The document discusses paths to post secondary readiness (PSR) and measuring student progress towards college readiness. It outlines a college preparation program that helps students stay in high school, earn higher test scores, enroll and persist in college, and earn a degree. The document also discusses using standardized test scores from middle school through high school to measure PSR growth and set benchmarks to indicate readiness for first-year college coursework. School districts can chart student growth trajectories starting in elementary school to monitor their progress towards meeting PSR targets.

1. Paths to Post Secondary Readiness Dash Weerasinghe Assessment and Accountability Plano ISD 4 th Annual Texas MAP User Conference - July 28, 2010

4. College Readiness Program EXPLORE PLAN ACT/SAT Successful transition into high school Explore personally relevant career options Information about students' perceived needs World-of Work Map, study skills checklist, coursework planner As a "pre-ACT" test, PLAN is a powerful predictor of success on the ACT Focuses attention on both career preparation and improving academic achievement Links students with relevant college and scholarship information ACT tests are curriculum based and directly related to what is taught in high school courses Can measure growth towards collage readiness SAT scores can be converted to ACT scale to measure growth

8. Growth to PSR Average Growth in Achievement between 8th and 11th grade: Using the vertical scale from Explore, Plan, and ACT

9. TAKS and College Readiness Math Standard = 22 College Readiness Reading Standard = 18 College Readiness 618 26.7 584 24.9 2400 570 24.3 534 22.5 2300 521 21.9 502 20.1 2200 472 19.5 461 17.7 2100 Predicted Quant. SAT Score Predicted Math ACT Score Predicted Verbal SAT Score Predicted English ACT Score EXIT TAKS Score

12. PSR – Begins in Elementary! MAP EXPLORE PLAN, ACT, SAT, EOCs Grades 1 – 8 MAP RIT Growth in Reading and Math Progress to College Readiness in 8 th Grade Grade 8 Status Check High school Planning Career Analysis EOC College Readiness Measures Grade 10 Status Check – PLAN, SAT Grade 11 Readiness: SAT, ACT, EOCs

15. Grade 3 Fall to Grade 8 Spring Target: 244 in Grade 8 Spring Mathematics Path

16. Accelerated Growth to PSR Target: 244 in Grade 8 Spring Mathematics Path Accelerated Growth path: 4 more RIT points required than typical growth

17. PSR – Intervention in 6 th Grade Accelerated Growth path: 11 more RIT points required than typical growth Target: 244 by Grade 8 Spring

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23. Paths to Post Secondary Readiness Dr. Dash Weerasinghe Assessment and Accountability Plano ISD [email_address] 4 th Annual Texas MAP User Conference - July 28, 2010