Wendy Zdeb
MASSP
Associate Director
wendyz@michiganprincipals.org
During today’s session we will:
◦ Review basic fundaments of the Explore, Plan and
ACT and MME assessments.
◦ Look at the connection between District and School
Improvement Goals.
◦ Identify how Explore and Plan results can help to
focus SIP and Student Growth Goals.
◦ Discuss ways to include all school stakeholders in the
SIP process.
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Take responsibility for your own learning –
stay with us
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Support the learning of your colleagues –
make sure they stay with us
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If you need to take a call or have a side conversation,
please step into the hall
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If you have a question, ask.
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All kids can learn?
All kids are learning at their highest possible level?
All educators can learn?
All educators are learning at their highest possible level?
Data can target instructional needs?
Educators target instructional needs using data?
We will need the help of colleagues to meet the needs of all
kids?
Michigan Merit Exam
 ACT
– College Readiness
◦ English (18), Reading (21), Science (24), Math (22)
 Work
Keys – Career
◦ Applied Math, Reading for Info, Locating Information
 Michigan
Items – Alignment
◦ Social Studies, Science, Math, Writing
Conflicting
Viewpoints
17%
Research
Summaries
45%
Data
Representation
38%
Hand out green sheets
Humanities
25%
Prose Fiction
25%
Social Studies
25%
Natural Science
25%
Humanities – architecture, art, dance, ethics, film, language, literary
criticism, music, philosophy, radio, television, and theater.
Social Studies -anthropology, archaeology, biography, business,
economics, education, geography, history, political science, psychology,
and sociology
Natural Sciences - anatomy, astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry,
ecology, geology, medicine, meteorology, microbiology, natural history,
physiology, physics, technology, and zoology.
Prose Fiction - short stories or excerpts from short stories or novels.
Trigonometry
7%
Pre-Algebra
23%
Plane
Geometry
23%
Elementary
Algebra
17%
Coordinate
Geometry
15%
Intermediate
Algebra
15%
Hand out purple sheet
Rhetorical
Skills- Style
16%
Rhetorical
SkillsOrganization
15%
Rhetorical
SkillsStrategy
16%
Usage and
MechanicsPunctuation
13%
Usage and
MechanicsGrammar and
Usage
16%
Usage and
MechanicsSentence
Structure
24%
EXPLORE
PLAN
ACT
1
6
11
16
21
26
31
36
ACT College-Readiness Benchmarks
ACT Readiness Benchmarks
for Credit-Earning College Courses
College
EXPLORE (8th/9th)
Credit-Earning College Readiness
Course
Benchmarks
8th
9th
PLAN (10th)
College Readiness
Benchmarks
ACT (11th/12th)
College Readiness
Benchmarks
English Comp.
English
13
14
English
15
English
18
Algebra
Math
17
18
Math
19
Math
22
Social Science
Reading
15
16
Reading
17
Reading
21
Biology
Science
20
20
Science
21
Science
24
75 % chance “C” or better
Are these students “on track”?
50% chance of “B” or better
Alignment with Common Core
… not a moving target!
Important for everyone to be on the same page.
◦ Belief in a Pre K-12 system
◦ Knowledge of Common Core and College
Readiness
◦ Shared vocabulary and expectations
 Building on each other’s goals, sharing
information and developing commonalities
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All graduates of the Rochester Community Schools will
be College Ready, Career Ready and Life Ready in
English Language Arts.
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All graduates of the Rochester Community Schools will
be College Ready, Career Ready and Life Ready in
Mathematics.
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All graduates of the Rochester Community Schools will
be College Ready, Career Ready and Life Ready in
Science.
Our School Improvement Goals:
 All students will meet the college readiness
benchmark in Reading.
 All students will meet the college readiness
benchmark in Math.
 All students will meet the college readiness
benchmark in Science.
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District Initiative: Pyramid of Intervention training
for Staff.
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District Interventions for students: Mandatory
Summer programs, Universal Screening.
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Building Interventions for students: Academic Center,
Blended Service Model, Math Lab, Reading Lab,
Study Island, R&R, Homework Lunch, Academic
Draft.
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Scholars of Highest Distinction
 GPA 3.9 - 4.0
 4 AP Courses
 ACT Score of 32 or higher
Scholars of Distinction
 GPA 3.8
 3 AP Courses
ACT Score of 28 or higher
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Scholars of Achievement
 GPA 3.5
 2 AP Courses
ACT Score of 26 or higher
7th Explore (1-25)
 8th Explore (1-25)
 9th Plan (1-32)
 10th Plan (1-32)
 11th ACT/MME (1-36)
 Allows for one year’s measurement of growth
and time for inventions.
- We conduct these on Feb.10th (late start)
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The 1-25 score measured by the Explore are all
standards covered in Elementary and Middle
School.
 Our District is shifting curriculum alignment to
the ACT College Readiness Standards (rather
than the MEAP).
 Elementary and MS have been in-serviced on
the Standards and the State is moving to the
National Core Standards which are ACT based.
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The ACT Math standards were broken down by
GLCEs and HSCEs (Bill Aten). On the next
slide, the yellow highlighted standards are
actually GLCEs which are found in the Math
portion of the ACT.
Data Points
First:
Spring 2009 11th grade results
What percent of students with each ACT scale score met standards on the MME?
Math
ACT Mathematics with MME Mathematics
99 99 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
98 99
100
93
90
84
80
Percent Proficient on the MME
73
70
60
52
50
40
30
To read the graph: 52% of the 1248 students
with ACT Math scores of 18 were proficient on
the MME Math assessment.
25
20
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1 (1)
4 (4)
6 (3)
8 (6)
9 (4)
10 (10)
11 (35)
12 (90)
13 (289)
14 (883)
15 (1651)
10
ACT Scale Score (Number of Students)
41% of the items on MME Math come from the ACT.
36 (67)
35 (135)
34 (222)
33 (84)
32 (214)
31 (97)
30 (263)
29 (371)
28 (573)
27 (530)
26 (507)
25 (547)
24 (637)
23 (670)
22 (680)
21 (783)
20 (387)
19 (773)
18 (1248)
17 (897)
16 (1740)
0
What percent of students with each ACT scale score met standards on the MME?
ACT Reading with MME Reading
Reading
99 100 100 100 100100 100 100 100100 100 100 100100
98 99
100
94
88
90
77
Percent Proficient on the MME
80
70
63
60
50
41
40
To read the graph: 41% of the 638 students with
ACT Reading scores of 16 were proficient on the
MME Reading assessment.
30
24
20
9
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1 (1)
2 (1)
4 (2)
5 (6)
6 (20)
7 (4)
8 (37)
9 (65)
10 (148)
11 (388)
12 (718)
5
ACT Scale Score (Number of Students)
85% of the items on MME Reading come from the ACT.
36 (53)
35 (156)
34 (211)
33 (244)
32 (258)
31 (324)
30 (306)
29 (358)
28 (353)
27 (361)
26 (451)
25 (444)
24 (469)
23 (1011)
22 (559)
21 (585)
20 (1182)
19 (626)
18 (641)
17 (1182)
16 (638)
15 (1080)
14 (658)
13 (950)
0
But students take the ACT & MME at the same time…
2007-08 10th grade PLAN
with
2008-09 11th grade MME
35
What percent of students with each PLAN scale score met standards on the MME?
Math
2009 MME % Proficient for Each 2008 PLAN Scale Score
99
98
24 (348)
97
23 (692)
93
96
22 (345)
100
21 (339)
Math
100 100 100 100 100 100 100
90
90
81
70
61
60
50
38
40
30
21
20
3
3
4
11 (116)
12 (140)
13 (431)
8 (61)
3
9 (89)
5
7
6 (40)
10
10
0
PLAN Scale Score (Number of Students)
32 (14)
31 (68)
30 (108)
29 (431)
28 (287)
27 (285)
26 (317)
20 (375)
19 (721)
18 (723)
17 (1128)
16 (1032)
15 (874)
14 (525)
0
5 (14)
Percent Proficient on MME
80
What percent of students with each PLAN scale score met standards on the MME?
2009 MME % Proficient for Each 2008 PLAN Scale Score
Reading
99
99
100
100
99
100
24 (338)
25 (330)
26 (279)
27 (245)
28 (153)
30 (70)
95
99
23 (375)
93
96
22 (447)
100
21 (499)
Reading
87
90
81
74
68
70
60
54
50
42
40
35
18
19
10 (176)
20
8 (107)
22
28
27
12 (387)
30
11 (295)
32
10
20 (1147)
19 (615)
18 (623)
17 (571)
16 (613)
15 (1189)
14 (539)
13 (469)
7 (51)
0
4 (19)
Percent Proficient on MME
80
PLAN Scale Score (Number of Students)
2005-06 8th grade EXPLORE
with
2008-09 11th grade MME
What percent of students with each EXPLORE scale score met standards on the MME?
2005-06 8th Grade EXPLORE with 2008-09 11th Grade MME
Math
98
99
100
99
100
21 (446)
22 (36)
23 (363)
25 (274)
98
100
20 (44)
Math
94
90
86
Percent Proficient on 08-09 MME
80
70
70
60
50
46
40
27
30
20
10
14
8
11
10
16
11
8
4
3
0
19 (567)
18 (1035)
17 (1051)
16 (885)
14 (639)
13 (263)
12 (383)
11 (157)
10 (239)
8 (88)
15 (1122)
Note: Only score points with 10 or more
students are displayed.
7 (52)
6 (48)
5 (37)
4 (19)
3 (13)
0
05-06 8th grade EXPLORE Scale Score (Number of Students)
The score where the odds become
favorable is highlighted.
What percent of students with each EXPLORE scale score met standards on the MME?
2005-06 8th Grade EXPLORE with 2008-09 11th Grade MME
Reading
99
99
99
24 (220)
25 (94)
21 (411)
100
23 (324)
98
22 (63)
97
20 (480)
90
95
97
19 (59)
100
18 (456)
Reading
91
90
83
69
70
57
60
50
42
40
30
30
25
17
20
16
10
10
17 (990)
16 (442)
15 (851)
14 (1064)
13 (569)
12 (767)
11 (390)
10 (390)
9 (153)
8 (29)
0
7 (10)
Percent Proficient on 08-09 MME
80
05-06 8th grade EXPLORE Scale Score (Number of Students)
Elementary and Middle Schools have celebrated
incredibly high success rates on the MEAP…
◦ What happens when those “successful”
students take the Explore, Plan and ACT?
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Let’s track on student scores from the MEAP to
the MME.
◦ Are the students labeled as “proficient” on the
MEAP meeting the ACT College Readiness
Standards?
◦ It’s all about the cut score!
Based on more than 11,350 Oakland County
students who took both tests.
What percent of students in each MEAP scale score range met standards on the MME?
Percent Proficient on Spring 2010 MME by 8th Grade Fall 06 MEAP Range
Mathematics
98
100
100
100
100
100
100
89
90
% Met on 11th Grade MME
80
70
67
60
50
40
37
30
20
14
10
0
0
3
4
6
0
<750 (1) 750-759 760-769 770-779 780-789 790-799 800-809 810-819 820-829 830-839 840-849 850-859 860-869 870-879
(1)
(38)
(164)
(623)
(1250) (2184) (2086) (1734) (1405)
(854)
(467)
(211)
(149)
8th Grade MEAP Scale Score Range (Count)
880+
(173)
What percent of students in each MEAP scale score range met standards on the MME?
Percent Proficient on Spring 2010 MME by 8th Grade Fall 06 MEAP Range
Reading
100
95
98
99
100
90
90
79
% Met on 11th Grade MME
80
70
64
60
50
45
40
28
30
19
20
10
9
14
11
8
0
<750
(22)
750-759 760-769 770-779 780-789 790-799 800-809 810-819 820-829 830-839 840-849 850-859 870-879
(63)
(126)
(297)
(408)
(577)
(927)
(1442)
(1357)
(1761)
(2143)
(1026)
(762)
8th Grade MEAP Scale Score Range (Count)
880+
(443)
Grade
11
8
7
6
5
4
3
Partially
Proficient
1093
809
714
614
516
423
322
Proficient
1116
830
731
629
531
434
336
Advanced
1138
865
776
675
584
470
371
Grade
11
8
7
6
5
4
3
Partially
Proficient
1081
796
698
602
501
395
301
Proficient
1108
818
721
619
521
419
324
Advanced
1141
853
760
653
565
478
364
Grade
11
8
5
Partially
Proficient
1106
826
526
Proficient
1126
845
553
Advanced
1144
863
567
100%
Percent in Category
90%
7.7%
9.7%
4.1%
17.3%
80%
70%
8.7%
10.2%
26.6%
30.9%
60%
27.4%
50%
40%
30%
51.7%
59.1%
46.6%
20%
10%
0%
5
8
Grade
11
Advanced
Proficient
Partially Proficient
Not Proficient
Grade
11
9
6
Partially
Proficient
1097
899
593
Proficient
1129
928
625
Advanced
1158
960
649
 If
you know that Explore and
Plan can provide an “early
warning” to help remediate
students and
curriculum…what are you
going to do about it?
Class of 2012
Linkage
(Current 11th)
2008-09
EXPLORE
AVERAGES
(9th Grade)
2009-10
PLAN
AVERAGES
(10th Grade)
RHS 2010-11
ACT
AVERAGES
(11th Grade)
English
16.9 (14)
18.9 (15)
21.6 (18)
Math
18.0 (18)
20.6 (19)
22.3 (22)
Reading
16.7 (16)
19.1 (17)
21.8 (21)
Science
18.5 (20)
20.5 (21)
22.1 (24)
Composite
17.6
19.9
22.1
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Our teachers and a rigorous curriculum. There is no
substitute for quality instruction in the classroom.
We are using our data for over all school improvement
and to assist individual students.
◦ Revisiting our curriculum/instruction
◦ Targeted ACT prep activities and remediation
Interventions
Stakeholder Involvement
Our results are available for March professional
development.
Teacher Leaders and SIP Chairs are given data
packets to review and prepare for PD in advance.
Explain to a neighbor the information on the
Item-Response Summary Report
What content of items or standards do
you believe your data will show as
strengths?
1.
2.
What content of items or standards
will be challenges?
3.
What misconceptions will come to
light?
Types of math, which reading passage, science graphs, elements of grammar
Teacher groups conduct item response analysis
 Create a T-Chart with actual test items
 Complete the content standard review chart
 Discuss instructional strategies
 What strategies can we use in our School
Improvement Report?
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Math
Explore
Strengths
Challenges
Plan
Strengths
Challenges
Linking back to the actual items
Strengths
Fractions unlike
denominator
Beginning of test
Challenges
Confused X Y
Coordinate
End of test
Strengths
When /
where
taught?
Instructional
Strategies
Processes
Challenges
When /
where
taught?
Instructional
Strategies
Processes
When we return to school in August we have 2
PD days.
 We spend ½ of a day reviewing these charts and
planning for the current school year based on
our targets.
 Teachers meet in core course groups to create
bell ringer and other activities to address our
weaknesses.
 We regularly revisit these areas and spend time
creating remediation assignments.
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Teachers are provided with data packets which
contain lists of their current students divided by:
◦ Above the College Readiness Benchmark
◦ At the College Readiness Benchmark
◦ Below the College Readiness Benchmark
Teachers make predictions about their current
students.
 Teachers independently study their scores and
adjust their instruction/accommodations
accordingly.
 Teachers collectively look at results and share
ideas.
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Revisit of SIP Goals
 Gap Statement
 Collection of support data and artifacts
 Recommit to the goals and our mission/vision
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What specific student academic performance
(growth) goals are identified for the teacher (at
least two)? (As linked to the current school
improvement plan) The goals must be
instructional, obtainable, measureable, valid
(objective based) and constructed with input from
the teacher and the administrator.
Essential Questions:
 How much growth in academic achievement typically
occurs during high school?
 Can growth be accelerated so that more students are
ready for college and career when they graduate from
high school?
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Figure 1: Achievement Growth between 8th and 12th
grades, per content area.
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Do growth rates differ depending on the degree to
which students are on target to becoming college and
career ready?
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Figure 2 (page 3)
English:
Off Target Students: 9.2, 12.9, 13.0= 3.8
Nearly On Target: 11.6, 14.9, 15.5= 3.9
On Target: 17.4, 19.5, 22.4= 5.0
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Average growth was greatest for the group of students
who were on target for college and career readiness in
8th grade.
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Students who were on target in eight grade
demonstrated more growth between PLAN and ACT
than did either of the other two groups.
 The
group of students who were on target
for college and career readiness in 8th
grade were the only students who stayed
on target in 10th grade and went on to
become ready for college-level work by
high school graduation.
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Individual students’ growth goals can be set using the
CRB as a yard stick.
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Student goals can be based on “smart numbers”
depended upon entry level student scores.
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This research demonstrates that it is necessary to
intervene with students who are not on target for
college and career readiness- not only during high
school but before high school, in the upper elementary
grades and in middle school.
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If students are to maximize the benefits of high school,
a strong start is essential.
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Students will test on February 10th. Test results are
returned to the students in March.
◦ Counselors review the basic info(pg.2/3)
◦ Content Teachers review their specific sections of the
test
◦ Students record their own strength/weakness t-charts
◦ Results are also mailed home (I order an extra set of
results from ACT)
EXPLORE Individual Student Report
Early Indicators of College Readiness
EXPLORE
and PLAN
College Readiness Benchmark Scores
The
EXPLORE and PLAN College Readiness Benchmark Scores are based
on the ACT College Readiness Benchmark Scores. They reflect students’
expected growth from EXPLORE to PLAN to the ACT and assume sustained
academic effort throughout high school.
ACT Subject
Area Test
College Readiness Benchmark Score
College Course(s)
EXPLORE
English
English Composition
13
Math
Algebra
17
Reading
Social Sciences
15
Science
Biology
20
PR
43
69
65
91
PLAN
15
19
17
21
ACT
PR
43
70
65
91
18
22
21
24
PR
37
63
53
80
Students who meet a Benchmark on the ACT have ≈ 50% chance of earning a B or better and
≈ 75% chance of earning a C or better in the corresponding college course or courses.
Students who meet a Benchmark on EXPLORE or PLAN are likely to have approximately this
same chance of earning such a grade in the corresponding college course(s) by the time they
graduate high school.
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We hold an Explore/Plan parent night (May 11th
at 7:00pm)
◦ Principal reviews the EPAS pattern and how
the results serve as an “early warning system”
◦ Counselor explains the result sheet and what
colleges are looking for
◦ We stress the importance of targeted
remediation…not just “ACT prep”
When will it take place?
Who will be involved?
How will they be grouped?
What will you share? (1, 2, 3, 4….)
How will you follow-up?
Keep a spokesman with your plan
◦ Look at the connection between District and School
Improvement Goals.
◦ Identify how Explore and Plan results can help to focus SIP
and Student Growth Goals.
◦ Discuss ways to include all school stakeholders in the SIP
process.
◦ QUESTIONS?
Wendy Zdeb
MASSP
Associate Director
wendyz@michiganprincipals.org