School Wide Strategies to Support Student Success on the ACT

School Wide Strategies to Support Student Success on the ACT

Collaborative Conference on Student AchievementGreensboro, NC

March 2014

ThinkingAboutTheACT.wikispaces.com

Educate Your Staff

• Why the ACT instead of the SAT?• How does their course content align?• How does ACT success impact students?• Do all staff know the content of ACT?• Do all staff know the benchmark?• How does it impact the HS accountability

model?

Educate Your Students

• What doors open with ACT success?• What’s in it for me?• What are the benchmarks for my post-high

school plans?• What content is on the ACT?• Should I guess on the ones I don’t know?• Is it timed?• What is the format?

Educate Your Parents/Guardians

• How does ACT compare to SAT?• What do the PLAN scores mean?• What’s in it for them?• What kind of ACT score is needed for their

student’s post high school plans?• How can they be supportive?

Sophomore Year: PLAN results

When using PLAN, consider:

• How do you share the report with students?• How do you share the reports with staff?• How do you share the reports with parents?• How do the reports inform instruction?• Strategic scheduling options• How do you “hook” students into caring?

From ACT College Search App:College/University Composite Score Range

UNC – Chapel Hill 27-31

NC State 23-28

East Carolina 20 to 24

Appalachian State 21 to 26

Duke University 30 to 34

Elon University 25 to 29

PLAN Interpretive Guide

What about incentives?

Question of the Day

Time: Fluency Matters

Exposure to Format

Exposure to Format

ACT / SAT Comparison

College Readiness Standards

ACT Prep forMake-Up Attendance Time

Motivate

Educate Your Staff - Revisit

• Why the ACT instead of the SAT?• How does their course content align?• How does ACT success impact students?• Do all staff know the content of ACT?• Do all staff know the benchmark?• How does it impact the HS accountability

model?

Educate Your Students - Revisit

• What doors open with ACT success?• What’s in it for me?• What are the benchmarks for my post-high

school plans?• What content is on the ACT?• Should I guess on the ones I don’t know?• Is it timed?• What is the format?

Educate Your Parents/Guardians - Revisit• How does ACT compare to SAT?• What do the PLAN scores mean?• What’s in it for them?• What kind of ACT score is needed for their

student’s post high school plans?• How can they be supportive?

Shout-Out for What-Works

Contact Me:

Jan KingNC Department of Public Instruction

jan.king@dpi.nc.gov(828) 606-0177

On Twitter @jan4tarheels