november 17, 2008 teleconference presented by dr. beth cipoletti office of assessment and...
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NOVEMBER 17, 2008TELECONFERENCE
PRESENTED BYDR. BETH CIPOLETTI
OFFICE OF ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITYDIVISION OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION
EXPLORE and PLAN
Webinar Agenda
Test informationStudent score reportsACT college readiness standardsIdeas for progressSample questions
EXPLORE AND PLAN
Test Information
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
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
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
EXPLORE AND PLAN
Student Score Reports
9/2008
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Your High School Course PlansCompared to Core
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Your Estimated PLAN Composite Score Range
12/2006
Areas in Which You Would Like Additional help
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Your Plans for After High School
College Readiness
College Readiness Benchmarks
Subject TestEXPLORE Test
ScorePLAN Test
ScoreACT Test
Score
English 13 15 18
Mathematics 17 19 22
Reading 15 17 21
Science 20 21 24
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Your Career Possibilities
IDEAS FOR PROGRESS
College Readiness Standards
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
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Your Skills
PLAN
PLANYour Skills – Side Two
Content Areas To improve your skills you can:
Basic Operations
Probability
Determine the discount price of items on sale (for example, an item that normally const $10.00 is on sale for 13% off, so the same price of the item is $8.70)
Calculate the score value you need on your next math test to raise your overall grade by a certain percent
Predict the outcome of simple events (for example, the sum of two 6-sided fair number cubes when rolled)
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
Resources
EXPLORE Interpretive Visuals9/200827
www.explorestudent.org
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
