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Date: June 11, 2012 To: Dr. Robert O’Donnell, Superintendent From: Marybeth Irvin, Director of Curriculum 9-12, Brian Peters, Director of Curriculum K-8 RE: Assessment Report Attached please find the slides that will correspond with our powerpoint presentation on the Assessment Report. We will be discussing this report at the June 11 meeting of the Board of School Directors.

MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) AIMSweb

Classroom Diagnostic Tools (CDTs)

State College Area School District June 11, 2012

Where We Have Been with MAP   January, 2011 – one pilot classroom per building.   May, 2011 – two pilot classrooms per building.   2011-2012 – Full implementation Grades 3-6.

  Assessments administered in September, January, and May.

  RIT scores   Lexile reports   Teachers using this data/information to differentiate and

guide instruction.   Beginning to use RIT scores with DesCartes –aligned to PA

State Standards.

What is DesCartes   DesCartes translates test scores (RIT) into skills and concepts

students may be ready to learn. It orders specific skills and concepts by achievement level (RIT bands).

  We will be moving to DesCartes aligned to the Common Core State Standards.

Where We Can Go   With a full year of assessments our opportunities grow.   Dynamic Reporting Suite will allow for analysis of both

Growth and Proficiency by school, grade, class, and student.

Next Steps   Further awareness and training for instructional leaders will

occur this summer.   Teachers will receive further awareness and training in the

fall.   Use the reports to identify students and groups of students

for remediation and enrichment by drilling down to specific areas of strength and need.

  Working with computer services to enable a parent portal of a MAP assessment report for parents following each testing window.

  Enhancing the district website with information for teachers, parents, and community about MAP.

AIMSweb Assessment   AIMSweb is one of the primary assessment tools for our RTII

initiative.   Comprehension is the goal of proficient reading.

  Research shares fluency as the bridge to comprehension.

Classroom Diagnostic Tools

  Available for students in grades 6 through high school

  Based on content assessed by the Keystone Exams and the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA)  

  Composed of multiple-choice items 

  Delivered as an online Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) 

  Designed to provide real-time results for students and teachers with links to Materials and Resources in SAS

CDT Pilots Who-   Select Math and English classes in grades 7-10   All grades 9 and 10 students in Math during PSSA testing

  All Biology classes   Select Chemistry What-   Individual classroom data   Select student data (eg learning support)

  Math and Biology data by course

Group Diagnostic Map (sample)

Group Diagnostic Map (Single Diagnostic Category)

Student Diagnostic Map

CDTs 2012-13   Expand use for formative data and Keystone practice   High School

 Algebra, Essentials of Alg, Math Strategies   English 9 and 10 (non-adv course)   Biology

  Middle School  Advanced Algebra   English 7 and 8 (non-adv course)

  Possible use for AYP

Next Steps   Continue to improve our work with data   Part of A-team focus in August   Move from “What” to “So what”