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ACT/EPAS Training Summer 2009

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EILA Credit Ending Today

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GoalWhat you will leave with today…

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oPlease Put Your Cell Phone on Vibrate…

oIf you do need to answer a phone, please go into the hall/other room.

oUse The Rule of Two Feet…

•We are all adults•We’re not responsible for students today. Thus, we can use our two feet beyond the confines of these walls.

oSide-bar talking•Please limit talking with other participants unless group work is under way.

Overview of materials

Who is in the room with us?

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Administration EnglishForeign

LanguageMath

Science Social Studies

Vocational Ag.Family/Consumer

ScienceBusinessArt/Music

PE Special Ed.

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Is it the facts they learned in your

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What is the format of the Educational Planning Assessment System?

Purpose: Help 8th graders plan for their high school coursework as well as career choices.

Score Range: 1 – 25

Testing Window: September 14-25

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Explore Results for 2007 & 2008

Benchmark scores are 13, 17, 15, 20 respectfully.

Purpose: Helps students measure their academic development and make plans for remaining high school years and beyond.

Score Range: 1 – 32

Testing Window: September 14-25

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Plan Results for 2007 & 2008

Benchmark scores are 17, 19, 15, and 21 respectfully.

Purpose: Assess general educational development and their ability to successfully complete freshmen level college courses

Score Range: 1 - 36Testing Window:

March 9, 2010 - ACT AdministrationMarch 23, 2010 - ACT Administration Make-up DayMarch 9-23, 2010 - ACT Administration window for students with accommodations

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2008 ACT Results

2009 Results are to be released August 10th

Benchmark scores are 18, 22, 21, 24 respectfully.

Why is Kentucky administering?

What is the law surrounding this mandate?

Senate Bill 130http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/06rs/

sb130.htmRelated to the bill is KRS 158.6453

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English & Foreign Language (page 152) will take the complete test (45 minutes)

Math (page 164) will take either the odd or the even… (30 minutes)

Reading (page 180) including art, music, humanities, PE, and health will take the complete test (35 minutes)

Science, including vocational & business (page 188) will take the complete test (35 minutes)Social Studies can take either Reading or Science

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Know/Do/Strategy

Work with those in your discipline to complete the other column(s) on the answer sheet…

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What strategies did you use throughout the test?

How do we communicate these same strategies to our students?

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There are seventy-five multiple choice questions in forty-five minutes

It’s the usage/mechanics and rhetorical skills needed for college English courses

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There are sixty multiple choice questions in sixty minutes

It’s the mathematics needed for college mathematics courses

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There are forty multiple choice questions in thirty-five minutes

The reading section is designed to measure your skill in reading.

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There are forty multiple choice questions in thirty-five minutes

The test emphasizes application of scientific reasoning skills rather than recall of content, math skill, or reading level.

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Content Area Format %# of Qs

Biology Data Rep.

Research Summaries

Conflicting Viewpoints

38%

45%

17%

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Chemistry

Earth/Space

Physics

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Students with developmental needs by subject,

All Kentucky public college entrants

Students with developmental needs by subject,

All Kentucky public college entrants

54% 53%

41%44%

35%32%

27% 25%

2002 2004

One or more subjects Math English Reading

Source: CPE Comprehensive Data Base

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Where are these happening?Are they embedded throughout?Are they consistent or 1-time shots in the dark?

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•English: pgs. 578-579•Math: pgs. 580-581•Reading: pgs. 582-583•Science: pgs. 586

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College Course or

Course Area

TestEXPLORE

ScorePLAN Score

ACT Score

English Comp.

English 13 15 18

Social Sciences

Reading 15 17 21

Algebra Mathematics 17 19 22

Biology Science 20 21 24

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According to the ACT site, a benchmark of 22 on the mathematicssection, a 24 on the science section means astudent has approximately a 50% chance ofearning a B or better and 75% chance ofearning a C or better in an equivalent college

course.

www.act.org

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There is no “quick fix”So, think crock pot,

not microwave

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Math questions are arranged in order of difficulty

Reading passages require reading strategies for faster paced reading

Science information can’t be read in it’s entirety. Working backwards for necessary information is required for completion of the test.

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Don’t forget to mark—in the test booklet—the questions you

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There is no penalty for guessing and no penalty for wrong answers! Therefore, guess when all else fails and guess consistently!

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Scan the problem first

You may not need all the information

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Numerical answers are arranged in order. So, start in the middle when substituting.

This is extremely time consuming!

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Once you’ve determined the answer, pick it…even if you’re not finished working it all the way through.

NO NEED TO SHOW ALL WORK!

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USE FIGURES WISELY!

An arc on an angle doesn’t necessarily

mean it’s congruent to another angle with an

arc. ***Math

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•Eliminate obviously wrong answers

Or•Eliminate any odd ball answers…if three are the same and two different, get rid of the two

NARROW YOUR ANSWERS

There is no penalty for guessing and no penalty for wrong answers! Therefore, guess when all else fails and guess consistently!

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DRAW A PICTURE IF

APPROPRIATE

***Math

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USE WHATEVER METHOD IS FASTEST

AND EASIEST FOR YOU, EVEN IF IT’S ONE

YOUR TEACHER DIDN’T USE

Your Method…

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Be sure to answer both parts

Caution…The first answer is likely one of the wrong answers given

TWO PART QUESTIONS

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DON’T FORGET…

TAKE YOUR CALCULATOR

TAKE EXTRA BATTERIES

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Get a good night’s sleep!

Eat a good breakfast!

Take a shower the morning of

the test…

Wear a watch…

Answer 10 problems, then bubble 10. Answer 10 more problems, then bubble 10 more

problems…and so on.

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How do successful problem solvers

work?

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Use ACT items from the ACT site and The Real ACT Prep Guide on each unit assessment

Label the section ACT Style Questions

Teacher and student monitor progress on each question

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Integrate more algebra in geometry Integrate more science examples while teaching probability and statistics

Science incorporate data interpretation in all units

Integrate more data interpretation in vocational classes, including ag., business, and family/consumer sciences

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Remember, crock pot,not microwave!

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There is a new website with a question for each day of the school year. So far, this has only been created for math.The site is: http://sbstjohn.com/QODWebSite/act_qod.htm

In math it’s not about the answer to the question,

rather the process!

In science, it’s about “real” practice on data

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Answer isn’t part of discussion Focus is on the process only This isn’t easy for students or

teachers 10 minutes or less Department/school “buy in” Main strategy and used

consistently

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When will you meet next Who else will attend

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What Course Work Prepares a Student to be Successful on

the ACT?

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The PlanPast years’ ACT scores

Look at PatternsCompare Course Work

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•www.act.org

•www.kde.com

•www.kde.state.ky.us/KDE Then do a search for ACT and click on

ACT Alignment Study May 2007

•Senate Bill 130http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/06rs/sb130.htm

KRS 158.6453

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•www.act.org/education/index.html Then on the left of the page, click on EPAS

Educational Planning and Assessment System. Once there, on the right click on Use the EPAS Information Request form and complete the form that appears on the

screen.•http://www.ket.org/act•College Readiness Standards Poster Order Form is in your folder. Each poster is specific to one content area and only $0.35.

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•http://education.ky.gov/KDE/HomePageRepository/News+Room/Current+Press+Releases

•www.act.org/path/policy/pdf/benchmarks.pdf

•www.usatoday.com

•www.education.ti.com•

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KDEOffice of Assessment and Accountability

1-502-564-4394Questions about modifications…

Cheryl PulleyBridget Stanfield

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Ky’s ACT Representative isJayne Rogers

1-800-338-3282 ext. 53483 jayne.rogers@petersons.com

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Tami Picketttamipickett.pimser@windstream.net

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USA Today…Graph of the Day

1. Go to www.usatoday.com2.Go to education at the bottom of

the page3.Go to USA TODAY’S Education Program4.Go to Complete Lesson Library5.Pick a subject6.Pick snapshots or reprint articles

orSearch snapshots

Pick the 1st Link: USA TODAY Ed. Partnerships- PastPick a past partner

http://www.usatoday.com/educate/choiceispower/CCUL9.pdf

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