Directors• Carolyn Hanschen, District and Campus Accountability

414-9866

• Debra Ready, PIEMS414-9907

• Mark Billingsley, Systemwide Assessment414-3701

• Holly Williams, Research and Evaluation414-3631

• Norma Jost414-4517

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Contact Information

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Benchmark Assessments

Short Cycle Benchmark AssessmentsPrimary Reading/Math

Schoolnet & TMSDS

AISD Formative Assessment Program

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Child Study and RTI

Agenda

AISD Administrator Institute 8/2/11Bill Caritj, Debra Ready, Norma Jost

AISD Formative Assessments• Common vision of system-wide assessment

program

• Curriculum-based – short cycle & benchmark tests (and aligned to state assessments)

• Early identification and instructional adjustments – Child Study (eCST), RTI, and Primary Reading

• Beyond basic skills and state assessments – teacher-made assessments (e.g., multiple measures and performance measures)

• BOYs will go to printer this week; and there is a new review process that includes panels of teachers (BOYs and all MOY I)

• Benchmark and SCA Calendars are complete

3Training videos – how to scan, print bubble sheets & run reports @ www.austinschools.org/curriculum/aims/training.html

Benchmark AssessmentsMeasure student mastery of the taught curriculum and provide predictive data for future success (e.g., STAAR and EOC Exams)

Curriculum-based; only taught curriculum; emphasis on readiness standards

BOYs to printer this week; TAKS-based MOYs will be provided for grades 10-11 and students repeating grade 9

See ES, MS, and HS Benchmark Calendars

4Training videos – how to scan, print bubble sheets & run reports @ www.austinschools.org/curriculum/aims/training.html

Mastery 85-100% GreenSatisfactory 70-84% BlueNeeds Improvement 55-69% YellowCritical Need 0-54% Red

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Short Cycle Assessments

Provide brief & timely curriculum-based assessments to assess content mastery

Curriculum-based; 1-3 TEKS/SE; short tests; replaces elementary 3-week and secondary 6-week tests

All SCAs for 1st grading period will be developed by Aug. 2011; online by MOY 1

Calendar is being finalized (level mtgs.)

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Short Cycle AssessmentsGrades 3-5

• ELA/Reading• Math• Science

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Grades 6-8• ELA/Reading• Math• Science• Social Studies

Courses• English I-III• Algebra I and II and Geometry• Biology, Physics, Chemistry, and IPC• World Geometry, World History, and

U.S. History

SCA Schedule – SampleGrade 3 Mathematics

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TESTING WINDOW

9 WKS. PERIOD

TEST # UNIT NAME ITEMS

9/14-9/20 1st T1 Place Value (Wks 1-4) 610/12-12/18 1st T2 Addition & Subtraction (Wks 5-8) 611/9-11/15 2nd T1 Multiplication & Division (Wks 9-12) 611/30-11/6 2nd T2 Patterns 1 (Wks 13-15) 612/14-12/20 2nd T3 Patterns 2 (Wks 16-17) 61/25-2/2 3rd T1 Fractions (Wks 19-22) 62/15-2/21 3rd T2 Geometry (Wks 23-25) 63/21-3/27 3rd T3 Measurement (Wks 26-29) 64/3-4/11 4th T1 Measurement (Wks 30-31) 64/18-4/24 4th T2 Probability & Statistics (Wks 32-33) 65/16-5/22 4th T3 Patterns in Mult/Divn (Wks 35-39) 6

Primary Reading:TPRI/Tejas LEE and DRA/EDL

Individually administered; different structures (e.g., TPRI/Tejas LEE provide data on specific skills);

Same as 2010-2011; all students

See Benchmark Calendar; TPRI/Tejas LEE (K-2) – 3 times; DRA/EDL (grades 1-2) – 3 times/Kg – twice

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•TPRI/Tejas LEE – identify students who need early intervention; match interventions to the needs; and document response to interventions & making changes in content/methodology based on data

•DRA/EDL – measure level students can read “independently” (not than “instructional level”)

Schoolnet: Classroom Assessments

Permit teachers to build their own tests; create and save new items or test forms

Developed by classroom teachers

About 5,000 TAKS release items are loaded; Intel Assess bank by Sept. 30th

On demand at any time

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TMSDS

• TEA math/science item bank & assessment system; • Grades 3-8, Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry,

Biology, Chemistry and Physics TEKS. • May be used to create campus assessments,

quizzes and diagnostic tests. • Content is available in English and Spanish

• AISD has permission to enter TMSDS content into Schoolnet; State TMSDS system is still available and will be supported.

11* Texas Math and Science Diagnostic System

• Provide timely curriculum-based assessments

• On demand at any time

Child Study/RTI

• Behavior• Attendance• Academics• Speech and Language

• See Sally Rothenberg

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• Identify students who need early intervention•Match interventions to the specific needs•Document response to interventions & making

changes in content/methodology based on data

• eCST case management software is being finalized and demonstrated (Simon Tidd)

• Vertical team support and Training

Response to Intervention (RTI)

• Tiers I-III• Reading and Mathematics• Universal Screener and Progress Monitoring• English and Spanish

• See Benchmark Calendar; and RTI timeline

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• Identify students who need early intervention• Match interventions to the specific needs• Document response to interventions & making

changes in content/methodology based on data

• TPRI/Tejas LEE (K-2) – same as 2010-2011• Reading/Math – AIMSweb (all MS and pilot ES)• Texas Early Math Inventory (pilot ES/ K-2)

Universal Screener• Is used as a benchmark to measure the

performance of ALL students (Tier I)• Data are used to determine which students need

closer monitoring or an intervention• Helps you assess the effectiveness of your

instruction and curriculum

• Several sources of data might be used – past TAKS scores; daily class work; and universal screeners

• TPRI/Tejas LEE administered in grades K-2• AIMSWeb – all middle schools and pilot ES (new)• Texas Early Math (TEMI) – K-2 (eight pilot ES)

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• See Benchmark Calendar; and RTI timeline

Progress Monitoring

• Short skills-based assessments matched to interventions

• Dibels (K-5)• AIMSWeb – all middle schools and pilot ES (new)• Texas Early Math (TEMI) – K-2 (eight pilot ES)

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• See Benchmark Calendar; and RTI timeline

• Permit instructional changes to ensure a positive response to intervention

• Decide whether to adjust an intervention • Allow students in Tier II & III the opportunity

to move to another tier as progress is made.

Question #1Based on what I have seen, the Schoolnet

system is going to meet my school’s assessment

and reporting needs.

A) Strongly Disagree

B) Disagree

C) Agree

D) Strongly Agree16

Question 2Teachers will have the assessment tools they need to differentiate

instruction in the upcoming school year.A) Strongly Disagree

B) Disagree

C) Agree

D) Strongly Agree17

Question 3The changes we are making to the formative assessment

program will help us prepare for STAAR and EOC

exams.

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1) Strongly Disagree

2) Disagree

3) Agree

4) Strongly Agree

Questions/Discussion

What are two things you will need from Curriculum and Assessment this year to help you continue to

close achievement gaps and ensure that students are

progressing toward college and career readiness?

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Please take time to complete the Evaluation Survey.• Go to the Educator Quality page on the AISD website.• Click on “2011 Administrators Institute” on the left

hand side.• Click on the survey link:

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Your feedback is very important and will be used to guide our future work.

Evaluation Survey

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