What’s New at ACT? · For learners: a tool to help assess status, bridge gaps, increase college...
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April Hansen Senior State Lead [email protected] Iowa State Organization ACT Conference 2018 What’s New at ACT?
Transcript of What’s New at ACT? · For learners: a tool to help assess status, bridge gaps, increase college...
April Hansen
Senior State Lead
Iowa State Organization
ACT Conference 2018
What’s New at ACT?
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ACT CollegeReady
It’s time to rethink the traditional approach toplacement and remediation for students
ACT® CollegeReady™ is a student success tool that identifies knowledge and skill gaps in math and English and creates a personalized learning path that empowers students to address their individual academic needs.
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In fact…
2-Year Institutions 4-Year Institutions
More than
50%placed in remedial classes
Nearly
20%placed in remedial classes
Of the students requiring remedial classes…
Fewer than
1 in 10Graduate within 3 years
Little more than
1 in 3Graduate in 6 years
Source: Remediation: Higher Education’s Bridge to Nowhere. (2012). [PDF] Washington, DC: Complete College America, pgs. 2-3, 10. Available at: http://completecollege.org/docs/CCA-Remediation-final.pdf.
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Institutions can use CollegeReady in many ways
As their primary student readiness and placement solution
To help learners improve their placement performance
As an outreach tool, to support readiness initiatives with targeted school districts
As part of summer “boot camps” for new students
As a co-requisite tool or backbone for an emporium math class (embedding the tool in the class)
As an ongoing student support tool
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CollegeReady benefits for learners
Increased preparedness
Accelerated learning
Cost savings
Expanded knowledge base
Student-centered
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CollegeReady: A better solution for student success
Traditional Placement ACT® CollegeReady™
High-stakes placement exams Low-stakes inventory plus personalized study path
One-time assessment Unlimited use of improvement and evaluation tools to develop knowledge and skills
Focus on placement Emphasis shifted to readiness, improvement, retention, and completion
For learners: an additional “gate” or barrier to higher education
For learners: a tool to help assess status, bridge gaps, increase college readiness, and achieve success
For adult learners: an efficient way to learn and progress using real-time feedback
For institutions: a test to determine prospective students’ needs for development / remediation
For institutions: a solution that reduces the percentage of students requiring remediation from the start
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Student
experience
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Student begins the math assessment.
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Viewing the math introduction.
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Viewing a math sample question.
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Student completes the math assessment.
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Viewing the results of the initial assessment.
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Upon completion of the assessment, students are presented with their study path.
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Student selects “LEARN” to study the topic: Adding Whole Numbers and Applications
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At the Topic Home, students can see the steps on the path to subject mastery.
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Viewing the presentation for Addition.
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Viewing a worked example for Addition.
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Viewing the topic text for Adding Whole Numbers and Applications.
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Taking a practice question in Adding Whole Numbers and Applications.
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Student beginning a test to check their knowledge.
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Student receives a prompt before starting the test.
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Test item example
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Student receives feedback upon completion of the topic test.
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Topic added to list of topics mastered.
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Student making progress along the math learning path.
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Student receives feedback upon meeting the math target score.
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Admin experience
Administrator Overview Screen
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Administrator Student Data Summary screen: viewing students’ performance and progress.
ACT CollegeReady availability
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• ACT CollegeReady is available for pre-order now atwww.act.org/collegeready
• Pre-orders will be fulfilled, and CollegeReady will be available for sale, in early April 2018
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CollegeReady pricing
Number of Subjects Price per subscription with Basic Reporting Package
Price per subscription with Performance Reporting Package
One:Math or English
$10 $12
Two:Math and English
$15 $17
• Performance Reporting Package: $2 for the first subject; free for the second subject
• Minimum number of subscriptions per order: 20
District Testing Dates
• October 1, 2019o Make-up day Oct. 15
• February 20, 2019 o Make-up day March 13
• April 2, 2019o Make-up day April 24
ACT Knowledge and Skills is a prototype online tool that can be used to learn more about ACT’s approach to measuring college and career readiness.
http://skillsmap.actlabs.org/
Login: actlabs
Password: actlabs
ACT Knowledge and Skills
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Changes and updates in the Interim Reporting have been made at each level of reporting.
• Student
• Educator
• School
• District
• State
ACT Aspire Reporting Updates
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Individual
Student
Report
(ISR)
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Individual Student Report (ISR)
• Within-year longitudinal growth
• Scale score aligned with college and career readiness benchmarks
Snapshot of performance within reporting categories, compared to ACT Interim Readiness Range
National percentile rank
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Educator Reports
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Current
Progress
Report
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Current Progress Report
Shows past class performance, current performance, and future predicted performance relative to the ACT Interim Readiness Benchmark
Provides view of selected students’ progress with text complexity
Compares selected students to the national performance
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Response and Content Analysis Report (HTML)
View classroom performance by reporting category
For mathematics, OpenEd resources are linked to each item to provide immediate remediation or enrichment opportunities for students. (Coming fall 2018 for other subjects)
Hyperlink allows educator to view the item
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Response and
Content
Analysis
Report
(PDF)
Content standard associated with item is listed, along with hyperlink to associated OpenEd resources.
Option analysis provides a powerful tool to help educators analyze student thinking in the option chosen.
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Skill
Proficiency
by Student
Clear indicator for which students meet the benchmark
If students are below benchmark, it is easy to see which reporting categories need to be targeted for remediation.
Each subject area has its own report
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Skill
Proficiency
by Group
User-created groups can be compared against school-level performance, by skills in each subject area
ACT Aspire allows educators to create their own cohorts of students, helping to differentiate instruction for both enhancement and remediation.
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Skill
Proficiency
by Student-
Group Once groups are defined by the user, these groups can be broken down by student performance in each group.
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Student
Performance
by Month
Report tracks each student Interim assessment with a clear indicator for if the student is below benchmark.
An “Off Grade” indicator is provided. This indicates that the student took an exam not of the same grade level as the student is registered.
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Subject
Proficiency
by Student
An “Off Grade” indicator is provided.
Summary data is listed at the top of the report for a quick assessment of classroom-level performance.
Labels separate by student performance
“X” indicates that a student did not test
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Subject
Proficiency
by Student-
Group
Same as previous report, with student organized into user-created groups.
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School ReportsAR state info on Reports an impacts to other clientsAR state info on Reports an impacts to other clients
Subject
Proficiency
by
Demographic
School-level proficiency shown, with total number of students tested per subject Demographics breakouts shown:
• Gender • Race/ethnicity • Other demographics (Economically
Disadvantaged, ELL, Gifted, IEP, Migrant, Section 504, Other Accommodations Plan, Homeless, Parents in Military, In Foster Care)
Subject
Proficiency
by Grade
View proficiency by grade across a school to see patterns or curriculum deficiencies.
OpenEdThe most comprehensive repository of free educational resources, all in one place
• FREE access to educational videos, games, activities, quizzes, lesson plans, and assignments
• Matches content to each students’ needs, providing remediation and mastery of subject areas
• The best instructional content from top providers:
• Khan Academy (all content)
• Althea Publishers
• Flocabulary
• Gynzy
• PowerUp What Works
• Splash Math
• Let’s Start Smart
• Brainquake
• 25,000+ sources!
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Recommended content
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PreACT and ACT test remediation based on OpenEd assessments
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Sample Assessment Item
Using
OpenEd
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Recommended Content
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Recommended Content By Item
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Create your classes
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Results reported instantly
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PreACT and ACT test remediation based on previous results
https://www.opened.com/
Tessera is an all-in-one, multifaceted solution that gives students, parents, teachers, and schools a comprehensive view of noncognitive skills and character strengths.
• Two versions: One for students in grades 6–8 and one for students in grade 9–12.
• Advanced assessment methodology that goes beyond traditional self-reporting to yield more reliable, valid results
• Easy to administer online
• Reports that are user-friendly for students and schools
• Strengthens and supports student self-knowledge, goal-setting and growth mindset
ACT Tessera™
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What is Social and Emotional Learning ?
Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills are the noncognitive skills and characteristics that are essential for a wide range of outcomes in academic and life success.
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ACT
Tessera
Student
Report
Insights
Score Summary
The summary page shows all six scores on one page. The more stars students have, the more they are demonstrating the skill.
Skill Summary
This gives a description of the common actions and character traits of students who perform at the same level.
Playbook Contains:
• 3 Constructs: Teamwork, Resilience, Tenacity
• 42 activities and lesson plans
• 3 Culminating Tasks
• 6 Rubrics and Knowledge Quizzes
ACT Tessera Teacher Playbook
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Sample Exercise
Facts Benefits
• Comprehensive next-generation assessment system
for noncognitive skills and character strengths
• Two assessments: One for middle school students,
and one for high school students
• Advanced assessment methodology that goes
beyond traditional self-reporting to yield more
reliable, valid results
• Easy to administer online
• Reports that are user-friendly for students and
schools
• Strengthens and supports student self-knowledge,
goal-setting and growth mindset
• School leaders receive reports of aggregate and individual student performance
• Each student receives a personal profile report
• Students and schools receive recommended resources and strategies to address areas identified as requiring increased focus
ACT Tessera Facts and Benefits
Behavior Skills Maps and Tools
• http://behavior.actlabs.org/map-v2?subject=Behavior
• Login: actlabs
• Password: actlabs
