What to Expect

AIM's College and Career Readiness (CCR) content offers a comprehensive suite of assessments designed to prepare students for college entrance exams over multiple years. The process begins with an untimed diagnostic pretest, closely resembling college entrance exams but without the time pressure. This diagnostic provides valuable insights, allowing students to prioritize areas of weakness.

Unlike many preparatory materials tailored for high-scoring students, AIM's CCR practice content targets those scoring around 18 on the 1-36 scale. Practice tests, worksheets, and quizzes are structured to prioritize accuracy and content mastery before speed. Specifically, the practice worksheets and quizzes focus on standards in the 500 or below levels (from a scale of 200-700), fostering opportunities to practice content that students genuinely have a chance to master.

In Math and Science, the worksheets and quizzes are further categorized into 'Foundational' and 'Ready' practice. The ‘Foundational’ practice aligns with standards that are on a 200-300 level. The ‘Ready’ practice aligns with standards that are on a 400-500 level.  Students and teachers can select the appropriate practice level based on individual needs and diagnostic results.

Below, find a detailed breakdown of AIM's CCR predictive content that can both assess and prepare students before college entrance exams:

Diagnostic Pretest and Posttest: This practice test is to be given at the beginning of college entrance exam preparation and at the end. The question difficulties and distribution mirror what the student can expect on their college preparatory exam. This test is meant to be untimed so that the diagnostic can predict content mastery rather than speed. 

Accuracy Tests: Accuracy tests are the first building block to content mastery. They are shorter and meant to be taken without a speed restraint. These tests are meant to be taken first. 

Speed Tests: Speed tests are still shorter assessments, but they are meant to be taken with a time limit (specified in the table). These tests allow the student to test their content mastery while introducing the element of speed. 

Power Tests: Power tests are full length tests that combine accuracy and speed to create a realistic testing experience for each subject. These tests are meant to be taken last, after practicing both accuracy and speed. 

In addition to practice tests, 8-10 question worksheets are available for standard-specific practice and 8-10 question quizzes are available for strand-specific practice.