School Wide Strategies to Support Student Success on the ACT
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School Wide Strategies to Support Student Success on the ACT Collaborative Conference on Student Achievement Greensboro, NC March 2014
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School Wide Strategies to Support Student Success on the ACT. Collaborative Conference on Student Achievement Greensboro, NC March 2014. ThinkingAboutTheACT.wikispaces.com. Educate Your Staff. Why the ACT instead of the SAT? How does their course content align? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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School Wide Strategies to Support Student Success on the ACT
Collaborative Conference on Student AchievementGreensboro, NC
March 2014
ThinkingAboutTheACT.wikispaces.com
Educate Your Staff
• Why the ACT instead of the SAT?• How does their course content align?• How does ACT success impact students?• Do all staff know the content of ACT?• Do all staff know the benchmark?• How does it impact the HS accountability
model?
Educate Your Students
• What doors open with ACT success?• What’s in it for me?• What are the benchmarks for my post-high
school plans?• What content is on the ACT?• Should I guess on the ones I don’t know?• Is it timed?• What is the format?
Educate Your Parents/Guardians
• How does ACT compare to SAT?• What do the PLAN scores mean?• What’s in it for them?• What kind of ACT score is needed for their
student’s post high school plans?• How can they be supportive?
When using PLAN, consider:
• How do you share the report with students?• How do you share the reports with staff?• How do you share the reports with parents?• How do the reports inform instruction?• Strategic scheduling options• How do you “hook” students into caring?
From ACT College Search App:College/University Composite Score Range
UNC – Chapel Hill 27-31
NC State 23-28
East Carolina 20 to 24
Appalachian State 21 to 26
Duke University 30 to 34
Elon University 25 to 29
PLAN Interpretive Guide
What about incentives?
Time: Fluency Matters
Exposure to Format
Exposure to Format
ACT / SAT Comparison
College Readiness Standards
ACT Prep forMake-Up Attendance Time
Educate Your Staff - Revisit
• Why the ACT instead of the SAT?• How does their course content align?• How does ACT success impact students?• Do all staff know the content of ACT?• Do all staff know the benchmark?• How does it impact the HS accountability
model?
Educate Your Students - Revisit
• What doors open with ACT success?• What’s in it for me?• What are the benchmarks for my post-high
school plans?• What content is on the ACT?• Should I guess on the ones I don’t know?• Is it timed?• What is the format?
Educate Your Parents/Guardians - Revisit• How does ACT compare to SAT?• What do the PLAN scores mean?• What’s in it for them?• What kind of ACT score is needed for their
student’s post high school plans?• How can they be supportive?
Shout-Out for What-Works
Contact Me:
Jan KingNC Department of Public Instruction
[email protected](828) 606-0177
On Twitter @jan4tarheels
