SUS Tour 2014Cari Lousch

Cari.lousch@act.org

319-541-3836

Wesley Gentry

wes.gentry@act.org

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• Oct. 22 St. Petersburg (USF St. Pete)

• Oct. 23 Sarasota (Hilton Garden Inn)

• Oct. 24 Tampa (USF)

– http://www.act.org/learningevents

Upcoming ACT Workshops

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• ACT Direction

• ACT Aspire

• FL 2014 Grad Class Data

• Wrap Up

Objectives

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About ACT

ACT is a nonprofit organization driven by our mission, our vision, and our values.

• Our mission—Helping people achieve education and workplace success

• Our vision—To impact lifelong success for individuals as they define it

• Our values—Excellence, diversity, leadership, empowerment, learning, and sustainability

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Principles Shaping Our Development Agenda1. Maximize instructional time.

2. Establish reasonable testing times.

3. Provide transparent connections between ACT’s College Readiness Standards and the Common Core State Standards.

4. Leverage technology: enhance student engagement, produce more meaningful results, and share results in a timely fashion.

5. Increase the emphasis on evidence-centered design.

6. Include science as a critical content area.

7. Reflect the reality that there are multiple dimensions of readiness and success (validated by research)

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• 13 states tested all of their students with the ACT in the 13-14 school year.

– 6 more states will join for the 14-15 school yr

• The ACT was administered online for the first time in Spring 2014—4,000

students tested.• 1 million ACT Aspire tests were taken in

Spring 2014

Milestones

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• Comprehensive Assessment System– Summative, Interim & Classroom

• Summative Assessments– Grades 3-10– Online and Paper/Pencil Administration– Item Types: Multiple Choice, Constructed

Response and Technology Enhanced– Modular by subject (E, R, M, S, W)– Online Reporting

ACT Aspire (http://act.org/migrate) Summative Assessments

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• Test Windows– Fall Window: Sept. 15 – Nov. 14– Spring Window: April 6 – May 29

• Ordering Windows:– Fall: Closed– Spring: Until Nov. 30th

Summative Assessments (Cont.) ACT Aspire

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• Interim Assessments– 3 Assessments in 14-15 School Year– Mini-summatives– Computer-based & Multiple-choice Only– Quick Reporting– Item Response Analysis– Less Than 45 Minutes per Subject Area– English, Reading, Math & Science Only– Grades 3-10

Interim AssessmentsACT Aspire

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• Classroom Assessments– Similar to a Quiz– Each Assessment 5 Items Measuring 2

Standards– 15-20 Minutes– Computer-based & Multiple-choice Only– Grades 3-8 Only

Classroom AssessmentsACT Aspire

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• College Readiness Standards– http://www.act.org/standard/

• Your Guide to The ACT• The ACT Technical Manual• User Handbook for Educators 2014-2015• College and Career Readiness at a Glance

– http://www.act.org/aap/resources.html

ACT Preparation Resources

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• College Readiness Standards– http://www.act.org/standard/

• Your Guide to The ACT• The ACT Technical Manual• User Handbook for Educators 2014-2015• College and Career Readiness at a Glance

– http://www.act.org/aap/resources.html

ACT Resources for Educators

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• 129,676 students in 2014 Grad Class took The ACT.

• Access: – 38% overall increase in ACT-tested graduates

in LA since 2010.

– 27% of Louisiana’s ACT-tested graduates were first-generation students whose parents did not enroll in postsecondary education.

FL 2014 Grad Class Report

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Thank you!Cari Lousch

Cari.lousch@act.org

319-541-3836

Wesley Gentry

wes.gentry@act.org