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ACT plus Writing

WorkKeys M-Step

Day 1 Day 2 Variable

ACT/MME Day Overview

•ACT plus WritingDay 1

•WorkKeysDay 2

•M-StepVariable

Day 1: Test and Time

• 45 minutes 75 questionsEnglish

• 60 minutes, 60 questionsMath

• 35 minutes, 40 questionsReading

• 35 minutes, 40 questionsScience

• 30 minutes, 1 essayWriting

English Test

• 5 passage, about 15 questions per passage

Usage/MechanicsPunctuation (13%) Grammar and Usage (16%)Sentence Structure (24%)

English Test

Rhetorical Skills

Strategy (16%)

Organization (15%)

Style (16%)

Math Test

23%

17%

15%

15%

23%

7%

Question Breakdown

Pre Algebra

Elementary Algebra

Intermediate Algebra

CoordinateGeometryPlane Geometry

Trigonometry

Reading Test

• anthropology, archaeology, biography, business, economics, education, geography, history, political science, psychology, sociology.

Social Studies (25%)

• anatomy, astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, ecology, geology, medicine, meteorology, microbiology, natural history, physiology, physics, technology, zoology.

Natural Sciences (25%)

• intact short stories, excerpts from short stories, novels.

Prose Fiction (25%)

• Memoirs, personal essays, architecture, art, dance, ethics, film, language, literary criticism, music, philosophy, radio, television, theater.

Humanities (25%)

Science Test

Data Representation

• This format presents graphic and tabular material similar to that found in science journals and texts. The questions associated with this format measure skills such as graph reading, interpretation of scatterplots, and interpretation of information presented in tables, diagrams, and figures.

Research Summaries

• This format provides descriptions of one or more related experiments. The questions focus on the design of experiments and the interpretation of experimental results.

Conflicting Viewpoints

• This format presents expressions of several hypotheses or views that, being based on differing premises or on incomplete data, are inconsistent with one another. The questions focus on the understanding, analysis, and comparison of alternative viewpoints or hypotheses.

The test emphasizes scientific reasoning skills over recall of scientific content, skill in mathematics, or reading ability.

Writing Test

30 minutes, 1 essay– Issue relevant to your life

– Write a standard essay that does exactly what is asked of you

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Day 2: Work Keys

Designed to help you develop better workplace skills. Better skills means better-paying jobs.

Tests and Time

Reading for Information, 45 minutes Applied Math, 45 minutes Locating Information, 45 minutes

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M-Step

Subject Area Computer Adaptive Test Classroom Activity Performance Task

English Language Arts X X X

Math X X X

Science X

Social Studies X

M-Step

The M-STEP Spring 2015 Preview must be used in Google Chrome.

http://tinyurl.comn49vzc5

Click on the 2015 Preview Link, you will then need to click to sign on.

Once on the sign in page, use the username and password displayed on the screen to log in.

Know the DirectionsTimed Activity

Before you go

Reminders…

Parking Lot Questions

Place all materials back in tool boxes

Gather packet and test prep QR code

Personal belongings

Next time…

Strategies

Tactics

Routines