1. Second Annual Minnesota Assessment Conference EXPLORE & PLAN Report Card: How Did Minnesota Students Perform?

2. Overview ACT’s Definition of Core ACT’s College Readiness Benchmarks EXPLORE & PLAN Components EXPLORE & PLAN Assessment Results Early Indicators of College Readiness EPAS in action EXPLORE & PLAN Details for 2006-07

3. ACT Recommended Coursework

4. EXPLORE & PLAN College Readiness Benchmark Scores

5. EXPLORE Components English, math, reading, science achievement tests (scale score 1-25) Get Ready for High School UNIACT Interest Inventory Needs Assessment Plans and Background Information 2 copies of Student Score Report Student Roster Profile Summary Report Early Intervention Roster Presentation Packet

6. Minnesota and National Average EXPLORE and Subject Area Scores N-Count of total students in report: 36,051 Total Tested: 37,501

7. Minnesota EXPLORE Students Likely to Be Ready for College-Level Work

9. EXPLORE Fall 8th Grade Tested by Race/Ethnicity

10. EXPLORE Fall 8th Grade Tested By Gender and Race/Ethnicity

12. How are EXPLORE Students Achieving Across Gender Groups?

13. Students’ EXPLORE Composite Scores and Course Work Plans Related to Their Educational Plans

14. Students’ EXPLORE Composite Scores and Course Work Plans Related to Their Expressed Needs for Help

15. Students’ EXPLORE Composite Scores, Course Work Plans, and Postsecondary Plans Related to Their Career Clusters from the World-of-Work Map

16. PLAN Components English, math, reading, science achievement tests (scale score 1-32) High School Course Grade Information UNIACT Interest Inventory Needs Assessment Plans and Background Information Educational Opportunity Service (EOS) 2 copies each of Student Score Report, Student Score Report Label, and High School List Report Profile Summary Report Early Intervention Roster Presentation Packet Using Your PLAN Results

17. Minnesota and National Average PLAN and Subject Area Scores N-Count of total students in report: 46,607 Total Tested: 49,426

18. EXPLORE & PLAN College Readiness Benchmark Scores

19. Minnesota PLAN Students Likely to Be Ready for College-Level Work

21. PLAN Tested by Race/Ethnicity

22. PLAN Tested By Gender and Race/Ethnicity

24. How are PLAN Students Achieving Across Gender Groups?

25. How do students’ PLAN scores relate to the courses they have taken or are currently taking?

26. Students’ PLAN Composite Scores and Course Work Plans Related to Their Educational Plans

27. Students’ PLAN Composite Scores and Course Work Plans Related to Their Expressed Needs for Help

28. The Chicago Public School Challenge Eighty-five percent of Chicago’s 430,00 public school students are poor, as defined by eligibility for participation in free or reduced-cost lunch programs. Many are members of minorities; many have limited proficiency in English. Like students everywhere, these students are striving for a good education and prosperous future. Many face hurdles unimaginable in the nearby suburbs. For example, most Chicago high schools have well over 2,000 students, but only three or four counselors in the entire school to meet their needs.

29. Chicago Public School system wanted to: increase the college readiness of students, increase the numbers of students who take a rigorous curriculum and set their sights on getting into the most challenging college for which they are qualified, improve high school graduation rates and college attendance rates, and provide a basis for curricular interventions to improve student performance.

30. CPS EPAS Results The number of students taking the ACT has continued to grow each year, representing opportunity for more students. Student performance is improving. Most students are planning to enter some form of postsecondary education. More students are taking the right number of core courses in 2006 compared to 2002.

31. EXPLORE & PLAN Details Order as soon as possible PLAN testing--take the time for students to complete the UNIACT Interest Inventory (9,735 did not take inventory) Visit ACT website at www.act.org to view information on supplemental reporting services Attend 1 of 5, no-cost state EXPLORE & PLAN Implementation Workshops in Nov. or Dec. The MDE will not pay for pre-gridding (EXPLORE) or ID labels (PLAN) this year--- school/district expense for 2006-07 To avoid unnecessary additional costs by MDE, return EXPLORE Special Testing material

32. Rae Jones Director, Elementary/Secondary Services ACT Midwest Region Lincolnshire, IL rae.jones@act.org (847) 634-2560