1. Guiding your Students to College and Career Readiness with ACT’s College and Career Readiness System August 5, 2010 Center for Postsecondary Success

2. What’s the problem? Preparing all students for the 21 st century

3. College and Career Readiness  How do you know how prepared your students are?  How can you help them get where they want to go?  How can you track their progress?

4. Goals Participants will:  View a process for examining ACT’s College and Career Readiness System data  Understand how to analyze and use ACT’s College and Career Readiness System data

5. Consists of three aligned assessment programs –EXPLORE (Score Range 1-25) 8 th /9 th grade assessment Provides baseline information on the academic prep of students Used to plan high school coursework –PLAN (Score Range 1-32) 10 th grade assessment Midpoint review of students’ progress toward educational/career goals Take time to make necessary interventions –ACT Assessment (Score Range 1-36) 11 th /12 th grade assessment Measure students’ academic readiness for postsecondary success College admission and placement tool ACT’s College and Career Readiness System

6. Assessments Share a Common Scale Score EXPLORE 8th and 9th grade (score range 1 to 25) PLAN 10th grade (score range 1 to 32) ACT 11th and 12th grade (score range 1 to 36) 1-25 1-32 1-36

7. School Reports Student Score Reports Student Roster (Individual Scores) Profile Summary Report (Group Scores) Item Analysis Reports Early Intervention Roster - Low Scores - Reported Needs Presentation Packet

8. Student Score Reports Your Scores Your Estimated PLAN Composite Score Range Your Plans Your Reported Needs College Readiness: English, Mathematics, Reading, Science Your Plans for After High School Your Career Possibilities Your Skills

9. School Profile Summary Report Overview: Compare student scores to national norms Compare student scores to College Readiness Standards Disaggregate score differences by ethnicity and gender Highlight career and educational plans

11. The Map shows how Career Areas differ in their involvement with four basic work tasks: 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. These four work tasks are the four “compass points” of the Map. For example, occupations in Career Area C (Management) mostly involve working with people and data, so it is located in the upper left part of the Map, as are other Career Areas involving people and data. ACT Career Planning

12. The Future Workforce of Minnesota 2009 ACT Results say this:  There is some interest among MN high school students in pursuing high-growth career fields, but not enough to meet the predicted demand.  Of MN students expressing interest in college, approximately ¾ are ready for first year college English courses, less than ½ are prepared for college-level reading courses, less than ½ are ready for science, and slightly more than ½ are ready for math.

13. Table 7 Your site can ask up to 12 questions to be answered on the PLAN test that can then be reviewed and analyzed by your local school or district. Example: What percentage of our students reported needing help in particular areas? Or… How do our students planning to attend college differ in their career preferences ?

14. Item Response Summary Report  This report will show the number of students who answered each question correctly for each of the areas.  Examining this report will help teachers further analyze student performance in specific content areas.

15. Item Response Report % of students in your school who answered the question correctly % of students nationally who answered the question correctly Your students were 2% less likely to answer the question correctly as the reference group Why high # of omits?

16. Early Intervention Roster Roster 1: Students with no graduation plans Roster 2: Students with low scores Roster 3: Reported Needs

17. Additional Reports Student Data File on CD College Readiness Standards Reports EXPLORE to PLAN and PLAN to ACT Linkage Reports

18. State Match Between MN Academic Standards and Benchmarks and ACT’s EXPLORE, PLAN, and ACT Summarizes the findings of the alignment Provides tables by content area listing the precise number of MN Academic Standards and Benchmarks measured by ACT’s tests, by grade level Highlights the ACT College Readiness Standards that reflect one or more statements in the MN Academic Standards and Benchmarks

19. ACT’s College Readiness Standards Narrative description of what students need to know and be able to do Reflect a common continuum of achievement Progressive model of student progress from middle to high school Reflect student strengths/weaknesses Evaluate student readiness for next levels of learning http://www.act.org/standard/

20. Student Resources http://www.actstudent.org/explore/ http://www.actstudent.org/plan/ http://www.actstudent.org/index.ht ml

21. Materials for Educators http://www.act.org/plan/downloads.html

23. Advanced Placement International Baccalaureate Career & Technical Education College Level Examination Program Post Secondary Option Program Concurrent Enrollment My Choices Dual Credit Options

24. Resources I Make It Happen: http://imakeithappen.org/http://imakeithappen.org/ Minnesota Career Information System: http://mncis.intocareers.org/http://mncis.intocareers.org/ Naviance: http://www.naviance.com/index.phphttp://www.naviance.com/index.php Minnesota Careers: http://www.iseek.org/mncareers/index.htmlhttp://www.iseek.org/mncareers/index.html Opt2Xplore: http://www.opt2xplore.com/app/http://www.opt2xplore.com/app/ Ten Sigma: http://www.tensigma.org/http://www.tensigma.org/ The Real Game: http://www.realgame.com/usa.htmlhttp://www.realgame.com/usa.html Get Ready for College: http://www.getreadyforcollege.org/grIndex.cfmttp://www.getreadyforcollege.org/grIndex.cfm

25. Resources The Family Toolkit: http://eslmi03.esc.state.nc.us/soicc/products/Family%20Tool%20Kit_06.pdf http://eslmi03.esc.state.nc.us/soicc/products/Family%20Tool%20Kit_06.pdf Career Videos: http://www.acinet.org/acinet/videos_by_occupation.asp?id=27,&nodeid=28 http://www.acinet.org/acinet/videos_by_occupation.asp?id=27,&nodeid=28 Century LifePlan: http://century.lifeplan.project.mnscu.edu/http://century.lifeplan.project.mnscu.edu/ Know How2Go: http://www.knowhow2go.org/http://www.knowhow2go.org/ MN Programs of Study: http://test.mnpos.com/http://test.mnpos.com/ Vocational Curriculum Resources: http://www.khake.com/page60.htmlhttp://www.khake.com/page60.html Soft Skills Training: http://www.breitlinks.com/careers/soft_skills.htm Efolio Minnesota: http://www.efoliominnesota.com/http://www.efoliominnesota.com/

26. STRATEGIES Advising – counselors/advisors/mentors/teachers Ask students to self-record scores/plans (MCIS or other career planning forms) Use software (such as Naviance) Plan Early Interventions Examine Curricula for College- Readiness Track College-Readiness

27. Ideas for Students Conduct pre-administration session to help students Implement student-led conferences to share results Have students put scores in MCIS Include Holland codes in drop down menu in Naviance or other system Distribute results in classes with student interpretation worksheets Provide extra credit for parent/student involvement with scores Meet in small groups of students with similar scores; follow-up sheet Use advisories to teach study skills and career/college planning Use results in career classrooms to connect careers with course plans Use results for online research in computer labs Use results for placement in summer school and extended day programs Use results in preparation for registration and credit review meetings Share results at registration with students (& parents) Use results in preparation for college fair Create student study skills groups Create after school study groups Place students in structured study halls

28. Ideas for Staff Conduct session to help staff understand ACT’s College and Career Readiness System Preview of the test’s purpose with students by staff Provide time for staff to examine scores (i.e., PLC groups) Provide item response info to teachers on test to show questions Link item response results to interventions for reading skills and graphs Use results to link interests to new programs Assist with understanding results and portfolios in advisories Share info with curriculum director, curriculum coordinators and special services Provide data to teachers to help determine at risk students Add college readiness standards to curriculum maps Create charts of curriculum/instructional needs Incorporate testing questions from PLAN and ACT into curriculum Have middle school counselors provide spreadsheet of info for high school counselors

29. Ideas for Parents Conduct parent information meeting about ACT’s College and Career Readiness System before school Send letter or brochure home to explain ACT’s College and Career Readiness System Conduct parent information night to share results: overview and interpretation student worksheet Conduct parent night: guest speakers, booths/career fair, students’ worksheets Conduct parent sessions at conferences with PowerPoint Post presentations for parents on Web site Create student assignment to share results with parents Have advisors discuss results at conferences or registration Use cable TV program Use public library Use Naviance for family connections

30. SharePoint On-line site for counselors to post and share tools Sections for student, parent, and staff tools Section for MDE and ACT documents Handout explains how to request permission to access site http://collaboration.education.state.mn.us/a cademicstandardshttp://collaboration.education.state.mn.us/a cademicstandards.

31. ACT Contacts: Rae Jones, Director Elementary/Secondary Services rae.jones@act.org Phone: 847-634-2560 Chris Mitchell, Consultant Elementary/Secondary Services chris.mitchell@act.org Phone: 847-634-2560 FAX: 847-634-1074 ACT Midwest Region Lincolnshire, IL

32. MDE contacts: Angie Judd angie.judd@state.mn.usangie.judd@state.mn.us. 651-582-8478 Sally Wherry sally.wherry@state.mn.ussally.wherry@state.mn.us. 651-582-8768