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Unpacking Standards-Based Data. Using EduSoft Benchmark Reports, CST Blueprints, and CST Released Items to Improve Instruction and Assessment. CST Released Items. Edusoft. CST Blueprints. CST Test Blueprints. Drawn from the state content standards for each grade and subject area.
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Using EduSoft Benchmark Reports, CST Blueprints, and CST Released Items to Improve Instruction and Assessment CST Released Items Edusoft CST Blueprints
CST Test Blueprints • Drawn from the state content standards for each grade and subject area. • Identifies the standards that are to be tested. • Identifies the relative weight of each standard on the test.
CST Blueprint - Grade 4 ELA Relative weight at the strand level Relative weight at the standard level
Edusoft Benchmark Reports Review performance for individuals and groups disaggregated by standard. • The Performance Band Report give a one-page snapshot of your class with the percentage of students in each performance band for overall scores and per standard scores • The Class List Report gives you a view of how all your students are performing with average and individual scores side by side, broken down by standard.
Where Do I Find These Reports? Select “Reports” under the “Benchmark Exams“ tab
Where Do I Find These Reports? Select Report Format Here
Performance Band Report Select Test and Level
Performance Band Report Select “All Students” Select “show scores for each” STANDARD You have a choice here. Click on each to see the difference.
Performance Band Report Percentage of students within each band
Where Do I Find These Reports? Select Report Format Here
Performance Band Report Select Test and Level
Class List Report Click both Select which scores are displayed You have several highlighting options.
Class List Report Percentage of Items Correct
CST Released Items(from “Guidelines on Academic Preparation for State Assessments”published by California Department of Education – April, 2004)
Question by Standard Index(this is found at the back of each grade level section)
Grade 4: First Quarter Summative Test Directions: Read each sentence. Use what you know about word parts to help you figure out what the underlined word means. Then fill in the space for your answer choice.
The CST Test Blueprints help you understand how individual standards are weighted on state tests. Edusoft Benchmark reports help you identify if students are learning those standards. The CST released items help you understand the rigor with which standards are measured as well as the variety of ways standards may be measured. …. so that you may target those standards in instruction. ….so that you may target those students for additional assistance. ….so that you may review classroom assessment practices in terms of breadth, variety, and rigor. Re-Cap