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Taking Acuity to the Next Level Technology Conference August 6, 2009

Taking Acuity to the Next Level Technology Conference August 6, 2009. Agenda. General Overview Mining Reports for Data Instructional Resources Additional Uses. Acuity Assessment Overview. Key Components of Acuity Online and Offline Custom Tests Online Reports

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Taking Acuity to the Next Level Technology Conference August 6, 2009

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  1. Taking Acuity to the Next Level Technology Conference August 6, 2009

  2. Agenda • General Overview • Mining Reports for Data • Instructional Resources • Additional Uses

  3. Acuity Assessment Overview Key Components of Acuity • Online and Offline Custom Tests • Online Reports • Online Instructional Resources • Item Banks for Custom Tests

  4. 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.

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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Rostering • WVEIS Scheduling Data • Semi-Weekly Data Refresh Servers • Numbers / Placement • School Site: • Home Site: http://www.acuityathome.com User IDs / Passwords • Uniformity • Webtop

  9. 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

  10. FY08-09

  11. 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

  12. FY09-10

  13. WVDERecommendedBenchmark Dates2009 - 2010 • Benchmark 1: October 19 - November 6 • Benchmark 2: December 14 - January 15 • Benchmark 3: March 1 - March 31

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

  15. Using Acuity to Inform Instruction • Reports provide data regarding a particular assessment • Analysis of data provides proficiency of Standards/CSOs covered by an assessment

  16. Mining Reports • School Assessment Report • School Item Analysis Report • Distractor Analysis Report • Student Progress Report

  17. SCHOOL SUMMARY REPORT

  18. School Assessment Report

  19. School Assessment Report Continued

  20. School Item Analysis Report

  21. 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

  22. Sample Matrix Report — 4th grade RLA

  23. Student Progress Report

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

  25. Additional Uses for Acuity • Beginning of year refresher • RTI • Special Ed • Test Prep (Algebra, etc) • Home work

  26. Acuity Contact Information • Office of Assessment/Accountability 304-558-2546 • Sandra Foster, Lead Coordinator slfoster@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

  27. 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

  28. Key Web Addresses • http://wvde.state.wv.us/ • West Virginia Department of Education • http://wvde.state.wv.us/oaa/ Office of Assessment, Accountability & Research https://www.acuityathome.com/ Acuity Web site • http://www.writingroadmap2.com Writing Roadmap 2.0

  29. THANK YOU!

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