Features
EXPLORE® contains four curriculum-based assessments: English, Mathematics, Reading, and Science. The assessment is based on the major areas of high school and postsecondary instructional programs and measures the skills and knowledge needed for college success.
Additionally, EXPLORE includes a career exploration component that stimulates students' thinking about future plans and relates personal characteristics to career options.
| English Test Content and Number of Items | |
| Punctuation | 6 |
| Grammar and Usage | 8 |
| Sentence Structure | 11 |
| Strategy | 5 |
| Organization | 5 |
| Style | 5 |
| Total | 40 (30 minutes) |
| Mathematics Test Content and Number of Items | |
| Pre-Algebra | 10 |
| Elementary Algebra | 9 |
| Geometry | 7 |
| Statistics/Probability | 4 |
| Total | 30 (30 minutes) |
| Reading Test Content and Number of Items | |
| Prose Fiction | 10 |
| Humanities | 10 |
| Social Sciences | 10 |
| Total | 30 (30 minutes) |
| Science Test Content and Number of Items | |
| Data Representation | 12 |
| Research Summaries | 10 |
| Conflicting Viewpoints | 6 |
| Total | 28 (30 minutes) |