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Lana Ford [email protected]
AgendaAgenda
NOCTI Overview
Selecting the “RIGHT” Assessment – Curriculum Alignment
Tools and Strategies for Student Success
Take An Assessment . . . The QuadNet Experience!
Questions
Adjourn
Places we will visit todayPlaces we will visit today
www.nocti.org
NOCTI OutreachNOCTI Outreach
Teacher’s CornerTeacher’s Corner
NOCTI OutreachNOCTI Outreach
Webinars: Site Coordinator Training Online Systems Demonstration Teacher Question and Answer Special Topics such as:
o The Power of Pre-Testingo Motivation Matterso Building a Successful
Assessment Programo Meeting and Exceeding State
Standards
“This was a great session. I would like to offer this type of session to our LEA.” DC Public Schools
“Even for us who have been doing NOCTI for some time, this presentation was great. ‘The Top Five Questions’ is well worth repeating. Thanks for keeping us on track.”
Selecting the “Right” Assessment –
Curriculum Alignment
Curriculum Alignment and Student PreparationCurriculum Alignment and Student Preparation
www.nocti.org
Teacher ResourcesTeacher Resources
Study Guides - $35
Web Seminars – Web Seminars – NO COSTNO COST
NOCTI Blueprints – No Cost
Teacher ResourcesTeacher ResourcesFor PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTSFor PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS
This is a document that This is a document that the Site the Site CoordinatorCoordinator will need to provide will need to provide
to the Instructors if you are doing to the Instructors if you are doing the “hands-on” performance the “hands-on” performance
evaluation.evaluation.
Found in Client Services Center Found in Client Services Center RESOURCES section.RESOURCES section.
Curriculum Alignment with BlueprintsCurriculum Alignment with Blueprints
Units & Topics – Duty & TasksUnits & Topics – Duty & Tasks
Sample Questions and Sample JobsSample Questions and Sample Jobs
Tools Strategies for Student Success!
Lessons Learned … Lessons Learned … GET INVOLVED !GET INVOLVED !!!!!
Assessment Development/Revision Process
Identify Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) From Your School
Volunteer for Pilot Testing Opportunities
Utilize Multiple Testing Sessions
Planning for NOCTI TestingPlanning for NOCTI TestingWhich tests? (pre, post, written, performance, test titles?)
Which mode of administration? (online, paper/pencil?)
How many sessions? (180 minutes, 2 sessions of 90 minutes, 3 sessions of 60 minutes)
What are the test dates?
What accommodations are needed?
What is our contingency plan?
Does the assessment have a Technical Manual to review?
What resources do we have to help students become “test-wise”?
Documenting Gains within Documenting Gains within
Special Needs PopulationSpecial Needs Population Text-to-Speech
Large Print
Additional Time Allowance
Interactive Assessments
Disaggregate Data
… …NOCTI Can Accommodate All IEPsNOCTI Can Accommodate All IEPs
Things to Remember . . .Things to Remember . . .Strategies To Improve Student PerformanceStrategies To Improve Student Performance
Work with your Site Coordinator
Attend NOCTI Web Seminars
Pre Testing Students
Utilize multiple testing sessions
Implement all testing accommodations for IEP students
Design classroom tests that are similar in format to the NOCTI assessment.
Practice the question format all year long with your students.
Flexible schedule for Performance Testing
Incorporate Study Guides within the assessment process (Two Months Prior to the Post Assessment)
Show Me The Data . . .NOCTI Reports
Individual Score ReportIndividual Score Report
Coordinator Score ReportCoordinator Score Report
Comparative Score ReportComparative Score Report
Score Reports
Visual EnhancementsPie chartsNew format: separate worksheets for test scores and
comparative data (site, state and national averages)
More DataCriterion Referenced Cut Scores
ReportingAllows sites to view reports beyond standard one-year
timeframe
Adjust Curriculum Using DATA Adjust Curriculum Using DATA
Do Overall Scores Match Your Student’s Profile?Do Overall Scores Match Your Student’s Profile?
If NOT…If NOT…WhyWhy NOT?NOT?
Was it….Was it….Test anxiety?Test anxiety?Testing environment?Testing environment?Test preparation?...Test preparation?...ORORMismatch with curriculum?Mismatch with curriculum?
Why do all of this?Why do all of this?
It is best for students!It really links the various levels of education.It causes academic courses and CTE degree
major courses to have a linkage.It gives faculty members a reason to work
together.It puts a “reasonreason” into what students are
learning.
Bottom line….. It is best for students!It is best for students!
Contact NOCTIContact NOCTI
NOCTINOCTI500 North Bronson
Big Rapids, MI 49307
1-800-334-6283FAX 231-796-4699
www.nocti.orgwww.nocti.org• General Questions, Customer Service Specialist, Laura,
ext. 210• Ordering, ext. 215 or 226• Scoring, ext. 226 or 215• Accounting, ext. 222• Lana Ford, ext. 220 or [email protected]
Thank you,Thank you, LanaLana
