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Acuity Overview
Agenda
• Intro to Acuity• Background• Components• Terminology• Class Activity• Timeframes
Acuity: Assessment System OverviewWhat are the key components of Acuity?
• Online and Offline Tests • Online Reports Now!• Online Instructional Resources• Item Banks for Customized Tests
Acuity Assessments
• 4 per grade level per content area• Assess student retention and knowledge of core
content areas• Tailored to meet West Virginia’s New CSOs
Diagnostics (from CTB)• 30 – 35 MC• Aligned to new WV CSOs•Broad Curriculum Mapping
Benchmark Assessments• Customized to County Needs• Created from Acuity Item Bank (25,000 items) Diagnostic Item Bank WV Custom Item Bank
Acuity: Assessment Features
Designed to be administered in one-two class
periods online or offline
Test items are research based. They have been developed and subjected to
rigorous test item analyses for reliability and validity. .
Terminology –Acuity SpecificTerminology –Acuity Specific
• Role – a defined user with certain access privileges
• Permissions – level of access given to each role within Acuity
• Assignment – allows an individual (student, educator) access to
perform a particular function within Acuity.
• Assigning a test to a student allows the student to physically
take the test.
• Custom test – refers to the function to create a test regardless of
it’s intended purpose
• Instructional Resources – online tutorials
• Tiers – used in reporting student performance
• Diagnostic – refers to the CTB created benchmark assessments
Item Banks
Benchmark Assessments
can be created from any or all of the following:
Benchmark Assessments
can be created from any or all of the following:
Acuity Diagnostic Item
Bank/Tests
Acuity Diagnostic Item
Bank/Tests
WVDE Custom Item Bank/
Custom Tests
WVDE Custom Item Bank/
Custom Tests
Acuity 25,000 Item Bank/Custom TestsAcuity 25,000 Item Bank/Custom Tests
Acuity Assessments: Custom Test Builder• Approximately 25,000 items in RLA, Mathematics and
Science• Item Bank aligned to new WV CSO’s• Multiple choice, constructed response, and fill-in-the-blank
item formats• Offline or Online
Acuity Reports: Online
DistrictSchoolClassStudent
•Roster Report
•Assessment Reports
•Item Analysis Reports
*Permission Based
Acuity: Instructional ResourcesAcuity: Instructional Resources
• Online exercises for customizing learning activities by
WV CSO or skill group
• Easily assigned from reports
• Three components:
Screens that introduce and
teach a given skillGuided Practice
Mini-summative assessment to
evaluate progress
Technical SpecsTechnical Specs
• Compatible with both PC and Apple
computers
• Supported Internet Browsers:• Apple – Safari 1.2 + and/or Firefox 1.5 +• PC – Internet Explorer 6.0+• Cookies Enabled• ActiveX Enabled• Autocomplete Set to “OFF”• Allow Pop-ups
Technical SpecsTechnical Specs
• QuickTime 6.0+/RealPlayer 6.0+ or
Windows Media Player
• Adobe Reader 5+
• Flash 7+
• Pop-up blockers turned OFF
RosteringRostering• WVEIS Data Match• Possible Daily Data Refresh
ServersServers• Numbers / Placement
• Server Types
• Data Locations
User IDs / PasswordsUser IDs / Passwords• Uniformity
• Webtop
• WVEIS Data
Permissions• Super User
– WVDE (John Miller)
• District Administrator• School Administrator
– Teacher– Test Administrator– Scorer– Observer– Student
Acuity: AssistanceAcuity: Assistance
• Online Help within Acuity
• County Administrators contact WVDE
• Professional Development on a Continuing Basis as Requested
• Telephone Support
How to Contact Acuity Support• For help with Acuity, CTB has staff available 8:00a.m
Monday through Friday. All calls are returned within 24 business hours.
• You may contact CTB’s Acuity support at:– Telephone: (866) 282-2250– Fax: (800)428-2329– E-mail: Submit your questions using a web-form from
the Acuity Help menu.
Acuity Demonstration
• The Student Experience
HTTP://H52.eppg.com
Acuity Demonstration
• The Teacher Experience
Acuity Demonstration
• The Administrator Experience
Timeframes• Now – CSOs are being loaded into Acuity by CTB• Summer – WVDE will verify alignment of items• Fall – CTB/Benchmark Assessment Team will
finalize Diagnostic 1• Fall/Winter –CTB/Benchmark Assessment Team will
develop Diagnostics 2 - 4• Ongoing – Continue to write/upload items • Ongoing – Benchmark Assessment Team will work
with the Office of Instruction; as they assist counties with unpacking of CSOs, we will assist you with creating customized benchmark assessments
Benchmark Assessment Team Contact Information• Beth Judy, Lead Coordinator
[email protected] • Allegra Kazemzadeh, RLA/Social Studies
Coordinator [email protected]
• John Miller, Technology Coordinator [email protected]
• Sonya White, Math/Science Coordinator [email protected]
• Office of Assessment/Accountability 304-558-2546
