Falcon Ridge
Middle School
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Your Future- Stages of
Career Development
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Fantasy- “I’d like to be”
Tentative- “I think I can be”
Realistic- “I know I can”
Implementation- “I’m going to”
Why did you take EXPLORE?
 EXPLORE shows you your academic strengths
and weaknesses in English, math, reading, and
science
 EXPLORE helps you search for careers and learn
which ones might be right for you
 EXPLORE helps you choose high school courses
that will prepare you for college and work
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Using Your EXPLORE® Results
Student Guide to EXPLORE
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EXPLORE Score Report
Side 1
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Your Scores
Composite Score is the average of the other 4 test scores.
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Scores are between 1 (the lowest score you can receive) and 25 (the highest score you can
receive)
A note about test scores
– No test can measure educational development with absolute precision.
– It is best to think about each EXPLORE test (English, math, reading, science) as a
range rather than a precise point. For example a score of 16 on one of the above test
means that your level of educational development in the subject is probably
somewhere from 14 to 18 (16 plus or minus 2).
A note about composite scores
– A similar range must be used when viewing composite scores. However, only a
range of 1 is used when viewing these scores. Thus, a composite of 17 is probably
somewhere from 16 to 18.
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Percentile vs. Percent?
Score Reports show how
students did in percentiles
What are Percentages?
 Percentages are based on 100.
Think of counting pennies. 50
pennies would be 50% of a
dollar.
 Similarly if I got 8 out of 10
test questions correct, I would
have earned an 80%.
What’s a Percentile Rank?
 50th percentile means a student scored as well or better
than 50% of the comparison group
 30th percentile means a student scored as well or better
than 30% of the comparison group
 In the example above, the student scored in the
73rd percentile in English.
– This does not mean that they answered 73% of the
questions correctly. Rather it means they scored at or
above 73% of those who took the test.
– To see what percent of questions were correctly
answered please refer to the inside of the Result
Packet.
Your Estimated PLAN Composite
Score Range
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Your EXPLORE scores can be used to predict how you are likely
to do if you take the PLAN as a 10th grader
You can use these predicted or estimated scores to see if you are
“on track” to achieve the scores you want by the time you take the
ACT later in high school.
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Your High School Course Plans
Compared to Core
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Areas in Which You Would Like
Additional help
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When students took the EXPLORE, they were asked whether
or not they needed help in each of seven different areas. The
areas they checked are reflected on their Report Sheet.
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Your Plans for After High School
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College Readiness
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World-of-Work Map
 The map shows how Career Areas differ in
their involvement with four basic work
tasks
4 Compass Points to Your Future
 People: People you help, serve, care for, or
sell things to
 Data: Facts, Numbers, files, business
procedures
 Things: Machines, tools, living things, and
materials such as food, wood, or metal.
 Ideas: Knowledge, insights, and news
ways of expressing something (with words,
equations, music, etc.)
Your Career Possibilities
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EXPLORE Score Report
Side 2
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Review Your Answers
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Your Skills
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Time to EXPLORE!
 Look at your highlighted Career Areas
 Choose several Career Areas you would like to
learn more about
 In the packet find the Career Area and then the
jobs listed under that career area
 Choose 3 job titles to learn more about online
 www.explorestudent.org
Bottom of
page- Quick Links click: Follow World-of-Work
Map to your future
 Click your career area
What do I do now?
Now that you’ve taken EXPLORE, you know much
more about your skills, career interests, and
readiness for college. Using your Score Report, ask
yourself some questions:
 Does my high school course plan include
challenging college prep courses?
 What skills do I need to work on to be sure I am on
target for college?
 How can I learn more about careers that interest me?
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Study Skills Checklist for Students
 Set a regular time and place to study each day and
throughout the week.
 Keep a daily “to do” list.
 Set goals for yourself.
 Do your reading assignments before the material
is discussed in class.
 Pay close attention and take good notes in class.
 Prepare for tests during your regular study times
instead of cramming at the last minute.
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Financial Planning for College
 Start learning now about how much college
will cost
 Learn about different forms of financial aid
available
 Start saving now for college
 Think about how good grades and ACT scores
can help make college more affordable
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Keys to Good Educational and
Career Planning
 Take challenging college prep courses in high
school.
 Explore the many career options available to you
and think about how your career choices will
affect your future.
 Set career goals and develop an educational plan
to achieve them.
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