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NOSCA: National Office for School Counselor Advocacy
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Component 5: College and Career Assessments
NOSCA: National Office for School Counselor Advocacy
Webinar ContentComponent 5: College and Career Assessments
Goal: Promote preparation, participation, and
performance in college and career assessments
by all students.
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College and Career Assessments? You mean testing, right?
Source: http://clark-guidance.wikispaces.com/Test+Taking+Tips+for+Elementary+Students
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What will be covered
Assessments as part of the bigger picture of college and career readiness
Set measurable goals
Systemwide best-practices
Accountability using assessment data
What will not be covered
Test statistics – validity and reliability
Test norms
Whether or not we should have tests
Debate over which test students should take
Component 5: College and Career Assessments
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Component 5:
Interrelated with other
Components of
College and Career
Readiness
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College and Career Readiness
College Career
“Is ready for COLLEGE
and ready for CAREER
the same thing?
With respect to the knowledge and
skills in English and mathematics
expected by employers and
postsecondary faculty, the
answer is yes.”
Source: Achieve, Inc.
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What is College and Career Ready?
According to the Southern Regional Education Board
◦ College Ready means a high school graduate has the
reading, writing and math knowledge and skills to qualify
for and succeed in entry-level, credit bearing, college-degree
courses with out the need for remedial classes.
◦ Career Ready means that high school graduates can read,
comprehend, interpret and analyze complex technical
materials, can use mathematics to solve problems in the
workplace, and can pass a state-approved industry
certificate or licensure exam in their field.
Source: ©The Next Generation of School Accountability: A Blueprint for Raising
High School Achievement and Graduation Rates in SREB States, 2009.
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Help Wanted!
Source: Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018,
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2010
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Student Voices
Source: http://media.collegeboard.com/
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Changing the Culture
From: An isolated
event for a few
students going to four
year colleges and
universities.
To: College and
Career Assessments
as on part of college
and career readiness
process for all
students.
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Component 2: Academic
Planning
Test
Performance
Component 5:
College and Career
Assessments
Tool
NOSCA’s Eight Components of College And Career
Readiness Counseling are not Mutually Exclusive.
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Components: 3, 4 & 7
Component 5:
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Inform enrichment and extracurricular
engagement (3), college and career
exploration & selection (4), and
admissions processes (7).
NOSCA’s Eight Components of College And Career
Readiness Counseling are not Mutually Exclusive.
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Types of Assessment Data
Preparation Participation Performance
The 3P’s of Assessment Data
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Preparation Participation Performance
Assessment Data
Participation: Test participation is about registering for and
actually taking the test.
Preparation: Help students understand the importance of testing and
Provides information, practice skills and strategies to make
decisions about when to test and how to maximize their knowledge
to increase performance.
Performance: Scores
Tool
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Preparation Participation Performance
What is Measured?
Who and How Many Who and What Score
Assessment Data
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Preparation Participation Performance
SAT SAT SAT
ACT ACT ACT
Industry Certification
Licensure
Industry Certification
Licensure
Industry Certification
Licensure
Assessment Data
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PSAT PSAT PSAT
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Student Groups Asian
African American
Latino/Hispanic
Native American
White
English Language Learners
Students from Low-income Backgrounds
Special Education
Other student groups
Preparation
Participation
Performance
Data
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Preparation
Content Preparation
1. Who and how many attend test preparation sessions in school?
2. Who and how many attend test preparation in the community?
Logistics Preparation:
1. Who and how many need assistance with transportation to test sites?
2. Who and how many need assistance with test materials? (calculators)
3. Who and how many need fee waivers?
By Student Groups:
Questions to Identify Disparities
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Participation
1. Who and how many students registered for the test?
2. Who and how many students took the test?
3. What are the test taking patterns of students – by student group?
4. Where are students taking the test?
By Student Groups:
Questions to Identify Disparities
Tool
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1. What are the range of scores for each section? Reading Math Writing
2. How do the overall scores compare?
3. How do the scores of each section compare?
4. Who persistently scores high or low?
5. How do test scores compare to course-taking patterns overall and by
sections?
Performance
By Student Groups:
Questions to Identify Disparities
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Work Strategically
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Align District Goals to
School Counseling Goals
Sample District
Level Goals:
• Graduate more
students college and
career ready
Sample School
Counseling Goals:
• Graduate more
students college and
career ready
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Work
Strategically
Source: www.collegeboard.org/nosca
Tool
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Step 1: Establish baseline – the preparation, participation and
performance data in your school by student groups
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Student Group Critical
Reading
Math Writing
Asian
African American
Latino/Hispanic
Native American
White
ELL
SES
Special Education
Other Groups
Ex: SAT Performance
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Step 2: Formulate Goals
Increase the number of Latino students engaged in test preparation initiatives by 10% by the end of the school year.
Increase the number of African American students who register for and take a college entrance exam by 10% by the end of the school year.
Increase the Reading scores of English language learners by 10% by the end of the school year.
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Preparation
Participation
Performance
Ex: Goals
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Step 3: Assess Existing Interventions
Do existing interventions respond to the needs of students based on the data?
◦ Recycle interventions not reflective of the data
◦ Modify existing interventions to respond to the data
◦ Develop new interventions to support the data
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Step 4: Implement Interventions Systemically
Student
•Individual
•Group
•Classroom
•Grade
Community
Parents/Families
District
School
Student
Source: Lee, V. V. & Goodnough, G. E. (2011). Systemic data-driven school counseling practice and
programming for equity. In B. T. Erford (Ed.) Transforming the school counseling profession (3rd.).
Columbus, OH: Pearson Merrill Prentice-Hall.
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Help students become test savvy – especially underserved populations:
◦ Overcoming test anxiety
◦ Types of direction
◦ Types of test questions
◦ How to make educated guesses
◦ Practice tests
◦ Fee waivers
◦ Registration
◦ Logistics of test day
◦ Scoring
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Student (Individual, Group, Classroom, Grade)
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Help teachers integrate testing information into their classes and use test results and diagnostic information to identify student skill gaps.
Identify any policies, practices or procedures or structural barriers that may limit test participation.
Encourage your school to become an SAT and/or ACT test site or to become an SAT school day test site to provide greater access for testing to all students.
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School
Tool
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Parents/Family
Work Strategically
Tool
Create community events to give parents information about college and career assessments and their role in assisting their children. (Whatever students need to know – parents/families need to know).
Vary event times and locations (community or recreation centers, places of worship, civic centers, malls) to accommodate schedules.
Use materials written in parents’ native languages.
Help parents/families learn how their student can obtain fee waivers and free materials and, to evaluate the pros and cons of test coaching and costs.
Help parents understand how their child’s options may be limited if they do not engage in this process.
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District
Work Strategically
Collaborate with middle or junior high school counselors to share information about college and career assessments as well as the connection between rigorous course taking and test performance.
Collaborate with other high school counselors in your district to build networks and to share strategies to become a test site.
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Community
Work Strategically
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Collaborate with local libraries or any center with online access so students can access career and interest inventories/programs and/or practice tests outside of school.
Develop networks in the school community to assist students who may need transportation to an SAT™ or ACT testing site.
Build a community fund for students who need additional financial support to take the SAT ™ and/or SAT Subject Tests and/or ACT.
Collaborate with local transit systems to secure fare waivers or reductions on test days for test routes and/or other transit passes to and from test sites.
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Accountability
Communicating the
Message
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Accountability Report
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Baseline Data:
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Results/Outcome Statement:
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Systemic Interventions
Individual
Group
Classroom
Grade
School
Parents/Family
District
Community
Legend
Goal Statement:
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Source: (Lee & Goodnough, 2011)
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College and Career Assessments?
Source: http://clark-guidance.wikispaces.com/Test+Taking+Tips+for+Elementary+Students
Yes I
Can!
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A national advocacy campaign to galvanize
and mobilize school counselors to “own the turf”
of college and career readiness counseling and take
the lead in establishing a college-going culture in
their schools, districts, communities and/or states.
NOSCA is home of. . .
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Own the Turf Campaign Toolkit
16”x 24” Poster
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The Own the Turf Campaign
Campaign Benefits
•Gain Strategies and Tools:
The Eight Components, Advocacy Kit
•Build a National Community of School Counselors:
Online Community, Workshops, Blog
•Share College and Career Readiness Counseling Programs and Practices:
Examples of Eight Components Implementation
•Support the Pathways for College Act:
Learn More at advocacy.collegeboard.org/get-involved
•Elevate Counselors’ Voices:
College Board’s National Survey of Counselors
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Questions?
For further information:
Visit www.collegeboard.org/nosca or
Email [email protected].
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