This document discusses using assessment data and results to help guide students' career and college planning. It provides national and state statistics on developmental education enrollment and notes the importance of early assessment to inform students. When assessment data is valid, reliable, and provided early enough, it can be valuable for counseling students, identifying needs, and encouraging students to better plan their senior year courses and future goals. Early assessment alone does not determine outcomes, but can provide value when educators support students to strategically invest in their future based on the information.

1. CAREER PLANNING FOR COLLEGE & CAREER READINESS Morning Session Jibril Solomon, Higher Education Consultant BATEC / TechBoston, BPS Karen DeCoster, Massachusetts DESE

2. Morning Goal: To make a cognitive and emotional shift in thinking about assessment information as value capital . Driving Perspective: Students, parents, and educators profit from this shift by analyzing and synthesizing assessment information for college/career planning and decision making.