to increase his/her achievement and achieve a higher score on the ACT • Provide bridges between adjacent score ranges

  21. Resources

  22. www.explorestudent.org

  23. WVDE • Teach 21 (http://wvde.state.wv.us/teach21/) • Assessment updates • College Readiness • ACT/SAT Guides for writing and mathematics • EXPLORE File Cabinet (http://wvde.state.wv.us/oaa/filecabinet.html# explore) • Frequently asked questions • Administration manuals • Sample reports • PLAN File Cabinet (http://wvde.state.wv.us/oaa/filecabinet.html#plan) • Frequently asked questions • Administration manuals • Sample reports

  24. Questions? For additional information contact Dr. bethcipoletti 558-2546 dcipolet@access.k12.wv.us

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