WELCOME

1. WELCOME EPAS Reports: Maximizing the Impact on Student Achievement in Mathematics

2. KASA Annual Summer Institute EPAS Reports: Maximizing the Impact on Student Achievement in Mathematics Chyleigh Rose Mathematics Consultant Kentucky Department of Education Chyleigh.rose@education.ky.gov

3. For State; Where have we been? Where are we going? How do we get there?

4. Background July 2006 - Senate Bill 130 Assessment program shall include: high school readiness exam in grade 8 a college readiness exam in grade 10 the ACT college admissions and placement exam in grade 11

5. The Educational Planning and Assessment System (EPAS)is comprised of theEXPLORE, PLAN and ACT

8. EXPLORE and PLAN Data 2007-2011

9. Curriculum Alignment • Alignment document http://www.act.org/commoncore/pdf/CommonCoreAlignment.pdf • College Readiness Standards http://www.act.org/standard/infoserv.html • Standards reports • Connecting standards to the classroom • Instructional support workshop materials

10. Standards for Mathematical Practices

11. Content Standards

12. For Students; Where am I now? Where am I going? How do I get there? Student Reports

13. Where Am I Now? • Scale Scores • EXPLORE - between 1 and 25 • PLAN - between 1 and 32 • ACT – between 1 and 36 • Composite score is the average of subject area scores.

14. Where Am I Now?

15. Where Am I Now? What is my score?

16. Where Am I Now? How do I compare to others?

17. Where Am I Now? Percentage of students AT or BELOW your score in the U.S.

18. Where Am I Now? Percentage of students AT or BELOW your score in your school

19. Where Am I Now? Percentage of students AT or BELOW your score in your state

20. Where Am I Now? EXPLORE predicts what you may score on the PLAN.

21. Where Am I Going? When students take the EXPLORE, they take a survey where they… • indicate courses they plan to take in high school • choose areas in which they would like some help • share whether or not they are thinking about college • indicate Career Area of interest • fill out an interest survey

22. Where am I going? High School Plans

23. Where am I going? Students choose which areas where they would like to receive help.

24. Career Interests

25. How Do I Get There?

26. How Do I Get There? College Readiness Benchmarks

27. How Do I Get There? • Kentucky Statewide System of Benchmarks – Defining College Readiness in Kentucky • English – 18 • Mathematics – 19 • Reading - 20

29. How Do I Get There? World of Work map helps outline work as it relates to: • People: people you help, serve, care for, or sell things to • Data: facts, numbers, files, business procedures • Things: machines, tools, living things, and materials such as food, wood, or metal • Ideas: knowledge, insights, and new ways of expressing something (with words, equations, music, etc.)

30. How Do I Get There? World of Work Map

31. How Do I Get There? • Career Exploration (http://www.act.org/explore/pdf/CareerAreaCharts.pdf) • Map of College Majors (PLAN) http://actstudent.org/plan/future/majors.html

32. How Do I Get There? • Using Your EXPLORE Results http://www.act.org/explore/downloads.html • Using your PLAN Results http://www.act.org/plan/downloads.html • Using your ACT Results http://www.act.org/aap/resources.html

33. For Districts; Where have we been? Where are we going? How do we get there?

34. Assessment Update: the ACT For the Kentucky public school juniors who took the ACT assessment in the spring of 2010: • 48.8 percent met the English benchmark; • 21.6 percent met the mathematics benchmark; • 35 percent met the reading benchmark; • 15.4 percent met the science benchmark

35. How can we use this to improve instruction?

37. Mathematics Test Requires Students to Analyze problems – in both real world and purely mathematical settings Plan and carry out strategies Verify appropriateness of solutions

39. Building Success Strategies • What is the data telling us? • What are our College Readiness goals? • What strategies need to be implemented this year? • What are our long term strategies? • What type professional development is needed? • What do we need from our partner college/university?

41. Courses Count!

43. Benefits: Early Intervention • PLAN Intervention Rosters: • Identify students who reported that they do not plan to complete high school, or have no post-high school educational plans • Identify students who expressed a need for a lot of help in one or more areas • Identify students who earned a score of 16 or higher, but reported that they have no plans to • attend college • Identify students who reported that they plan to attend college, but earned a composite score of 15 or lower, or do not plan to take college core coursework.

44. Item Response Summary • Section A – Report Group • Section B – Item responses • Section C – Report group performance • Section D – Reference group performance • Section E - Overall performance in report group

45. Curriculum Alignment • Alignment document http://www.act.org/commoncore/pdf/CommonCoreAlignment.pdf • College Readiness Standards http://www.act.org/standard/infoserv.html • Standards reports • Connecting standards to the classroom • Instructional support workshop materials

46. Standards for Mathematical Practices

47. Content Standards

48. A look at successful schools across Kentucky What are Successful Schools and Districts Doing?

49. Create a Culture of Success and Support • Supportive environment • Every student has an advocate • Goal-setting

50. Focus on Individual Scores and Benchmarks • Intentional opportunity for students to review their EPAS scores • Connect scores, goals, curriculum and homework assignments. • Communicate with parents