Step on the Path to Success

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Step on the Path to Success

• 2012-13

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Agenda

• What is ReadiStep?
• How can ReadiStep help you?
• Whats on the test?
• How do you prepare?
• What happens on test day?
• What happens after the test?
• Resources and additional information

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Step on the Path to SuccessWhat is ReadiStep?
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A Pathway to the Future

• Helping Increase Your College and Career Readiness

The College Boards College and Career Readiness
Pathway is a series of integrated assessments
that help measure your college and career
readiness from now through the 12th grade.
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How Can ReadiStep Help You?
ReadiStep helps you by providing

• Early indicators of yourcollege readiness
• Tools to help improveyour skills
• Planning for your transitionto high school
• Resources to help you identifycareer interests
• Information to help your teachers adjust your
  courses

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Whats on the Test?

• No essays or open-ended questions
• Three multiple-choice sections
• Reading Skills
• Reading passages and sentencecompletions
• 40 minutes 45 questions
• Writing Skills
• Identifying errors and improving grammarand
  usage
• 40 minutes 50 questions
• Math Skills
• Questions on operations, algebra, geometry,
  statistics and probability
• 40 minutes 36 questions
• 20 minutes (18 questions) with calculator
• 20 minutes (18 questions) without calculator

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Critical Reading
Passage Based (70)
Sentence Completion (30)
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Writing Skills
Improving Paragraphs (11)
Improving Sentences (56)
Identifying Sentence Errors (33)
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Mathematics

• Multiple-choice questions covering
• Number and Operations (35)
• Data, Statistics, and Probability (15)
• Geometry and Measurement (25)
• Algebra (25)

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Step on the Path to SuccessHow Do You Prepare?
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No Preparation Necessary

• Your best preparation is your interest in
  learning and challenging yourself with the most
  rigorous courses available.

• ReadiStep
• Measures your current skills and provides
  feedback on how you can improve in the future.
• Intended to help you now and later.

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Step on the Path to SuccessWhat Happens on Test
Day?
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What Happens on Test Day?

• What you need to bring
• No. 2 pencil
• Calculator, if available
• Helpful hints
• Read all directions.
• Read all answer choices carefully.
• Do scratch work in the test book.
• Work at a steady pace.
• Answer all questionstheres no penalty for
  guessing.

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Step on the Path to SuccessWhat Happens After
the Test?
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What Happens After the Test?
Scores sent to your school in December.

• You Receive
• Score reports showing performance relative to
  other students similar to you, and performance on
  each test question
• Online college- andcareer-planning tools
• Tools to improve your skills

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Additional Resources

• ReadiStep helps you take the next step toward
  college readiness by providing
• MyRoad
• Helps you explore majors and careers using a free
  online planning tool
• Skills Insight
• Provides insight into the your skill levels and
  suggestions for improvement

Additional Information available
atreadistep.collegeboard.org
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