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and Career-Readiness Assessment System for Alabama
Alabama Department of Education Maggie Hicks February 2015 Defining College and Career Readiness College- and Career-Readiness Assessment System for Alabama ACT Plan Grade 10 ACT QualityCore English 10 & Algebra 1 ACT Explore Grade 8 ACT Aspire Grades 3-8 ACT Plus Writing Grade 11 ACT WorkKeys Grade 12 1 Alabama Department of Education Student Assessment Longitudinal View of Readiness ACT’s Longitudinal Assessment System 2 Four Cautions of Score Interpretation 1. Validity depends on the accuracy of data reported 2. Educational achievement is the result of many factors 3. Small numbers signal a need for caution 4. Populations represented are critical to report accuracy 3 Individual Student Sample Reports 10 Class Sample Reports Overview 11 Class Sample Reports 12 4 Class Sample Reports Proficiency Summary Skill Proficiency 13 ACT QualityCore Score Reports ACT QualityCore Educator Resources 5 What ACT Test Data Are Telling You About Your Students act.org/aap/alabama 17 Insights and Application 6 Creating ACT Online Prep Activity Reports 19 Counselor and Educator Resources Alabama Department of Education Student Assessment 7 The Principal or Designee May Authorize Access to Appropriate Staff actstudent.org actparent.org 8 ACT WorkKeys WorkKeys® • ACT is a job skills assessment system that helps employers select, hire, train, develop, and retain a highperformance workforce. Assessments Training WorkKeys Job Profiling Career Readiness Certificates • An assessment-based credential based on ACT WorkKeys© that gives employers and job seekers a uniform measure of key workplace skills. • The Career Readiness Certificate is a portable credential, allowing employers and employees to use it anywhere in the nation. • It is based on three assessments: Applied Mathematics, Locating Information, and Reading for Information. Career Readiness Certificate Levels & Employability Skills • Alabama’s Career Readiness Certificate (CRC) is an assessment-based credential built on ACT’s WorkKeys that gives employers and job seekers a uniform measure of key workplace skills. The Career Readiness Certificate is a portable credential, allowing employers and employees to us it anywhere in the nation. Free training to increase skill levels is available! • 96% of jobs profiled require Locating Information as a skill area. • 89% of jobs profiled require Reading for Information as a skill area. • 84% of jobs profiled require Applied Mathematics as a skill area. • Core employability skills for approximately 30% of the jobs • Core employability skills for approximately 65% of the jobs • Core employability skills for approximately 90% of the jobs • Core employability skills for nearly 100% of the jobs 9 Certificate Needs: Healthcare Gold Diagnostic Medical Sonographers EMTs & Paramedics Health Technologists & Technicians, All Other Medical & Clinical Laboratory Technicians Medical & Health Services Managers Pharmacy Technicians Physical Therapist Assistants Psychiatric Technicians Registered Nurses Respiratory Therapists Silver Bronze Dental Assistants Dental Hygienists Health Support Workers, All Other Licensed Practical & Licensed Vocational Nurses Medical Assistants Medical Equipment Repairers Medical Records & Health Information Technicians Medical Secretaries Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants Psychiatric Aides Radiological Technologists Reception & Information Clerks Cooks, Institutional & Cafeteria Dental Laboratory Technicians Dishwashers Home Health Aides Housekeeping Supervisors Janitorial Supervisors Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners Social & Human Services Assistants Certificate Needs: Advanced Manufacturing Gold Silver Aircraft Structure Assemblers, Precision Calibration & Instrumentation Technicians Electric Motor & Switch Assemblers & Repairers Electrical & Electronic Inspectors & Testers Electrical Engineering Technicians Chemical Equipment Controllers & Operators Combination Machine Tool Operators& Tenders, Metal & Plastic Electrochemical Equipment Assemblers Engineering Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other Industrial Engineering Technicians Machinists Maintenance Workers, Machinery Electro-Mechanical Technicians Electronics Engineering Technicians Environmental Engineering Technicians Industrial Production Managers Mechanical Engineering Technicians Semiconductor Processors Tool & Die Makers Bronze Materials Inspectors Millwrights Numerical Control machine Tool Operators & Tenders, Metal & Plastic Numerical Tool & Process Control Programmers Businesses Using WorkKeys or CRC • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3M Kohler Union Foundry Toray Carbon Fibers America Phifer, Inc. Sizemore Staffing Steelcase Auburn Police Dept. Tate & Lyle Kelly Temporary Services Union Foundry Hunt Refining Steelscape Lockhead Martin Southern Heat Exchange Corporation OCI Chemical Alpha Pet Nypro Kanaak ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Boards of Education BP Masland Carpets Vulcan Materials HL-A Co., Inc. Neptune Technology Group Solutia Austal USA Nucor Steel Federal Mogul NACCO International Paper Siemens First National Trust & Bank Steelcase Mando America Altec Industries Regitar USA Farley Nuclear Plant 10 act.org/workkeys/practice 11 ACCESS for ELLs 1. ACCESS for ELLs is given annually to Alabama students in grades K-12 who have been identified as English Language Learners. 2. It is used to monitor EL students’ progress in acquiring academic English within the school context as well as language associated with language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies across four domains of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Alternate ACCESS for ELLs Alternate ACCESS for ELLs is an assessment of English language proficiency for students in grades 1 -12 who are classified as English language learners (ELLs) and have significant cognitive disabilities that prevent their meaningful participation in the ACCESS for ELLs assessment. 12 Alabama Alternate Assessment Online Collection System 1. Online collection system will be utilized for first time in 2014-2015. 2. Assessment of student must be completed by a certified teacher. 3. Deadline for submission of evidence on line is 5:00 p.m. on May 1, 2015. 2014-2015 Testing Calendar Student Assessment 334-242-8038 Rebecca Mims, Coordinator Maggie Hicks, Education Administrator High School Assessments Education Specialists: Susan Beard, ACCESS, ACT WorkKeys, Special Populations, Specialized Treatment Centers Kanetra Germany, ACT Aspire Rhonda Patton, NAEP Nannette Pence, AAA and Special Populations 13
