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College and Career Readiness:
Policies and Resources
Policies
• College and Career-Ready Policy Institute
(CCRPI)
• Report: The Roadmap to College and Career
Readiness for Minnesota Students
Resources
• EXPLORE and PLAN (EPAS system)
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College- and Career-Ready
Policy Institute (CCRPI)
Purpose
Align state policies
to ensure that all students
are college- and career-ready.
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College- and Career-Ready
Policy Institute (CCRPI)
Five Partner Organizations
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Achieve
Data Quality Campaign
EducationCounsel
National Governor’s Association Center for Best
Practices
• Jobs For The Future
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Minnesota
• Selected as 1 of 8 states for 18-month CCRPI
project sponsored by Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation
• Receiving technical assistance from the five
CCRPI partner organizations
• Formed workgroups to address five goals
• Developing policy recommendations for each
goal by December 2009
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Minnesota’s CCRPI Goals
1. Revisit and potentially revise education system
policy goals and targets.
2. Create policy for an assessment and
accountability system that includes HS endof-course exams as anchor assessments and
provides additional indicators of college- and
career-readiness.
3. Design policy for a Minnesota Early Indicator
and Response System (MEIRS).
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Minnesota’s CCRPI Goals
(cont’d.)
4. Redesign MN’s dual credit policies to become
nation leading and world competing.
5. Create a plan and policy recommendations for
the effective implementation of a system to
collect, maintain, analyze, report and use
aggregate student data for the purpose of
educational improvement.
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What has Minnesota already accomplished
that makes our state a good candidate for
the CCRPI?
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Dropout
Prevention
Systemic
High School
Redesign
American
Diploma
Project
College &
Career
Readiness
Others?
Dual Credit
Core Princ.
of Effective
Practice
Rigorous
K-12
Standards
MN P-20
Education
Partnership.
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“The Road Map to College and
Career Readiness for MN Students”
• Report sponsored by the MN P-16
Education Partnership’s Postsecondary
and Workforce Readiness Working Group
• Defines college and career readiness
• Describes pathways
• Suggests ways to measure readiness
• Download report at http://mnp16.org.
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Broad definition of readiness
Postsecondary and workforce readiness
includes the knowledge and skills that high school
graduates need in order to do
credit bearing coursework
at a [two- or four-year] college or university and/or
to embark successfully on a
career-track employment position
(that pays a living wage, provides benefits, and
offers clear pathways for advancement through
further education and training).
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Some recommendations
Adopt this broad definition and…
• Routinely reinforce the belief that the same
level of readiness is needed for students
wishing to pursue virtually any
postsecondary education opportunity
(degree, diploma, and certificate programs
offered by two-year and four-year colleges
and universities).
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Some recommendations
• Share information in the chart “The Road Map to
College and Career Readiness: Are You Ready
for College and a Career?” (Appendix B in
report).
• The chart has a detailed definition of college
and career readiness that includes academic
and workplace skills, personal and social skills,
and college and career knowledge Make “The
Road Map” information available to students,
parents, educators, employers and others.
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Some recommendations
• Develop opportunities for faculty to collaborate in
developing and implementing strategies to
implement “The Road Map”, helping students
achieve the college and career readiness
standards articulated in the “Are You Ready…?”
chart and related documents.
• Provide opportunities for high school and
postsecondary educators to collaborate. Collect
and disseminate student work samples that
provide clear, useful examples of college and
career readiness consistent with this definition.
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Some recommendations
• Ensure that all students develop a college and career
attainment plan in consultation with a mentor,
counselor or adviser to guide course taking and
planning (plan should begin no later than 9th grade)
• Provide diverse pathway options for students to get a
jump start on postsecondary study and workforce
preparation (e.g., tech prep, postsecondary
enrollment options).
• Complement rigorous curriculum for all students with
tailored HS academic support programs and bridge
programs between HS and college
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Some recommendations
• Set and clearly define high expectations for all
students, especially low income and first generation
college students, as well as MN’s increasingly
diverse student population
• Short term: Encourage the use of college and career
readiness assessment tools currently available in
MN, including EPAS (EXPLORE, PLAN, ACT);
Accuplacer; and eventually, the MN Comprehensive
Assessments
• Long term: Develop interactive searchable data
warehouse so users can assess their “probability
range” for college and career success based on a
composite measure of data elements.
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The College Readiness System
(EPAS)
Using EXPLORE and PLAN to
Increase Student Success
What’s the problem?
Preparing
all students
for the
21st century
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College and Career Readiness
How do we know how prepared our
students are?
How can we help them get where they
want to go?
How can we track their progress?
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ACT’s Educational
Planning and Assessment System
Consists of three aligned assessment programs
– EXPLORE (Score Range 1-25)
• 8th/9th grade assessment
• Provides baseline information on the academic
prep of students
• Used to plan high school coursework
– PLAN (Score Range 1-32)
• 10th grade assessment
• Midpoint review of students’ progress toward
educational/career goals
• Take time to make necessary interventions
– ACT Assessment (Score Range 1-36)
• 11th/12th grade assessment
• Measure students’ academic readiness for
postsecondary success
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• College admission and placement tool
School Reports
Student Score Reports
Student Roster (Individual Scores)
Profile Summary Report (Group Scores)
Item Analysis Reports
Early Intervention Roster
- Low Scores
- Reported Needs
Presentation Packet
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Student Score Reports
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Your Scores
Your Estimated PLAN Composite Score Range
Your Plans
Your Reported Needs
College Readiness: English, Mathematics, Reading,
Science
 Your Plans for After High School
 Your Career Possibilities
 Your Skills
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School Profile Summary Report
Overview:
Compare student scores to national norms
Compare student scores to College
Readiness Standards
Disaggregate score differences by
ethnicity and gender
Highlight career and educational plans
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World-of-Work Map
 Organizes thousands of occupations into an
easy-to-understand system
 Helps students see what career options are
best suited to them
 Students can and do change their ideas about
careers. Share the World-of-Work Map with
them often during their years in secondary
school
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Item Response Summary Report
 This report will show the number of students
who answered each question correctly for
each of the areas.
 Examining this report will help teachers further
analyze student performance in specific
content areas.
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Early Intervention Roster
•Roster 1:
Students with no
graduation plans
•Roster 2:
Students with low
scores
•Roster 3:
Reported Needs
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EPAS Assessments Share a
Common Scale Score
EXPLORE
8th and 9th grade (score range 1 to 25)
PLAN
10th grade (score range 1 to 32)
ACT
11th and 12th grade (score range 1 to 36)
EXPLORE
1-25
PLAN
1-32
ACT
1-36
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College Readiness Benchmarks
Through collaborative research with postsecondary institutions
nationwide, ACT has established the following college readiness
benchmarks*:
ACT Readiness Benchmarks
for Entry-Level College Courses
College Courses
EXPLORE (8th/9th)
College Readiness
Benchmarks
PLAN (10th)
College Readiness
Benchmarks
ACT Assessment (11th/12th)
College Readiness
Benchmarks
English Composition EXPLORE English
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PLAN English
15
ACT English
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Algebra
EXPLORE Math
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PLAN Math
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ACT Math
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Social Studies
EXPLORE Reading
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PLAN Reading
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ACT Reading
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Biology
EXPLORE Science
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PLAN Science
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ACT Science
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* Minimum score needed on an ACT subject-area test to indicate a 50% chance of obtaining a
B or higher or a 75% chance of obtaining a C or higher in the corresponding first-year creditbearing college course.
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2008 EXPLORE College Readiness in MN
46% met benchmark in algebra
63% met benchmark in English
20% met benchmark in biology
48% met benchmark in social sciences
18% met all four benchmarks
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2008 PLAN College Readiness in MN
43% met benchmark in algebra
70% met benchmark in English
29% met benchmark in biology
55% met benchmark in social sciences
22 % met all four benchmarks
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MDE EPAS Training Contacts
• Al Hauge
[email protected]. 651 582 8409
• Angie Judd
[email protected]. 651 582 8478
• Michelle Kamenov
[email protected]. 651 582 8434
• Sally Wherry
[email protected]. 651 582 8768
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For more information…
Beth Aune, Ph.D.
Director of Academic Standards and P-16 Initiatives
Minnesota Department of Education
651-582-8795 [email protected]
Barb Schlaefer
Director of Communications
Minnesota Office of Higher Education
651-259-3902 [email protected]
Sally Wherry, Ed.D.
Supervisor of High School Initiatives
Minnesota Department of Education
651-582-8768 [email protected]
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