South Dakota Workshops

Continuous Improvement with ACT Data & Impactful Preparation Strategies

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Join Jerome Williams for a free, in-person workshop to learn how to use ACT data to drive instruction and support your students’ college and career readiness pathways. This workshop is designed for instructional leaders like you who want to enhance student outcomes.
 
What We’ll Cover

This workshop will focus on the latest from ACT and how to use data to inform your curriculum planning and ultimately set students up for postsecondary success. We’ll also discuss:

  • ACT Updates: What’s new at ACT.
  • Progress Monitoring: Using ACT solutions to track growth.
  • Data Integration: Connecting ACT data to your existing student information system (SIS).
  • Test Prep: Effective strategies to prepare students for the ACT test.

You Will Leave With: 

  • The latest research on students’ outcomes as it relates to ACT and college readiness.
  • An understanding of the critical importance of the ACT College & Career Readiness Standards.
  • Strategies for integrating data into instruction to improve readiness for all students.
  • Insights into the current landscape of college preparedness and university admissions policies.
  • An increased understanding of how to use ACT assessment data to improve classroom instruction

Who should attend:
This workshop is ideal for superintendents, assistant superintendents, assessment directors, curriculum directors, college and career readiness directors, coordinators, building principals, department heads, and lead teachers. If you’re an instructional leader focused on improving student outcomes, this workshop is for you. 

Workshop Agenda: 

  • Check-In & Network
  • Welcome and Introductions
  • Setting the Stage!
  • ACT CCR Benchmarks and Data
  • Networking and Break
  • Identifying Student Strengths and Weaknesses
  • Using the PreACT Test as a Benchmarking Tool
  • ACT Test Prep Strategies
  • Questions and Conversation
  • Wrap-up and Next Steps

Light refreshments will be provided before the presentation.

For questions about accessibility or accommodations pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), please contact Amy Putty at 916.337.2928 or amy.putty@act.org, two weeks before the event start date.

NOTE: ACT may still be able to make arrangements without two weeks’ notice.