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Acuity Overview

Acuity Overview. Intro to Acuity Background Components Terminology Class Activity Timeframes. Agenda. Acuity: Assessment System Overview. What are the key components of Acuity? Online and Offline Tests Online Reports Now ! Online Instructional Resources

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Acuity Overview

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  1. Acuity Overview

  2. Intro to Acuity Background Components Terminology Class Activity Timeframes Agenda

  3. Acuity: Assessment System Overview What are the key components of Acuity? • Online and Offline Tests • Online Reports Now! • Online Instructional Resources • Item Banks for Customized Tests

  4. 4 per grade level per content area Assess student retention and knowledge of core content areas Tailored to meet West Virginia’s New CSOs Acuity Assessments

  5. Acuity: Assessment Features Designed to be administered in one-two class periods online or offline Test items are research based. They have been developed and subjected to rigorous test item analyses for reliability and validity.

  6. Terminology –Acuity Specific • Role – a defined user with certain access privileges • Permissions – level of access given to each role within Acuity • Assignment – allows an individual (student, educator) access to perform a particular function within Acuity. • Assigning a test to a student allows the student to physically take the test. • Custom test – refers to the function to create a test regardless of it’s intended purpose • Instructional Resources – online tutorials • Tiers – used in reporting student performance • Diagnostic – refers to the CTB created benchmark assessments

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

  8. Acuity Assessments: Custom Test Builder • Approximately 25,000 items in RLA, Mathematics and Science • Item Bank aligned to new WV CSO’s • Multiple choice, constructed response, and fill-in-the-blank item formats • Offline or Online

  9. Acuity Reports: Online • Roster Report • Assessment Reports • Item Analysis Reports *Permission Based

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

  11. Technical Specs • Compatible with both PC and Apple computers • Supported Internet Browsers: • Apple – Safari 1.2 + and/or Firefox 1.5 + • PC – Internet Explorer 6.0+ • Cookies Enabled • ActiveX Enabled • Autocomplete Set to “OFF” • Allow Pop-ups

  12. Technical Specs • QuickTime 6.0+/RealPlayer 6.0+ or Windows Media Player • Adobe Reader 5+ • Flash 7+ • Pop-up blockers turned OFF

  13. Rostering • WVEIS Data Match • Possible Daily Data Refresh

  14. Servers • Numbers / Placement • Server Types • Data Locations

  15. User IDs / Passwords • Uniformity • Webtop • WVEIS Data

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

  17. Acuity: Assistance • Online Help within Acuity • County Administrators contact WVDE • Professional Development on a Continuing Basis as Requested • Telephone Support

  18. How to Contact Acuity Support • For help with Acuity, CTB has staff available 8:00a.m Monday through Friday. All calls are returned within 24 business hours. • You may contact CTB’s Acuity support at: • Telephone: (866) 282-2250 • Fax: (800)428-2329 • E-mail: Submit your questions using a web-form from the Acuity Help menu.

  19. Acuity Demonstration • The Student Experience

  20. HTTP://H52.eppg.com

  21. Acuity Demonstration • The Teacher Experience

  22. Acuity Demonstration • The Administrator Experience

  23. Timeframes • Now – CSOs are being loaded into Acuity by CTB • Summer – WVDE will verify alignment of items • Fall – CTB/Benchmark Assessment Team will finalize Diagnostic 1 • Fall/Winter –CTB/Benchmark Assessment Team will develop Diagnostics 2 - 4 • Ongoing – Continue to write/upload items • Ongoing – Benchmark Assessment Team will work with the Office of Instruction; as they assist counties with unpacking of CSOs, we will assist you with creating customized benchmark assessments

  24. Benchmark Assessment Team Contact Information • Beth Judy, Lead Coordinator bjudy@access.k12.wv.us • Allegra Kazemzadeh, RLA/Social Studies Coordinator akazemzadeh@access.k12.wv.us • John Miller, Technology Coordinator jpmiller@access.k12.wv.us • Sonya White, Math/Science Coordinator snjwhite@access.k12.wv.us • Office of Assessment/Accountability 304-558-2546

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