Paths to Post Secondary Readiness

Dash WeerasingheAssessment and Accountability

Plano ISD

4th Annual Texas MAP User Conference - July 28, 2010

Why College Readiness?

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College Preparation Program

• Students that undergo a rigorous college program are more likely to: Stay in high school Score higher on college readiness test Enroll in college (by 12 percentage points) Be prepared for credit-bearing college courses Not need remedial courses in college Achieve a first-year college grade point average (GPA) of

3.0 or higher (by 9 percentage points) Persist in college (by 7 percentage points) Earn a college degree (by 8 percentage points)

* The Role of Nonacademic Factors in College Readiness and Success, Issues in College Readiness, ACT 2007

College Readiness Program

EXPLOREEXPLORE PLANPLAN ACT/SATACT/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

Measuring PSR

Test EXPLORE PLAN ACTSAT

Equivalent

English 13 15 18 471 – V

Math 17 19 22 520 – Q

Reading 15 17 21 470 – V

Science 20 21 24

• Students who meet a Benchmark have approximately a 50 percent chance of earning a B or better and approximately a 75 percent chance of earning a C or better in English Composition, College Algebra, and Biology Typical first year college coursework

* How Much Growth toward College Readiness Is Reasonable to Expect in High School?, ACT 2009* ACT-SAT Concordance, ACT 2008

Using PSR Benchmarks

Test EXPLORE PLAN ACTSAT

Equivalent

English 13 15 18 471 – V

Math 17 19 22 520 – Q

Reading 15 17 21 470 – V

Science 20 21 24

• Evaluating students’ early progress toward college readiness• For timely interventions• For educational counseling• Career planning tool

College Readiness to College GPAM

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• EXPLORE, PLAN, or ACT score and College First-year GPA

Growth to PSR

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

TAKS and College Readiness

EXIT TAKSScore

Predicted English

ACT Score

Predicted Verbal SAT

Score

Predicted Math

ACT Score

Predicted

Quant. SAT Score

2100 17.7 461 19.5 472

College Readiness Reading Standard = 18

2200 20.1 502 21.9 521

College Readiness Math Standard = 22

2300 22.5 534 24.3 570

2400 24.9 584 26.7 618

• Math EXIT TAKS Score 2100 ► 5%

2200 ► 26%

2300 ► 77%

2400 ► 100%

• ELA EXIT TAKS score 2100 ► 57%

2200 ► 77%

2300 ► 90%

2400 ► 100%

Exit TAKS and College Readiness

Probability of being ready for College Algebra

Probability of being ready for freshman English Composition

Aiming for 2250 in EXIT TAKS

• What is the equivalent standard for 2250 in EXIT TAKS

Reading Mathematics

Grade 3 2330 2308

Grade 4 2282 2291

Grade 5 2269 2308

Grade 6 2320 2276

Grade 7 2263 2193

Grade 8 2298 2216

Grade 9 2228 2201

Grade 10 2221 2181

* Identifying Appropriate College-Readiness Standards For All Students, National Center for Education Accountability, May 2006.

Unequal standards in grades 3-6; Need to set significantly higher expectation in elementary to meet the required standard in secondary…

PSR – Begins in Elementary!

MAPMAP EXPLOREEXPLORE PLAN, ACT, SAT, EOCs

PLAN, ACT, SAT, EOCs

Grades 1 – 8

MAP RIT Growth in Reading and Math

Progress to College Readiness in 8th 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

Charting PSR Growth

• Based on ACT recommended standards - College Readiness MAP RIT Scores Mathematics: RIT Score of 244 by Grade 8 Spring Reading: RIT Score of 226 by Grade 8 Spring

• Find the typical growth path for students District or school specific growth path Growth path dependent of student demographics

LEP path or Non-LEP path Economically disadvantaged Ethnicity Combination of above

Charting PSR Growth

• In Plano, using a regression model, we formularized the fall to spring growth for each grade level

• This enabled individual growth paths for each student based in their starting MAP score from KN to grade 9 Reading Mathematics Science – Grade 3 to 9

• Apply the growth trajectory formulae to identify students on track at grade 3 and above

Grade 3 Fall to Grade 8 Spring

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Mathematics Path

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Accelerated Growth path: 4 more RIT points required than typical growth

Target: 244 in Grade 8 Spring

Mathematics Path

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PSR – Intervention in 6th Grade

Accelerated Growth path: 11 more RIT points required than typical growth

Target: 244 by Grade 8 Spring

Presenting to Teachers

Presenting to Teachers

Presenting to Teachers

PSR - Challenges

• Key To Readiness: Motivating students early at upper elementary grade levels educating students and parents from non-college degree

households on what college readiness mean

• Setting College Readiness Standards too low students not being ready for credit bearing courses

• Setting High Standards aspiring college students, currently not “On track” could be

discouraged

Why Post Secondary Readiness

•The PayScale Report, 2010

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Elementary Education

Art

Fashion Merchandising

Education

Journalism

Special Education

Music

Biology

French

Agriculture

Economics

Information Systems

Physics

Nursing

Computer Science

Chemical Engineering

Starting Salary in Thousands

Paths to Post Secondary Readiness

Dr. Dash WeerasingheAssessment and Accountability

Plano ISDDash.Weerasinghe@pisd.edu

4th Annual Texas MAP User Conference - July 28, 2010