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College and Career Readiness (Explore, Plan, and ACT)

College and Career Readiness (Explore, Plan, and ACT). Mitch Fowler fowlerm@calhounisd.org Wes McCrea McCreaW@bronsonschools.org. Agenda. Welcome / Outcomes Overview of EPAS / College and Career Readiness Benchmarks Breaking Down the Standards Breaking Down the Assessment

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College and Career Readiness (Explore, Plan, and ACT)

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  1. College and Career Readiness (Explore, Plan, and ACT) Mitch Fowler fowlerm@calhounisd.org Wes McCrea McCreaW@bronsonschools.org

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. ACT’s College Readiness Benchmark Scores – Predictors of Success 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.

  5. 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 College Readiness Is Reasonable to Expect in High School? by ACT.

  6. What’s being assessed? ACT’s College Readiness Standards Students who score in this range… Can do this…

  7. Breaking Down the Standards - Activity ?

  8. Breaking Down the Assessment

  9. 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?

  10. 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

  11. Item Response Summary - Activity

  12. Student Report - Activity

  13. Student Report - Activity

  14. Student Report - Activity

  15. Student Report - Activity

  16. Available Reports in DataDirector Self Reported Post Secondary Plans Self Reported Needs Inventory NOT YET reached subject area CRB’s Met or Exceeded ALL CRB’s

  17. Explore / Plan Assessment Reports

  18. Building Your Own Reports

  19. Thank you!Questions?

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