YOUR PLANS FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND BEYOND
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Improvement Ideas
Your Detailed ACT Aspire Results
The scores below represent your performance on reporting categories measured by the test. Reporting category designations are provided to help you to start to focus
on strengths and weaknesses. Categories with only a few items may be less representative of your overall achievement in that category.
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READING
Key Ideas & Details
10
of
14
71%
Craft & Structure
6
of
11
55%
Integration of Knowledge &
Ideas
4
of
5
80%
WRITING
Ideas & Analysis
3
of
6
50%
Development & Support
3
of
6
50%
Organization
3
of
6
50%
Language Use & Conventions
3
of
6
50%
ACT Readiness Range: Shows where a student who has met the ACT Readiness Benchmark on this assessment would typically perform.
*
Math test questions can map to multiple reporting categories, so totals will exceed the number of questions on test.
SCIENCE
Percent Correct
Interpretation of Data
9
of
18
50%
Scientific Investigation
4
of
10
40%
Evaluation of Models,
Inferences, & Experimental
Results
4
of
12
33%
ENGLISH
Percent Correct
Production of Writing
11
of
13
85%
Knowledge of Language 4
of
6
67%
Conventions of Standard
English
20
of
31
65%
SCIENCE
Interpretation of Data: Generate and interpret a greater number and variety
of data presentations (scientific tables, line graphs, diagrams). Use trends to
extend data in data presentations (interpolation, extrapolation).
Scientific Investigation: Generate questions that can be investigated and
then design and perform controlled experiments to validly test the questions.
Examine complex scientific experiments involving multiple variables.
Evaluation of Models, Inferences, & Experimental Results: Compare and
evaluate the results of scientific experiments and compare and evaluate
competing scientific explanations. Examine ways to improve on scientific
experiments and explanations.
MATH
Grade Level Progress: Try completing the "challenge" questions in your
textbook for your current math work.
• Number & Quantity: W ork on applying properties of exponents and
rewriting radical expressions in terms of rational exponents. Do the
properties of exponents make sense to you? If you make sense of them,
they will be easier to use.
• Algebra: W ork on performing operations on polynomials, solving linear
equations and inequalities, and solving quadratic equations. Do algebraic
expressions have meaning for you? Interpret expressions as they apply to
the real world.
• Functions: Practice working with piecewise-defined functions; describe
what the graph means in terms of a real-world situation.
• Geometry: W ork on explaining geometric reasoning related to lines and
angles. Derive the formula for the volume of a pyramid.
• Statistics & Probability: What could you do if you gave a survey but
some people didn’t answer the question? Would it matter?
Integrating Essential Skills: Continue to strengthen your skills by applying
and integrating the mathematics you learned in previous grades.
Justification & Explanation: Understand mathematical derivations and
justif ication in your textbooks. Know the concepts behind math terms and why
procedures work.
Modeling: Find some real-world situations and create models to describe and
predict information.
MATH*
Grade Level Progress 15
of
31
48%
• Number & Quantity 1
of
3
33%
• Algebra 3
of
7
43%
• Functions 4
of
6
67%
• Geometry 3
of
7
43%
• Statistics & Probability 3
of
4
75%
Integrating Essential Skills 8
of
20
40%
Justification & Explanation 3
of
12
25%
Modeling 13
of
21
62%
ENGLISH
Production of Writing: Practice writing for a variety of purposes. Continue working
on developing topics effectively, organizing ideas in logical, cohesive ways, and
expressing ideas in a stylistically consistent manner.
Knowledge of Language: In your writing, experiment with how word choices affect
meaning and how language functions differently in different contexts.
Conventions of Standard English: Challenge yourself to write complex sentences,
avoiding all errors in sentence construction and using parts of speech and punctuation
correctly.
READING
Key Ideas & Details: Read increasingly complex texts f rom a variety of genres. W ork
on making and supporting reasonable inferences and on identifying and inferring main
ideas, themes, sequences, and relationships.
Craft & Structure: As you read, consider the purpose of texts and parts of texts. Also
analyze how texts are organized, how authors use point of view, and how authors use
words and phrases.
Integration of Knowledge & Ideas: Read complex texts from a variety of genres.
Analyze how authors present arguments, focusing on strengths and weaknesses.
Also, look for connections between and among related texts.
WRITING SCORE POINT DESCRIPTORS
Use the following rubric descriptions of your writing scores to identify your
strengths and areas for improvement.
Ideas & Analysis: The response is somewhat appropriate to the task, with an
analysis that is oversimplified or imprecise. Implications or complications are only
somewhat clear or relevant. Specif ic details and generalized ideas are somewhat
connected.
Development & Support: Explanations of ideas are limited, but include some use of
supporting reasons and/or relevant examples.
Organization: The response exhibits some evidence of organizational structure.
Some ideas are logically grouped. Transitions between and within paragraphs
sometimes clarify the relationships among ideas.
Language Use & Conventions: The response demonstrates some developing ability
to convey meaning. W ord choice is general and occasionally imprecise. Sentence
structures show little variety and are sometimes unclear. Voice and tone are somewhat
appropriate for the analytical purpose but are inconsistently maintained. Distracting
errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics are present, and they sometimes impede
understanding.
Figure 4. ACTAspire Individual Student Report, page 2
Skills and reporting
categories
Improvement
ideas