College and Career Readiness (Explore,

Plan, and ACT)Mitch Fowler

fowlerm@calhounisd.org

Wes McCreaMcCreaW@bronsonschools.org

Agenda

• Welcome / Outcomes• Overview of EPAS / College and Career

Readiness Benchmarks• Breaking Down the Standards• Breaking Down the Assessment• Using Report Data for School Improvement

and in the Classroom

EPAS – Another Acronym?

• EPAS – Educational Planning and Assessment System– Explore (Grades 8 and 9)

• Student scores are 1-25– PLAN (Grade 10)

• Student scores are 1-32– ACT (Grades 11-12)

• Student scores are 1-36

• Common score scale allows for seamless data that describes student achievement in grades 8-12.

ACT’s College Readiness Benchmark Scores – Predictors of Success

ACT College Readiness Benchmark Scores

Subject Test

College Course

Explore Plan ACT

Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11

English English Comp. 13 14 15 18

Math Algebra 17 18 19 22

Reading Social Science 15 16 17 21

Science Biology 20 20 21 24

A student at benchmark on the ACT has a 75% chance of getting a “C” or better in the corresponding college course and a 50% chance

or better of getting a “B” or better.

ACT’s College Readiness Benchmark Scores – Predictors of Success

“Students who are significantly off target for college and career readiness in eighth grade are far less likely to become ready for college-level

work during high school.”

Taken from: How Much Growth toward CollegeReadiness Is Reasonable to Expect inHigh School? by ACT.

What’s being assessed? ACT’s College Readiness Standards

Students who score in this range…

Can do this…

Breaking Down the Standards - Activity

What is taught in

the classroom.

ACT StandardsC.C.S.S.

?

Breaking Down the Assessment

Breaking Down the Assessment - Activity

• While looking through the guides, consider:– What is the blueprint of the assessment?– How does the blueprint of the assessment correlate with

the blueprint of your course? Of your Tier I and II standards?

– How could you modify some of your classroom assessments to match the structure of the EPAS assessments?

– How do your classroom assessments provide thinking skill progressions as exhibited by the sample questions provided in the guides?

Available EPAS Reports

• Item Response Summary (Building Level Data)• Student Report• DataDirector Reports– NOT YET Reports– Self Reported Needs Inventory– Self Reported Interest Inventory– Explore / Plan Mail Merge Report– Explore / Plan Assessment Reports

Item Response Summary - Activity

Student Report - Activity

Student Report - Activity

Student Report - Activity

Student Report - Activity

Available Reports in DataDirector

Met or Exceeded ALL CRB’s

NOT YET reached subject area CRB’s

Self Reported Needs Inventory

Self Reported Post Secondary Plans

Explore / Plan Assessment Reports

Building Your Own Reports

Thank you!

Questions?