Last Updated on Thursday, February 02, 2012 at 5:05 AM
As mandated by Senate Bill 130, beginning in the 2007-2008 school year, all Kentucky public school students are required to take the Educational Planning and Assessment System (EPAS) tests from ACT. Eighth grade students will take Explore, tenth grade students will take the PLAN, and eleventh grade students will take the ACT. In addition, any student may take the WorkKeys assessment one time in grades 10, 11, or 12 beginning in the 2008-09 school year.
For additional information, concerning Intervention Strategies for Accelerated Learning/ Individualized Learning Plan/ Retake of ACT, click here.
Click on the links below to download information, tools, and resources for school and district use.
The links to the right will lead to pages which are not a part of the Kentucky Department of Education but contain valuable resource information.
The 2011-2012 DAC BAC Guides for all ACT assessments has been developed to give an overview of all of the ACT assessments and is available here or on any of the EXPLORE, PLAN, ACT or COMPASS pages.
KDE has completed an alignment of Kentucky standards between Kentucky's Program of Studies and EPAS CRS. Read about the alignment here.
2009-10 Content Area Benchmarks
EPAS Instructional Support Workshops were held for Kentucky Educators in 2010. The documents below, relating EXPLORE, PLAN and ACT results, are from those workshops.
2010 EPAS Instructional Support Workshop
2010 EPAS Test Descriptions
2010 Curriculum Review Worksheets
ACT National and State Score ReportsACT has released the National and Kentucky High School Profile Reports. These documents reflect ACT scores for the students who graduated in 2007. Additional documents contain information pertaining to those results. Additional ACT State scores are found on these pages.
COMPASSCOMPASS is an untimed, computer-adaptive college placement test given at Kentucky high schools to grade 12 students that have not met the Council on Postsecondary Education's (CPE) benchmarks on the ACT.
EXPLORE AssessmentThe EXPLORE program is a curriculum-based assessment program designed to help 8th grade students gain an understanding of their academic development in terms of preparation for college, make the most of their opportunities in high school and beyond, and guide them as they start thinking about future educational and career planning. ...
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PLAN AssessmentThe PLAN program helps 10th grade students build a solid foundation for future academic and career success and provides information needed to address school districts' high-priority issues. It is a comprehensive guidance resource that helps students measure their current academic development, explore career/training options, and make plans for the remaining years ...
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The ACTThe ACT program is a comprehensive system for collecting and reporting information about students planning to enter postsecondary education. It consists of four major components: Tests of Educational DevelopmentThe multiple-choice tests cover four skill areas: English, mathematics, reading and science. The tests emphasize reasoning, analysis, problem solving, and the integration of ...
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WorkKeysWorkKeys is used to measure skills considered necessary in the workplace. The assessment provides individualized information on student achievement in a set of academic skills relevant to the workplace. It also provides students, parents, and schools feedback on academic needs to be addressed prior to high school graduation. The three WorkKeys tests ...
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