College and Career Readiness:

Measures/Aligning Instructional Materials

Dublin Scioto High SchoolMarch 2012

College and Career Readiness

All students should be prepared for the challenges of

higher education and high-performing jobs when they

graduate from high school.

College & Career ReadinessSame or Different?

The knowledge and skills students

need to be competitive

to enter the workforce after high school

are comparable to

the knowledge and skills students

need to enter college.

Keys to College & Career Readiness

1. High Expectations

2. Early Awareness

3. Rigorous Preparation

4. Readiness Opportunities

5. Access

6. Participation

Importance of College Readiness & Rigorous Coursework:

From ACT College Readiness Publication: “What Kind of Test Preparation is Best?”

• Students benefit from taking longer term, college preparatory coursework for increasing ACT scores, regardless of students’ prior achievement in high school. As long as students enter ready to learn, all of them can benefit.

• High school coursework has a substantially larger impact on ACT composite scores than short term test preparation activities. Remember that ACT score is more than just a score for admissions, it is an indicator of College Readiness.

• A student with an ACT subject area score that is lower than college readiness benchmark may be required to take remedial course work in college prior to being able to take regular freshmen level coursework.

Measuring and Monitoring College Readiness

The current growth model:

ACTs Longitudinal Assessment System

•EXPLORE (Grade 8)

•PLAN (Grade 10)

•ACT (Grade 11 / 12)

8th Grade: “Forgotten Middle” Article

Measuring and Monitoring College Readiness

Linkage ReportsCollege Readiness Benchmarks

Subject EXPLORE PLAN ACT

English 13 15 18

Math 17 19 22

Reading 15 17 21

Science 20 21 24

•Benchmarks reflect expected growth from EXPLORE, to PLAN, to ACT, if a student sustains the same academic effort throughout high school.

•Benchmarks are based on regression data (past students ACT scores) and the score needed to be successful in college level subject area courses, without remediation.

DSHS PLAN DATA2011 Average Test Scores

Subject PLANBenchmarks

DSHS National Average

English 15 17.3 16.2

Math 19 19.2 17.6

Reading 17 18.4 16.7

Science 20 19.2 17.8

Composite

18.6 17.2

ACT

ACT has long defined college and career readiness as:

• The acquisition of the knowledge and skills a student needs to enroll and succeed in credit-bearing, first-year courses at a postsecondary institution (such as a two- or four-year college, trade school, or technical school) without the need for remediation.

• Benchmarks are minimum scores on the act English, Mathematics, reading, and Science tests that reflect at least a 50 percent chance of achieving a B or higher grade or a 75 percent chance of a c or higher grade in entry-level, credit-bearing college courses.

PLAN Predicts AP ReadinessHow We Use the AP Success Indicator…..

PLAN Tests50% Chance of Scoring 3 or Higher on AP Exam

Average Math & Science23

AP Biology

Average English & Reading21.5

AP English Language

Average English & Reading

22.5AP U.S. History

Average Math & Science

21AP Calculus BC

PLAN: AP/IB Success Indicator

10th Grade PLAN On Target Benchmark

DSHS ACT DATA2011 Average Test Scores

Subject ACTBenchmarks

DSHS Average Scores

StateAverage Scores

English 18 23.5 21.1

Math 22 24.1 21.5

Reading 21 23.5 22.1

Science 24 23.8 21.8

Composite

23.9 21.8

*2011 Junior Class Practice ACT Composite= 20.3

On Target To Be College Ready?College Readiness Benchmarks

ACT College Readiness

Benchmarks18 on ACT English Test

22 on ACT Math Test

21 on ACT Reading Test

24 on ACT Science Test

Class of 2011 DSHS StateCollege Eng. 83% 71%

College Alg. 68% 49%

College Bio. 49% 35%

Social Science 70% 58%

Meeting all 4: 42% 28%

College Entrance

*Dublin Scioto 2011 Average 23.9*State of Ohio 2011 Average 21.8

Did you know?

ACT’s definition of college and career readiness was adopted by the Common Core State Standards Initiative and provides a unifying goal upon which educators and policymakers must now act.

ACT played a leading role in the development of the Common Core State Standards. Not only did the initiative

• draw on ACT’s longitudinal research identifying the knowledge and skills essential for success in postsecondary education and workforce training, but

• ACT’s College Readiness Standards were also among the resources used in the creation of the Common Core State Standards.

Common Core Standards

College and Career Readiness in Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening, and Language for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects• They demonstrate independence.• They build strong content knowledge.• They respond to the varying demands of audience, task,

purpose, and discipline.• They comprehend as well as critique.• They value evidence.• They use technology and digital media strategically and

capably.• They come to understand other perspectives and

cultures.

*An in-depth review is offered through the anchor standards for respective subjects in the National Core Standards.

Department Work

• What is your department willing to do in the classroom with PLAN and ACT to build our students academic capacity around the style, timed rigor, and level of thinking?

• How can this work be incorporated in to what you already do?

- Adapt Lessons

- Style of Questions

- Timing of Chunked Questions

• Departmental Work: Complete an instructional plan by department, by course, similar courses, OR individually.