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Guide InstructionGuide InstructionSandra Foster

Office of Assessment and Accountability

Leatha WilliamsOffice of School Improvement

Using Acuity to Target Skills/Objectives

• Teacher-Created or Common Assessments

• Benchmark Assessments • Instructional Probes • Data Reports on Assessments• Instructional Resources

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How can we address this?

532 items available for RLA 4.1.08 Students will interpret and extend the ideas in literary and informational texts to summarize, determine story elements, skim and scan, determine cause and effect, compare and contrast, visualize, paraphrase, infer, sequence, determine fact and opinion, draw conclusions, analyze characterize and provide main idea

Common Core Language RI.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

WVDE State Authored Benchmark Assessments

• WVDE Benchmarks• WV CSOs form the basis of the

assessments• Aligned to 21st century CSOs in

content and DOK• Similar in style and blueprint to

WESTEST 2

Using Acuity Data to Improve Using Acuity Data to Improve Student PerformanceStudent Performance

There is a correlation betweenSTUDENT PERFORMANCE

on Benchmark 3 and WESTEST 2.

Data analysis:• Analyze benchmark data to identify areas of individual

student weakness on specific learning targets• Differentiate instruction

– Assign Instructional Resources at the appropriate developmental level as a re-teach tool for students

– Other instructional resources

WVDE Benchmark 1 for WESTEST 2

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Instructional Probes

Short pre-made assessments based on spiraling CSOs

CSO specific; based on deconstruction of CSO skills

Available Probes Math grades 3-8 & Algebra I RLA grades 3-8

Utilized by teachers & interventionists

Instructional Probe StructureInstructional Probe for Math

(Skill: Addition)

Probe Contents:3 questions from MA.5.1.73 questions from MA.4.1.73 questions from MA.3.1.8

3 Probes for each objective/skill (Form A, B, C)

Example:

WVDE M 5 1 7 Instructional Probe – Addition, Form AWVDE M 5 1 7 Instructional Probe – Addition, Form BWVDE M 5 1 7 Instructional Probe – Addition, Form C

WVDE M

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M (for math)RLA (for reading/language arts)

4th Grade Math57 Instructional Probes

From this screen • View or print PDF• Assign to students • View Test Map

TEST MAP

Reports in Acuity for Reports in Acuity for AssessmentsAssessments

• Group Reports:• Summary Report• Classroom Matrix Report• Roster Report• Item Analysis Report

• View Distractor Analysis

Individual Student Reports:• Student Summary Report• Student Item Analysis Report

• View Distractor Analysis

Item Analysis ReportItem Analysis Report

Using Acuity Instructional Using Acuity Instructional ResourcesResources

• Mini-lessons which include three sections:

• Instruction

• Guided practice

• Mini-quiz

Screens that introduce and teach a given

skill

Guided Practice

Mini-summative

assessment to evaluate progress

33rdrd and 4 and 4thth Grade Math IRs Grade Math IRs

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55thth and 6 and 6thth Grade Math IRs Grade Math IRs

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33rdrd and 4 and 4thth Grade RLA IRs Grade RLA IRs

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55thth and 6 and 6thth Grade RLA IRs Grade RLA IRs

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Assigning Instructional Resources from Reports