N O V E M B E R 1 7 , 2 0 0 8
T E L E C O N F E R E N C E
P R E S E N T E D B Y
D R . B E T H C I P O L E T T I
O F F I C E O F A S S E S S M E N T A N D A C C O U N T A B I L I T Y
D I V I S I O N O F C U R R I C U L U M A N D I N S T R U C T I O N

Webinar Agenda
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Test information
Student score reports
ACT college readiness standards
Ideas for progress
Sample questions

E X P L O R E A N D P L A N

EXPLORE Overview
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English (40 item, 30-minute) test measures conventions of standard written English and of rhetorical skills
Mathematics (30-item, 30 minute) test emphasizes solving practical quantitative problems
Reading (30-item, 30 minute) test measures reading comprehension as a product of referring and reasoning skills
Science (28-item, 30 minute) test measures scientific reasoning skills

PLAN Overview
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English (50-item, 30 minute) test measures conventions of standard written English and of rhetorical skills
Mathematics (40-item, 40 minute) test emphasizes solving practical quantitative problems
Reading (25-item. 20 minute) test measures reading comprehension as a product of referring and reasoning skills
Science (30-item, 25 minute) test measures scientific reasoning skills

Other Components
 Interest Inventory – helps students explore personally relevant career options
 Needs Assessment – collects information about students’ perceived needs
 Educational plans and Background Information – gathers information about students’ school coursework plans, educational career plans after high school and other relevant information

E X P L O R E A N D P L A N

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Your High School Course Plans
Compared to Core
9/2008

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Your Estimated PLAN Composite
Score Range

Areas in Which You Would Like
Additional help
12/2006

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Your Plans for After High School

College Readiness Benchmarks
Subject Test
English
Mathematics
Reading
Science
EXPLORE Test
Score
13
17
15
20
PLAN Test
Score
15
19
17
21
ACT Test Score
21
24
18
22

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Your Career Possibilities

I D E A S F O R P R O G R E S S

College Readiness Standards
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Descriptions of the skills and knowledge students are likely to exhibit based on their scores in each academic test: English,
Mathematics, Reading and Science

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Your Skills

PLAN

Content Areas
Basic Operations
Probability
PLAN
Your Skills – Side Two
To improve your skills you can:
Determine the discount price of items on sale (for example, an item that normally const $10.00 is on sale for
13% off, so the same price of the item is
$8.70)
Calculate the score value you need on your next math test to raise your overall grade by a certain percent
Predict the outcome of simple events
(for example, the sum of two 6-sided fair number cubes when rolled)

Ideas for Progress
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Suggest learning experiences that a student from which a student might benefit to increase his/her achievement and achieve a higher score on the ACT
Provide bridges between adjacent score ranges

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EXPLORE Interpretive Visuals
9/2008

WVDE
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Teach 21 (http://wvde.state.wv.us/teach21/)
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Assessment updates
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College Readiness
ACT/SAT Guides for writing and mathematics
EXPLORE File Cabinet
( http://wvde.state.wv.us/oaa/filecabinet.html# explore )
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Frequently asked questions
Administration manuals
Sample reports
PLAN File Cabinet
(http://wvde.state.wv.us/oaa/filecabinet.html#plan)
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Frequently asked questions
Administration manuals
Sample reports

F O R A D D I T I O N A L I N F O R M A T I O N C O N T A C T
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