College and Career Readiness (Explore,
Plan, and ACT)Mitch Fowler
Agenda
• Welcome / Outcomes• Overview of EPAS / College and Career
Readiness Benchmarks• Breaking Down the Standards• Breaking Down the Assessment• Using Report Data for School Improvement
and in the Classroom
EPAS – Another Acronym?
• EPAS – Educational Planning and Assessment System– Explore (Grades 8 and 9)
• Student scores are 1-25– PLAN (Grade 10)
• Student scores are 1-32– ACT (Grades 11-12)
• Student scores are 1-36
• Common score scale allows for seamless data that describes student achievement in grades 8-12.
ACT’s College Readiness Benchmark Scores – Predictors of Success
ACT College Readiness Benchmark Scores
Subject Test
College Course
Explore Plan ACT
Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11
English English Comp. 13 14 15 18
Math Algebra 17 18 19 22
Reading Social Science 15 16 17 21
Science Biology 20 20 21 24
A student at benchmark on the ACT has a 75% chance of getting a “C” or better in the corresponding college course and a 50% chance
or better of getting a “B” or better.
ACT’s College Readiness Benchmark Scores – Predictors of Success
“Students who are significantly off target for college and career readiness in eighth grade are far less likely to become ready for college-level
work during high school.”
Taken from: How Much Growth toward CollegeReadiness Is Reasonable to Expect inHigh School? by ACT.
What’s being assessed? ACT’s College Readiness Standards
Students who score in this range…
Can do this…
Breaking Down the Standards - Activity
What is taught in
the classroom.
ACT StandardsC.C.S.S.
?
Breaking Down the Assessment
Breaking Down the Assessment - Activity
• While looking through the guides, consider:– What is the blueprint of the assessment?– How does the blueprint of the assessment correlate with
the blueprint of your course? Of your Tier I and II standards?
– How could you modify some of your classroom assessments to match the structure of the EPAS assessments?
– How do your classroom assessments provide thinking skill progressions as exhibited by the sample questions provided in the guides?
Available EPAS Reports
• Item Response Summary (Building Level Data)• Student Report• DataDirector Reports– NOT YET Reports– Self Reported Needs Inventory– Self Reported Interest Inventory– Explore / Plan Mail Merge Report– Explore / Plan Assessment Reports
Item Response Summary - Activity
Student Report - Activity
Student Report - Activity
Student Report - Activity
Student Report - Activity
Available Reports in DataDirector
Met or Exceeded ALL CRB’s
NOT YET reached subject area CRB’s
Self Reported Needs Inventory
Self Reported Post Secondary Plans
Explore / Plan Assessment Reports
Building Your Own Reports
Thank you!
Questions?