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Understanding What Makes

Good Students and GoodProfessionals

Patrick KyllonenSr. Research Director, Center for Academicand Workforce Readiness and Success, ETS

Steve Kappler

Assistant Vice President and Head ofPostsecondary Strategy, ACT

Sheldon Zedeck

Professor of the Graduate School, University

of California, Berkeley

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What ACT Research tells Us

about Readiness and Persistence

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The Three Domains of

College & Career Readiness

Academic Readiness

Academic Behavioral Readiness

Career and Educational Planning

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Academic Readiness

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The Science of ACT Solutions

National CurriculumSurvey

Test

Blueprint

College

Readiness

Standards

College

Readiness

Benchmarks

Content

Validity

Predictive

Validity

Course

Performance

Test Scores/

Results

Standards

Review

Students & HS

Tell me what I

know & can do

Postsecondary

Tell me what

THEY know &

can do

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The National Research Continuum

2012 Grad ClassUpdate

(EnrollmentManagement

Trends Report

2013)

2012 Grad ClassProgression

Report(Reality of

Readiness 2014)

2012 Grad ClassReport

(The Condition)

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ACT College Readiness Standards

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Define Knowledge and Skills

College Readiness Benchmark Scores

TestCollegeCourse PLAN

TheACT

8th

Grade

9th

Grade

English

English

Composition 13 14 15 18

Math Algebra 17 18 19 22

Reading Social Sciences 15 16 17 21

Science Biology 20 20 21 24

The ACT Benchmark Score indicated a 50% chance of

obtaining a B or a 75% chance of obtaining a C in

corresponding credit-bearing college courses

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High School GPA Distribution Among ACT-Tested

High School Graduates Who Reported Grades,

2012

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ACT Composite Score Distribution Among ACT-

Tested High School Graduates Who Reported

Grades, 2012

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2012 Reality of College Readiness -

Illinois

Fall 2010Status

Fall 2011Status

State%

StateComp

Eng Read Math Sci All 4

All Grads

N=

146,972

Re-Enrolled

in State

45 21.7 74 56 47 30 25

Re-Enrolled

Out of State

16 24.7 89 75 72 54 49

Not

Enrolled-

unknown

39 18.0 42 30 20 12 9

All 100 20.7 64 48 40 27 23

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Bachelors Degree Completion Within 6 Years by

ACT Composite Score Range and High School GPA

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Six-year bachelors degree completionrates by race/ethnicity and number of ACT

Benchmarks met for four-year students

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Six-year bachelors degree completion rates byfamily income group and number of ACT

Benchmarks met for four-year students

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Career & Educational Planning

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Career & Educational Planning

110,000,000 assessed over last 40+ years

Expressed interest vs. measured interest

Use with academic ability measures for advising

World of Work Map (EXPLORE, PLAN, ACT)

Awareness, Exploration, Planning

2012 by ACT, Inc. All rightsreserved.

16

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ACT Interest Inventory

Six Interest Inventory scales, each based on 12questions, were developed to parallel the sixinterest and occupational types proposed byJohn Holland (Holland, Whitney, Cole & Richards, 1969;Holland, 1997)

Science & Technology

Arts

Social Service

Administration & Sales

Business Operations

Technical

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The World of Work Map

R t ti R t b I tit ti T f

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Retention Rates by Institution Type of

First College Choice and Interest-Major Fit:

All ACT-Tested Enrolled Students

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Academic BehavioralReadiness

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Academic Behavior Domains

Domain ENGAGE Grades 6-9ENGAGE Grades 10-12

& College

Motivation

(Getting work done)

Academic Discipline

Commitment to School

Optimism

Academic Discipline

Commitment to College

Goal Striving

General Determination

Study Skills

Communication SkillsSocial Engagement

(Getting along)

Family Attitude toward Education

Family Involvement

Relationships w/ School Personnel

School Safety Climate

Social Activity

Social Connection

Self-Regulation

(Keeping your cool)

Managing Feelings

Thinking Before Acting

Orderly Conduct

Academic Self-Confidence

Steadiness

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Mean High School GPA

by Motivation Scores

ENGAGE Scores

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Average Number of Disciplinary Events

by Self-Regulation Scores

ENGAGE Scores

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Percent of Students Reporting Two or More

Extracurricular Activities during High School

by Social Engagement Scores

ENGAGE Scores

A E l Hi h S h l GPA b

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Average Early High School GPA by

EXPLORE Benchmarks and ENGAGE

Grades 6-9 Scores

1.6

2.0

2.4

2.0

2.5

3.2

2.5

3.0

3.6

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

0 CRBs 1 or 2 CRBs 3 or 4 CRBs

EXPLORE Benchmarks and Average Percentile Rank of ENGAGE Scales

AverageHigh

Schoo

lGPA

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Average High School GPA by

PLAN Benchmarks

and ENGAGE Grades 10-12 Scores

1.7

2.1

3.1

2.1

2.5

3.3

2.5

3.0

3.6

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0


PLAN Benchmarks and Ave rage Percentile Rank of ENGAGE Scales

A

verageHigh

SchoolGPA

A Hi h S h l GPA b

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Average High School GPA by

ACT Benchmarks

and ENGAGE Grades 10-12 Scores

1.9

2.4

3.1

2.2

2.7

3.4

2.6

3.2

3.5

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0


ACT Benchmarks and Average Percentile Rank of ENGAGE Scales

AverageHigh

Schoo

lGPA

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