Got Data?Using your ACT tools to improve performance on all levels, moving students to College and Career Readiness

Who Benefits?

Schools

Teachers

Counselors

Districts

States

Students

The Foundation:

• National Curriculum Survey• College Readiness StandardsTM

• College Readiness Benchmarks

College and Career Readiness System

http://www.act.org/research-policy/national-curriculum-survey

ACT National Curriculum Survey®

The Foundation of ACT’s College Readiness System

• Conducted every three to five years

• Nationwide survey of educational practices and expectations– College instructors– High school teachers– Middle school teachers– Elementary teachers

ACT National Curriculum Survey®

The Foundation of ACT’s College Readiness System

• Identifies the skills and knowledge postsecondary institutions expect of students

• Guides the development of ACT’s assessments that measure college-ready skills

• Informs efforts to develop, refine, and update academic standards

• Inform policymakers and educators

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The acquisition of the knowledge and skills a student needs to enroll in and succeed in credit-bearing first-year courses at a postsecondary institution (such as a

two- or four-year college, trade school, or technical school) without the need for remediation.

The ACT Definition

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The ACT College Readiness Standards

Direct link between what students have learned and what they are ready to learn next.

• Help interpret what the scores earned on ACT Explore®, ACT Plan®, and the ACT mean

• Identify the knowledge and skills students are likely to demonstrate at various score levels on each academic test

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ACT College Readiness Standards

• Suggested learning experiences provide links between the Standards in one score range and those in the next (higher) score range.

• Ideas for progressing to the next score range demonstrate ways that information learned form standardized test results can be used to inform classroom instruction.

http://www.act.org/standard/index.htm

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Statements that describe what students are likely to know and be able to do. 80% of students who achieve a score in this range demonstrate these skills.

And statements that provide suggestions to progress to a higher level of achievement

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ACT College Readiness Benchmarks UPDATED

• Empirically derived

• 50% chance of achieving a B or higher or about a 75% chance of achieving a C or higher in the corresponding credit-bearing college course

Test College Course ACT Plan The ACT8th Grade 9th Grade

English English Composition 13 14 15 18

Math College Algebra 17 18 19 22

Reading Social Sciences 16 17 18 22

Science Biology 18 19 20 23

ACT Explore

NEW

What does a score mean?

Nothing!….

until it is interpreted and

used.

State Level Reports

• Annual Condition of College and Career Readiness Report

• Annual State Class Profile Report

http://www.act.org/newsroom/data/2013/index.htmlWeb

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2013 – A year in review for North Dakota

• 7,102 of your graduates, which is an estimated 98% of your graduating class, took the ACT

• North Dakota had an average ACT Composite score of 20.5

• 5,168 of 10th graders took ACT Plan

• 872 of 8th graders took ACT Explore

http://www.act.org/newsroom/data/2013/

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2013 – A year in review for North Dakota

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2013 – A year in review for North Dakota

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2013 – A year in review for North Dakota

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2013 – A year in review for North Dakota

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2013 – A year in review for North Dakota

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2013 – A year in review for North Dakota

School/District Reports for EXPLORE/PLAN/ACT

• ACT Class Profile

• Student List Report

• Research Data File (CD)

• Profile Summary Report (EXPLORE/PLAN) Presentation Packet

• Linkage Reports (EXPLORE—PLAN, PLAN—ACT)

• Item Response Summary Report

• Early Intervention Roster Report

• Student Score Report

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ACT PLAN Profile Summary Report

ACT PLAN Presentation Packet

North Dakota EXPLORE/PLAN Linkage Report

North Dakota EXPLORE/PLAN Linkage Report

Item Response Summary Report

Application ExerciseItem Response Summary Report

• Pick one content area.

• Circle the asterisked numbers (correct answers) for each question.

*Asterisked numbers are CORRECT answers.

Application Exercise

Look for the following patterns:

Dramatic differences from the reference group High percentages clustered around a wrong

answer High percentages of omitted questions

Do any of these situations occur more frequently for some domains than others?

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Clustered on wrong answer

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ACT EXPLORE Early Intervention Roster

ACT EXPLORE Early Intervention Roster

When using your PLAN Score Report, ask yourself some questions:

• Am I on target for college?

• What skills do I need to improve to be ready for college?

• Am I taking a rigorous core curriculum

• What careers interest me most?

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ACT Aspire™—The Evolution of College and Career Readiness

• Identifies a student’s predicted path toward readiness

• Highlights gaps between what students have learned and what they need to learn

• Leverages familiar technology

• Offers robust online reporting that enables timely modifications to student learning and intervention strategies

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ACT Aspire

• Vertically articulated, standards-based system of assessments to monitor progress in the

context of college and career readiness

• Summative assessments on a vertical scale that spans grades 3–10 and links to the

ACT College Readiness score scale (1–36)

• Subject areas: English, math, reading, science, and writing

• Employs modular administration by subject and/or grade

• Linear, computer-based, multiple question types with paper-and-pencil option

• Links to ACT College Readiness Benchmarks and aligns with Common Core State Standards

• Provides evidence-based results

Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Early High School Grade 11 Grade 12

ACT Aspire Summative Assessments (Grades 3-10)

ACT Aspire Classroom / Interim Assessment (Grades 3-12)

The ACT

Online Reporting—Support

• ELA Scores for those who test in English, reading, and writing

• Reading Text Complexity Scores (Reading only)

• Longitudinal growth Student predicted paths toward college

and career readiness • Composite Score (Early High School)• Predicted ACT Subject and Composite

Score (Early High School)

Online Reporting Delivery

• Rich data and insights • Accessible via computer or tablet• Downloadable PDFs of

prebuilt reports− Student and Educator Reports− Reports for Schools, Districts, and

States

• Aggregate data files available for download to SIS

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For more information and to sign up to receive updates go to:www.discoveractaspire.org

Remember:

Without data, it’s just an opinion.

April.Hansen@act.org