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Acuity General Overview

Acuity General Overview. 7/29/2009. John Miller, Coordinator Office of Assessment, Accountability and Research. Acuity: Assessment System Overview. Key components of Acuity Online and Offline Custom Tests Online Reports Online Instructional Resources Item Banks for Custom Tests.

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Acuity General Overview

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  1. Acuity General Overview 7/29/2009 John Miller, Coordinator Office of Assessment, Accountability and Research

  2. Acuity: Assessment System Overview Key components of Acuity • Online and Offline Custom Tests • Online Reports • Online Instructional Resources • Item Banks for Custom Tests

  3. Acuity: Assessment System Overview • Acuity – As Purchased • Math and RLA – Grades 3 – 8 • Item bank of 25,000 items • Online exercises • Acuity – WV Customizations • Math, RLA, Science and Social Studies – Grades 3 – 11 • WV Custom Item Bank • State-Authored Benchmarks

  4. 3 per grade level per content area Assess student retention and knowledge of core content areas Aligned to West Virginia’s 21st Century CSOs Broad Curriculum Mapping Acuity Assessments Diagnostics (from CTB) Benchmarks (from WVDE) • Custom Assessments (WV) • Customized to county needs • Created by teachers • Aligned to West Virginia’s New CSOs • Created from • Acuity Item Bank (25,000 items) • WV Custom Item Bank State Authored Benchmark Assessments WVDE Acuity Test Map - http://wvde.state.wv.us/oaa/pdf/Acuity/WVDE_BENCHMARKS_FY0809-FY0910.pdf

  5. FY08-09

  6. FY09-10

  7. Acuity: Assessment Features Designed to be administered in one – two class periods (45 minute periods) online or offline Test items are verified to align to WV CSOs. WV authored items are written by WV educators and approved by WESTEST 2 team. Statistics can be viewed for items including DOK and P-Value.

  8. WVDE Recommended Benchmark Dates • Benchmark 1: October 19 - November 6 • Benchmark 2: December 14 - January 15 • Benchmark 3: March 1 - March 31

  9. Benchmark Assessments can be created from any or all of the following: WVDE Custom Item Bank/ Custom Tests Acuity Diagnostic Item Bank Acuity 25,000 Item Bank/Custom Tests Item Banks

  10. Acuity Reports: Online • Roster Report • Assessment Reports • Item Analysis Reports *Permission Based / Role Based

  11. Permissions / Roles • Super User • WVDE (John Miller) • District Administrator • School Administrator • Teacher • Test Administrator • Scorer • Observer • Student

  12. Class Item Analysis Report

  13. Item 5 – M.O.6.1.1 – Students will demonstrate an understanding of large numbers by converting and comparing numbers in scientific notation and standard notation (with and without technology). What is 528,000,000 written in scientific notation? A. 5.28 × 108 C. 528 × 106 B. 52.8 × 108 D. 5.28 × 106

  14. Acuity: Instructional Resources • Online exercises for customizing learning activities by WV CSO or skill group • Easily assigned from reports • Three components:

  15. Rostering • WVEIS Scheduling Data • Semi-Weekly Data Refresh Servers • Numbers / Placement • School Site: http://acuity.harr.k12.wv.us • Home Site: http://www.acuityathome.com User IDs / Passwords • Uniformity • Webtop

  16. Usage Data Math: 246,348 RLA: 237,851 Science:58,207 All Tests: 542,406 Math: 306,204 RLA: 202,995 All Exercises: 509,199 Statewide Custom Tests Instructional Resources

  17. Additional Information • WVDE Site: • http://wvde.state.wv.us/oaa/acuity.php • File Cabinet • Sample Acuity Items • http://wvde.state.wv.us/oaa/Acuity_Samples/acuity.html • CTB Site: • http://www.acuityforschool.com

  18. Benchmark Assessment Team Contact Information • Sandy Foster, Lead Coordinator slfoster@access.k12.wv.us • John Miller, Technology Coordinator jpmiller@access.k12.wv.us • Allegra Kazemzadeh, RLA/Social Studies Coordinator akazemzadeh@access.k12.wv.us • Sonya White, Math/Science Coordinator snjwhite@access.k12.wv.us Office of Assessment, Accountability & Research 304-558-2546

  19. THANK YOU!

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