PLAN
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PLAN is one component of
the West Virginia Measure of Academic Progress (WV-MAP). All students enrolled in grade 10 take PLAN
except those who participate in the Alternate Performance Task Assessment
(APTA) (WVDE Policy 2340: West Virginia Measures of Academic Progress,
§4.6
Program Regulations).
PLAN is curriculum-based
assessment designed to provide students with an understanding of their
readiness for college or the workplace in the context of the post-high school
educational and career options they are considering. The results from PLAN can be used to help
students make adjustments in their course work to help ensure that they are
prepared for what they want to do after high school.
The PLAN program contains
academic tests in four curricular areas:
English, mathematics, reading and science. Additionally, PLAN, as does EXPLORE for 8th
graders, includes a career interest inventory, needs assessment, and plans are
background information. The PLAN tests
are linked to EXPLORE and the ACT.
EXPLORE and PLAN are on approximately the same score scale to allow
comparison of students’ scores on the two assessments. The PLAN results can be used to predict
performance on the ACT.
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National and State PLAN Trend
Data
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County and School
Resource Materials