The ABCs: Using Data to Inform Instruction
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FUSD Local Assessment
Assessment of Critical Standards
2010 - 2011
ACS
Test Coordinator Training
October 4, 2010
Carmen Rodriguez: 457-3859
Eric Wenrick: 457-3876
ACS Coordinator
Training Agenda
• Key ACS Concepts
• Brief Overview of the FUSD
Assessment of Critical Standards (ACS)
• What’s New for 2010-2011
• ACS Procedures
– What’s in the box
– During the test
– Packing the box
• REA Contacts
Outcomes For 2010-2011
ACS Coordinator Inservice
1. Each Test Coordinator will be able to
articulate Key ACS Concepts
2. Each Test Coordinator will engage in a
conversation about ACS changes and know
where to go for more information
3. Each Test Coordinator will understand the
logistics (nuts & bolts) of ACS test
administration
Grounding Exercise
What do we know about assessment?
What’s ‘floating around’ about ACS?
What do you know?
Begin with the end in mind…
Three things to remember from this part of
the presentation…
1. The ACS is just one part of an overall
assessment system
2. The ACS assessments are good
3. Teachers can use the results to inform
their teaching
Before we can achieve any of the intended
outcomes for today, we have to establish
that ACS is good.
So here are five quick assessment
vocabulary terms…
Common Test Vocabulary
• Does the test measure what it is
intended to measure?
• Does the test produce consistent
results?
What Standards?
• What are the “Standards” in
“Standards-Based Assessment?”
– Content Standards
• As listed in the curriculum/blueprints?
– Performance Standards
• Examples of what the students are expected
to do, what knowledge or skills are to be
demonstrated and in what manner
Common Test Vocabulary
• Does both tests measure the same
concepts at the same difficulty level?
• Does the test measure all the same
items?
• Does student performance on the first assessment
accurately predict performance on the final
assessment?
ACS Overview & Key
Concepts
The impact of assessment
depends on our ability
to fit each tool into its
appropriate place as part of a
complete assessment system
Relationship between
Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
Taught
Students
&
Teachers
Typed
Tested
Purposes (Why ACS)
• Measure student performance on the
assessed standards / skills
• Enable teachers to target students for
appropriate instructional interventions
• Provide overall ACS results in a manner
similar to CST results
• Allow teacher self-study of
standards/objectives taught
• Allow monitoring of the delivery and
pacing of the adopted curriculum
Matrix of FUSD Assessments
KINDERGARTEN
• Writing Sample
• KAIG
(Kindergarten Assessment of Individual Growth)
• GLAS
GRADES 1-6
(Grade Level Assessment of Standards)
• Writing Sample
• English Language Development Assessment (ELDA)
•ACS
MIDDLE
SCHOOLS
HIGH SCHOOLS
(Assessment of Critical Standards)
•Writing Sample
• ELDA
• ACS-ELA: Grades 9, 10 and 11
• ACS-MATH: Algebra I, Geometry
•ACS-SCIENCE: Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science
•ACS-HISTORY: US History; Modern World History
• ELDA
ELDA
• English Language Development Assessment
• Taken from Avenues, High Points & Visions Unit Test
• ES & MS: Administered 2 times/ year
– MS: Dec 3, May 19 ES: Nov 13, Apr 14
• HS: Administered 3times/year
- HS: Oct 11, Jan 18, & Mar 21
• Performance Levels aligned with CELDT
• Results will be used in ELD Level Adjustment
Subjects & Grades Assessed:
Assessment of Critical Standards (ACS)
English Language
Development
Assessment (ELDA)
• Based on Appropriate
curriculum
• Based on the ELD
COURSE the student
is taking, not the ELD
Level
Mathematics
English Language Arts
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• 7th Grade & 8th Grade
• 9h Grade, 10th Grade, & 11th Grade
• ALL students participate except those
enrolled in one of the following
courses as a replacement for ELA:
• Beginning ELD
• Early Intermediate ELD
• Intermediate ELD
7th Grade-Foundations of Math
8th Grade-Math Concepts
All Students Enrolled in Algebra I
All Students Enrolled in Geometry
Students (usually SDC) enrolled in
“MATH” or other math courses do
NOT test
History
Science
• 7th Grade
World History
• 8th Grade
US History
• All Students Enrolled in
Modern World History (HS Test)
• All Students Enrolled in US History
(HS Test)
• At present there are no ACS Science
assessments for middle school
students
• All Students Enrolled in Earth Science
• All Students Enrolled in Biology
• All Students Enrolled in Chemistry
Middle School
Writing Sample
• Currently
scheduled for
twice a year
• Read and
assessed by ELA
teachers using a
6pt rubric
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District Writing Sample
Middle Schools
• Needs to be completed in a single sitting
(70 minutes is recommended)
• Scoring is done by ELA teachers
• Teachers use a 6 point rubric
• Writing samples are double scored and the sum of
both “reads” is entered into AiS as the raw score.
– AiS displays the raw score then, once submitted, calculates
and displays a rubric score automatically.
– Users will see a raw score (out of 12pts) and rubric score
(showing as 1.5, 2.5, etc. as well as whole numbers)
ACS Features
• The assessments are aligned to the California State
Standards
• The tests are NOT timed. Students should be able to
complete the test in a 60 minute class period. Extra
time may be given for students continuing to make
progress toward test completion after the end of the
class period.
• ELA Assessments may be split across two days using
the built-in STOP page.
• Test booklets are re-usable. Scanners are provided. No
writing in test booklets
ACS Features – Special Notes
• Some test series are recursive or partially
recursive in their design (ELA).
• Others are “chunked” covering only the state
content standards which were substantially
taught during the time period preceding the test.
Assessments of this type (Math, Science,
History) are therefore independent of one
another.
• No calculators are allowed
• Writing in booklets is not allowed (cost control)
ACS Features – Special Notes
• Testing may require special schedules or
doing tests over two days
• As District Benchmark Assessments
(Primarily Assessments OF Learning)
– The use of duplicate "campus" scanners is not
allowed.
– The use of any other school based scoring system is
also not allowed.
– REA will score and post results ASAP
ACS - Accommodations
• Students in special education programs with Individualized
Education Plans (IEP) and students with current plans under Section
504 are allowed accommodations, which must be specified in the
plans, such as ..
– Large print
– Braille
– Use of Reader
• Testing accommodations may be made for EL students and may
include extended time to take the test with a bilingual proctor (who
may read the instructions and answer procedural questions), and
testing in a small group setting.
• If you need help in making large print editions or other special
editions of the tests, please contact the REA ACS coordinator.
ACS - Scoring & Reporting
• If you wait until the end of the window,
you won’t see scores as quickly and the
score reporting of student performance
on tested standards will be available
within a few days after each testing
period is completed.
• Teachers will be able to access their class
report using the AiS (Assessment
Information System). The AiS will
provide results for each student tested in
the class.
ACS - Scoring & Reporting:
Local Assessment Reporting System
• After results from all schools are
received, aggregate reports will be
available via LARS
• You need to login to AiS as a SITE
OFFICE user to see these
• CLICK on GLAS/ACS/BBF Reports
in the blue Static Reports area to
begin
Local Assessment
Reporting System (LARS)
LARS: Teacher Summary
LARS: Teacher Comparisons
LARS: Goal Setting Forms
Student Name
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LARS: Setting Expectations &
Monitoring Class Progress
Socrates
Student
Names
are listed
here!
New for 2010-2011?
• Test Coordinators
• English Language Arts Revisions
• Algebra I
• LARS
What’s New with ACS
Local Assessment Reporting System
• LARS will now contain reports for all
three quarters.
• At the beginning of each assessment
window, reports from prior years will
disappear on a rolling basis
What’s New with ACS
Algebra I
• In keeping with the desire for more
comprehensive assessments, the
Algebra sequence will be reviewed.
• It’s reasonable to expect a new
Algebra I assessment for quarter #3.
• Also, with Algebra I having been
established as the state’s expectation
for 8th grade math, Eric will be
assisting in development and the 1st call
for questions related to Algebra I
What’s New with ACS
English Language Arts – 9th Grade
• In keeping with the desire for more
comprehensive assessments, the ELA 9
sequence of assessments is currently
being reviewed.
• It’s reasonable to expect a new
ELA 9 assessment for quarters #2&3.
• Group reviewing includes teachers and
an outside content expert from Pivot
Learning
What’s New with ACS
English Language Arts – 10th Grade
• Purchase of quarterly benchmark
assessments from …
Action Learning Systems
– Built on a partially recursive set of core standards
– Allows for status check & growth check
• Much more comprehensive now
What’s New with ACS
How we Pre-Id Scanners
• When the mainframe was taken out of
service, we lost data and our programs
that pre-identify scanners
• Please be especially attentive to the
details and the documentation
• We will get you what you need as soon
as we can
How to Order More Materials
Nuts & Bolts
ACS Procedures for 2010-2011
Test Material Delivery
• Materials are delivered during the week
before each subject test window.
• Open the boxes in numerical order to
check the contents.
• Test materials include:
– Test Coordinator Package
– Classroom Packages
Test Coordinators Package
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Inventory Sheet
Box Labels for Returning Materials
Copies of Class Rosters
Blank Answer Sheets (Scanners)
Extra Administration Guidelines
Extra Test Booklets for each test to be
administered
Test Coordinator’s
Distribution and Return Log
Classroom Packages
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Inventory
Class Roster
Administration Guide
Pre-identified answer sheets (Scanners)
Test Booklets for the Class
A Couple of Blank Answer Sheets
When a Student does not have an
Answer Sheet…or the original gets messed up
• Hand-bubble an answer sheet for
students not listed on the rosters that
enrolled at your school
• Hand-bubble a new answer sheet and
destroy the pre-printed answer sheet
for students that need to have their
pre-printed answer sheet changed.
Test Administration Procedures
• Put a Do Not Disturb sign on the door.
• Encourage students to perform as well as they
can.
• Make sure that each student has a #2 pencil.
• Give each student his/her pre-printed (or handbubbled) answer sheet.
• Give each student the appropriate test booklet.
• Hand Bubble answer sheets for students not on
roster or to make changes
Supervision During Testing
Be alert to the following:
• Students who do not have their correct answer sheet.
• Check that students are making uniform dark marks and are erasing
completely.
• Have students erase any stray marks on answer sheets.
• If students are marking their place, it is possible to redirect students
who are marking answers next to the wrong response number.
• To keep costs down, we need to reuse the test booklets. Please do
not let students make any marks on test booklets.
• We want an accurate assessment, so watch for students who appear to
be looking elsewhere for answers whether it's to other desks, their
lap, etc.
• Students with unapproved materials on their desks
(materials approved in IEPs or 504 plans are ok)
Testing Material Return
• Scorable Answer Sheets are all
we need back
• Priority Scanning
You bring it in before 2:00 p.m.;
we scan it and it’s usually on AiS
by the next day
Testing Material Return
Scorable Materials
Include all answer sheets
Separate the answer sheets by subject
(For example: History separate from ELA)
Separate the answer sheets into hand-bubbled
and pre-identified
Include answer sheets for students who were
absent.
Use provided return labels to mark the
boxes and/or packages
NON-Scorable Materials
Administration Guidelines may be
stored and reused for each quarter
Unused answer sheets should be
stored with your test booklets
Secure ALL test booklets
Wrap Up…
Review and Contact
Information
Key ACS Concepts Reviewed
Three things to remember from our time
together today …
1. The ACS is just one part of an overall
assessment system
2. The ACS assessments are good
3. Teachers can use the results to inform
their teaching
Need Help? Contact…
Eric Wenrick
Ed Center, B11
457-3876
• Shaeng Vue
457-3829
Carmen Rodriguez
Ed Center, B11
457-3959
Questions …
Eric Wenrick
Ed Center, B11
457-3876
• Shaeng Vue
457-3829
Carmen Rodriguez
Ed Center, B11
457-3959
Closing Thought
The impact of each assessment
depends on our ability to fit
it into its appropriate place
as part of a complete
assessment system