Step on the Path to Success

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Step on the Path to Success

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Agenda

What is ReadiStep™?

How can ReadiStep help you?

What’s 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 Success:

What is ReadiStep™?

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A Pathway to the FutureHelping Increase Your College and Career Readiness

The College Board’s 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?

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

ReadiStep helps you by providing:

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What’s on the Test?

No essays or open-ended questions

Three multiple-choice sections:

Reading Skills:– Reading passages and sentence

completions– 40 minutes; 45 questions

Writing Skills:– Identifying errors and improving grammar

and 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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Passage Based (70%)Sentence Completion (30%)

Critical Reading

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Writing SkillsImproving Sentences (56%)

Identifying Sentence Errors (33%)

Improving Paragraphs (11%)

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MathematicsMultiple-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 Success:

How Do You Prepare?

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No Preparation NecessaryYour 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 Success:

What 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 questions—there’s no penalty for guessing.

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Step on the Path to Success:

What Happens After the Test?

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What Happens After the Test?

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

Scores sent to your school in

December.

Scores sent to your school in

December.

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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 at

readistep.collegeboard.org

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