Transcript ACT Webinar – Assessments, Now & In the Future

Kansas ACT Workshop
Southwest Kansas
Kaliko Oligo
Senior Consultant
ACT Mountain/Plains Region
Workshop Agenda
 About ACT
 The ACT College Readiness System
 The Foundation
• National Curriculum Survey®
• College Readiness Standards™
• College Readiness Benchmarks
 The Data
• Student Score Report
• Profile Summary Report
• Item Response Summary Report
• Early Intervention Rosters
 Questions & Resources
About Us
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Not-for-profit
Education and the workforce
50+ years worth of functional data
Research agenda
Customer service
Our Mission
Helping people achieve education and
workplace success.
College and Career Readiness System
MEASURING STUDENT PROGRESS TOWARD READINESS
IMPROVING
COURSE RIGOR
EXPLORE
PLAN
The ACT
ENGAGE
QualityCore
8th and 9th grade
curriculum-based
educational and
career planning
program
10th grade
curriculum-based
educational and
career planning
program
11th and 12 grade
curriculum-based
assessment for
learning outcomes
Middle and high
school assessment
that measures all
factors of academic
success
Research-driven
solutions for
strengthening
curriculum
SUPPORTING SOLUTIONS
PLANNING SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
Core Practice Audit
CoreWork Diagnostics
Framework for evaluating current
practices
Online service to diagnose and improve
content and practice areas
The New ACT Assessment System
 Vertically-articulated, internationally benchmarked, standardsbased system of assessments highlighting progress toward
College Readiness as well as the Common Core
 Summative assessments on a vertical scale that spans
Grades 3-10 and links to ACT’s College Readiness score
scale (1-36)
 Computer delivered (with paper-and-pencil options)
 Fast, online, actionable reporting
Longitudinal Assessments
EXPLORE
PLAN
The ACT
8th–9th Grade
Score Scale: 1—25
10th Grade
Score Scale: 1—32
11th–12th Grade
Score Scale: 1—36
English, math, reading, science, optional writing test (ACT only)
Career and educational components
Common Score Scale
Relationship
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
36
32
25
EXPLORE
PLAN
ACT
Kansas ACT 2011-12 Data
 KS at a Glance:
– 23,907 graduates took the ACT
• 81% of graduates took the ACT
– 22,216 10th-grade students took PLAN
– 11,017 8th-grade students took EXPLORE
www.act.org/readiness/2012
What is College Readiness?
College Readiness is the level of
preparation a student needs to be
equipped to enroll and succeedwithout remediation-in a creditbearing first-year course at a two-year
or four-year institution, trade school, or
technical school.
www.act.org/commoncore
College and Career Readiness System
 The Foundation
– National Curriculum Survey®
– College Readiness Standards™
– College Readiness Benchmarks
ACT National Curriculum Survey®
 Determines what skills and knowledge
postsecondary institutions expect
 Measures college-ready skills
 Surveys completed nationally
 Consultation with content area experts
http://act.org/research/curricsurvey.html
College Readiness Standards™
 Direct link between what students have
learned and what they are ready to learn next.
 Help interpret the meaning of EXPLORE,
PLAN and the ACT scores.
 Identify the knowledge and skills students are
likely to demonstrate at various score ranges
on each academic test.
http://act.org/standard/
College Readiness Standards
Mathematics
Score
Range
80% of students who
13-15
achieve a score in
this Standards
range demonstrate these
skills
Basic Operations &
Applications
Probability, Statistics,
& Data Analysis
Numbers: Concepts & Properties
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 Solve problems in one or two
steps using whole numbers
 Perform a single computation
using information from a table
or chart
Perform one-operation
computation with whole
numbers and decimals
Calculate the average of a list
of positive whole numbers
Recognize equivalent
fractions and fractions in
lowest terms
 Perform common
conversions (e.g., inches to feet
or hours to minutes)
Ideas for
Progress
Suggestions to
progress to a higher
level of achievement
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Investigate and build
understanding of the concept
of percentage as a comparison
of a part to a whole
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 use multiple operations to
solve multistep arithmetic
problems
 interpret data from a variety
of displays (e.g., box-andwhisker plot) and use it along
with additional information to
solve real-world problems
solve real-world problems
that involve measures of
central tendency (e.g., mean,
median, mode)
 conduct simple probability
experiments and represent
results using different formats
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recognize and apply place
value, rounding, and
elementary number theory
concepts
Standard from Math, 16-19, Measurement Strand:
Compute the perimeter of polygons when all side
lengths are given.
EXPLORE
Which of the following is a general expression for the perimeter of the
right triangle below, in miles?
z miles
y miles
x miles
A. x + y + z
B. 2(x + y)
C.
x
2
D.
xy
2
E. xy
y
2
Standard from Math, 16-19, Measurement Strand:
Compute the perimeter of polygons when all side
lengths are given.
PLAN
What is the perimeter, inches, of a square whose sides
5
each measure 5 8 inches?
Standard from Math, 16-19, Measurement Strand:
Compute the perimeter of polygons when all side
lengths are given.
The ACT
The out-of bounds lines around a basketball court in Central Park
need to be repainted. The court is a rectangle 90 feet long and
50 feet wide. What is the perimeter, in feet?
A. 140
B. 190
C. 230
D. 280
E. 4500
How do you define and
measure college and
career readiness?
ACT’s College Readiness Benchmarks
Test
College Course
EXPLORE
8th Grade
9th Grade
PLAN
ACT
English
English Composition
13
14
15
18
Math
College Algebra
17
18
19
22
Reading
Social Sciences
15
16
17
21
Science
Biology
20
20
21
24
 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
The Data
Use your assessment data to:
 Provide timely interventions
 Inform instructional needs
 Monitor longitudinal growth
 Measure progress toward district goals
Counsel students effectively (college & career)
The Student
Score Report
EXPLORE, PLAN,
and the ACT
Student Score Reports
 Components
– Academic strengths and weaknesses
– Career and postsecondary aspirations
– College readiness indicators
 Foundation of all aggregate reporting
The Interest Inventory
The ACT High School
Score Report
How are you using your
student score reports?
The Profile
Summary
Report
EXPLORE, PLAN,
and the ACT
What is in the Profile Summary Report?
 The information in this report is organized into
tables with guiding questions at the top.
 These tables will help you:
– understand your students’ college & career readiness
– determine how to assist and enhance their success
Frequency
Distribution Table
Intervention Exercise
EXPLORE: Page 2 in Profile
Summary Report
PLAN: Page 2 in Profile
Summary Report
ACT: Page 12 in the Profile
Report
Frequency Distribution Table
Where we want
students to be
188 Total Students
140 Students Above
Benchmark
Students on track
to be college ready
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8 Grade English
Students
on
College Readiness
Benchmark
Benchmark
the cusp
Students in
real need of
remediation
50 Students on the Cusp
-31 in danger of slipping
-19 within 2 points of benchmark
48 Students Below
Benchmark
Strategies to
help the 31
students in
danger of
slipping
www.act.org/standard
Frequency Distribution Table
Application Exercise
College Readiness
Standard Score
Ranges
EXPLORE: Page 4 in Profile
Summary Report
PLAN: Page 4 in Profile
Summary Report
ACT: Page 9 in Profile
Summary Report
College Readiness Standard Score Ranges
Questions to consider:
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In which ranges are the majority of your students?
Given these score ranges, where are your students
most proficient?
Given these score ranges, where are your students
least proficient?
How will you incorporate this information into your
curriculum?
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What are the future educational plans of your students?
How can you encourage and support these educational plans?
Additional ACT Profile
Report Tables
The Item Response
Summary Report
EXPLORE and PLAN
Item Response Summary Report
 Provides data to administrators, teachers, and
counselors relative to student performance on
every English, math, reading, and science
question.
 When used along with the test booklet, the Item
Response Summary Report becomes a very
useful tool for curriculum review.
 Given your curriculum, is the percentage of your report group
answering each item correctly and consistent with your
expectations?
 Is a large percentage of your report group choosing incorrect
response options?
Notice how every other
question alternates in
lettering.
Sample math ACT questions from: http://actstudent.org/sampletest/math/math_01.html
EXPLORE/PLAN Test Booklet
What specifically
were the hard/easy
questions for
students?
Bring the reports
and test booklets
back to your
school/district and
discuss with faculty.
Curriculum Alignment
 Assists in organizing teaching practices
 Offers sequence for delivering content
 Provides clear scope of what must be taught to
all students
Curriculum Review Worksheets
www.act.org/standard/instruct
Resources
ACT Educator Site
http://www.act.org/education/
Educator Resources
http://www.act.org/education/resources.html
EXPLORE Student Site
http://www.actstudent.org/explore/
PLAN Student Site
http://www.actstudent.org/plan/
ACT Student Site
http://www.actstudent.org/
ACT Research
www.act.org/research
Q&A
Your Kansas ACT
Team
Lisa Wolf
Kaliko Oligo
Senior Consultant, Program Solutions Senior Consultant, Client Outreach
ACT Mountain Plains Region
ACT Mountain Plains Region
3131 South Vaughn Way Suite 218
Aurora, CO 80014
P) 303.337.3273 | F) 303.337.2613
[email protected]
3131 South Vaughn Way Suite 218
Aurora, CO 80014
P) 303.337.3273 | F) 303.337.2613
[email protected]