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ReadiStep™ Results:
Creating Your Pathway to the Future
2012-2013
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Congratulations.
You did it!
You took ReadiStep™:
This tool measures the knowledge and
skills you need as you transition to high
school — and stay on track for college
and career success.
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Agenda
 How can ReadiStep™ help you
succeed?
 What’s next?
 Making the most of your score report
 Your skill improvement plan
 MyRoad™: Exploring college and
career opportunities
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Creating Your Pathway to the Future:
How Can ReadiStep™ Help
You Succeed?
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Why Is ReadiStep™ Important?
It’s the first step on your path to college and career readiness.
The College Board’s College and Career Readiness Pathway is a
series of integrated assessments that help measure your college and
career readiness from now through the 12th grade.
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How Can ReadiStep™ Help You?
ReadiStep helps you by providing:
 Early indicators of your
college readiness
 Tools to help improve
your skills
 Planning for your transition
to high school
 Resources to help you identify
career interests
 Information to help your teachers adjust your courses
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Creating Your Pathway to the Future:
What’s Next?
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Review Your Results
Scores sent to
your school in
December.
You Receive:
 Score reports showing performance
relative to other students similar to
you, as well as performance on each
test question
 Online college- and
career-planning tools
 Tools to improve your skills
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Your Scores
Score
Each score – Critical
Reading, Mathematics and
Writing Skills is based on a
scale of 1 to 7.
Percentile
The percentile compares
your performance to that of
students nationwide.
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Your Answers
Answers
This section shows you how
you performed on each test
question.
You can ask your teacher for
a copy of the test book so you
can review the questions you
answered incorrectly or
omitted.
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Explore Related Resources:
Begin mapping out your high school
path — and access customizable
tools, such as:
 MyRoad™
– Helps you explore majors and careers
using a free online planning tool
 Skills Insight™
– Provides insight into your skill levels and
suggestions for improvement
Additional Information available at
readistep.collegeboard.org/student
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Creating Your Pathway to the Future:
Making the Most of Your Score Report
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Increasing Your College Readiness
ReadiStep™ scores directly link to PSAT/NMSQT® and SAT® scores.
ReadiStep scores are similar to
scores on the PSAT/NMSQT and SAT,
tests you’ll take later in high school.
 For example, a score of 3.4 is
similar to a score of 34 on
PSAT/NMSQT or a score of 340
on SAT.
 A score of 3.4 on ReadiStep does
not mean you will get a score of 34 of
PSAT/NMSQT or 340 on SAT.
 You are expected to improve over time.
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Creating Your Pathway to the Future:
Your Skill Improvement Plan
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Enhancing Your Skills
Complete your skill improvement plan.
 Use your Skills Insight™ tool
to assess your skill levels and
discover suggestions for
improvement.
 Always work on improving
your skills:
 Read often.
 Take rigorous courses.
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Skills Insight Tool™
Work with a parent or teacher on your Skill Improvement Action Plan
1. Make sure you have the right tools and
the resources you need.
To make your plan, you’ll need:
• ReadiStep™ Skills Insight™, Student & Parent Edition
• Skill Improvement Action Plan worksheet
• Your ReadiStep Score Report
You should also consider other resources you might need. For example, your
parent(s) might be able to help you develop your plan. A teacher or counselor
can also help, or you can ask someone to look over it with you once you’ve
completed it.
2. Learn about the skills and suggestions for
improvement in your score range.
In the ReadiStep Skills Insight document, find the pages for your score range
in each test section. Starting with Critical Reading, read the description of
each skill category, then read the “Academic Skills” and “Suggestions for
Improvement” for students in your score range. As you review this
information, underline or highlight areas to focus on.
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Skills Insight Tool™
Work with a parent or teacher on your Skill Improvement Action Plan
3. Choose suggestions to focus on each time you read
or practice math, and write down your plan.
Once you’ve read through the information for a given test section, review the
pieces you marked as important. Write down key suggestions or strategies on
your Action Plan worksheet. Be sure to fill in any information about resources
you’ll need to implement the plan. For example, a teacher might be able to
provide practice questions, or you might need a dictionary to work on the
reading skill you chose.
4. Spend time on these activities each week.
Review your plan regularly to track your progress.
Remember that goals and action plans work best when they are SMART:
Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-constrained. By using
these guidelines and referring to the “Suggestions for Improvement” in the
Skills Insight document, you can create an action plan that will help you
strengthen your skills, and will put you on the pathway to success in high
school.
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Creating Your Pathway to the Future:
MyRoad™: Exploring College
and Career Opportunities
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MyRoad™: Your Path to College and Career
Discover your passion. With the I.D. Me Personality Test.
 Find college options — by
location, major, cost and more.
 Hear what people have to say
about their college and career
choices.
 Create an online portfolio for
college and career planning.
 Track what you need to do in
high school to prepare for
college.
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MyRoad™: Your Path to College and Career
Identify talents and interests —
what makes you unique.
MyRoad offers:
 I.D. Me, a short, fun quiz to
define your personality type
 Careers and college major
suggestions that fit you
 Helpful resources at
myroad.com
Note: Your MyRoad access code is on the back of your score report. Log in at www.myroad.com.
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Creating Your Pathway to the Future:
Making Your Dreams a Reality!
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Dream Big!
ReadiStep™ helps you imagine the possibilities.
You can make it happen:
 Take rigorous courses in high school.
 Take the PSAT/NMSQT® in 10th and 11th grade.
 Start exploring college and career opportunities now.
 For additional information, explore:
readistep.collegeboard.org/student
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