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Using EXPLORE Results for Student Success
Gennine Brewer, MASenior Consultant
P-16 Assessment Services
ACT Atlanta, GA Office
What is College Readiness?
Level of student preparation needed to be ready to enroll and succeed without
remediation in college-level, credit-bearing coursework
What is Our Research Telling Us?
October 2004
College and Workforce Ready
National research provides empirical evidence that the levels of readiness that high school graduates need to be prepared for college and workforce training are comparable.
All students, therefore, should “experience a common academic program….regardless of their postgraduation plans.”
College-Ready and Work-Ready: Same or Different?ACT 2006
Rigorous Curriculum for ALL Students
No matter where they are bound:Vocational or Technical
CollegesApprenticeshipsCommunity College, or4-year CollegeDirectly into the workforce
…a rigorous college preparatory curriculum gives students the best options for life after high school.
College Readiness Begins in Middle School
ACT Policy Report
CR Begins in Middle School
Examined the extent of early exploration and planning in certain college readiness areas
Setting educational goals Selecting classes Exploring Postsecondary options
Explore how parents, school staff and school experiences help students with their early educational planning
CR Begins in Middle School
Four Policy Recommendations:
1. College Readiness should begin in middle school
2. Schools should explain to students and their parents the effects of taking a rigorous curriculum on their future educational, career and income options
3. Schools should use multiple sources of information, including standardized assessments, to help inform students and their parents of the students’ progress toward college readiness
4. Schools should work with families to calculate college costs and develop a plan to meet these rising costs.
When students’ skills are improved during middle school, the
results by the end of high school can be
astounding
MAKING READINESS A REALITYMonitor College Readiness Early
Based on more than 540,000 8th graders whotook EXPLORE in 2007:
Majority of students are not on target in middle school to be
ready for college-level work after high school
ACT data suggests that students who enter high school
lacking prerequisite skills rarely ever catch
up
CCRS – College And Career Readiness System
EXPLORE- 8th or 9th
PLAN- 10th
ACT- 11th or 12th
Assessment
Student Planning
Instructional Support
Evaluation
05
10152025303540
EXPLORE8th/9th Grade
PLAN10th grade
ACT11th/12th grade
32
25
36
Score Scales Relationship
English
Math
Reading
Science
English
Math
Reading
Science
English
Math
Reading
Science
Writing
Guiding Principles of CCRS
The CCRS tests are achievement tests. They are tests of acquired or developed abilities.
The tasks (questions) constituting all CCRS tests correspond to recognized middle and high school learning experiences.
The CCRS tests consists of complex, heterogeneous tasks that require students to use skills and knowledge developed over time to solve them.
Each test is developmentally appropriate for the grade level
Student Score Report Review
Using Your EXPLORE Results
Student/School Information
What do Your Scores Mean?
Composite Score 15
Range(1-25)
Your Estimated PLAN Composite Score Range
English: 4 years
Social Sciences: At least 3 years
Mathematics: At least 3 years
Natural Sciences: At least 3 years
ACT Recommended CourseworkACT Minimum Core
A rigorous college preparatory curriculum in high school is the best indicator of college success. To help students develop proficiency in the four core content areas, ACT strongly recommends that students take, at a minimum:
Importance of Rigorous Coursework
• English (4 years+)
English 9English 10English 11English 12
• Math (3 years+)
Algebra IAlgebra IIGeometryTrigonometry (1 semester or more)Calculus (1 semester or more)Any courses beyond Algebra II
• Social Studies (3 years+)
American HistoryWorld HistoryAmerican GovernmentEconomicsGeographyPsychologyHistory Other (European,
State, etc.)
• Natural Science (3 years+)
General/Physical/EarthBiologyChemistryPhysics
Your High School Course PlansCompared to Core
Your Reported Needs
Your Plans for After High School
College Readiness Benchmark Scores
*The ACT Benchmark Score indicates a 50% chance of obtaining a “B” or a 75% chance of obtaining a “C” in corresponding credit-bearing college courses.
Students who meet ACT’s College
Readiness Benchmarks are:
substantially more likely to enroll in college less likely to need remediation more likely to achieve a grade of B or higher in specific
college courses More likely to re-enroll at the same postsecondary
institution their second year
Recent ACT Research
College Readiness
Included in all CCRS tests at no extra charge
72 item unisex interest inventory of work relevant activities
Identifies personally relevant career options
Bridged to World-Of Work Map and Holland Types
World of Work MapInterest Inventory Results
Using Your EXPLORE Results
Coursework PlanningPage 11
Coursework PlannerPage 12
www.explorestudent.org
EXPLORE Score ReportSide 2
Review Your Answers
Building Your Skills
Understanding Scores
26
23 30
18
34
What Does a Score Mean?
Nothing.
Until it’s interpreted
and used
EXPLORE 8th-Grade Benchmark = 17
Score Range: 16 – 19 Perform one-operation
computation with whole numbers and decimals
Solve problems in one or two steps using whole numbers
Perform common conversions (e.g., inches to feet or hours to minutes)
Translating Scores to Skills
College Readiness Standards College Readiness Standards (CRS) are
the statements that represent widely held learning goals that are important for success in high school, college, and the world of work.
The CRS link EXPLORE, PLAN, and the ACT Assessment scores to curriculum and instructional decision making.
www.act.org/standard
College Readiness Standardsby Learning Strands and Score Ranges
Standards: Standards: Standards:
Standards: Standards: Standards:
16-19
20-23
ideas for progress
ideas for progress
Basic Operations and . . .
Probability, Statistics, & Data . . .
Numbers: Concepts & Properties
Scores are seen as Assessment forfor Achievement,
rather than Assessment of of Achievement!
Free Resources and Publications
Resources for Parents
Gennine Brewer, MASenior Consultant
P-16 Assessment Services
ACT Atlanta, GA Office
