douglas school improvement team

October 21, 2008

Barb Rowenhorst, ESA 7

Review the Douglas first draft of assessment belief statements.

Give feedback to the Administrative Team on the draft assessment belief statements.

Begin the process of determining building level benchmark assessments (fall/winter/spring).

Preview the Achievement Series on-line assessment.

Vision Statement To provide a range of assessments,

including those mandated at the federal and state levels, as measures of student learning as we “Prepare all students to meet the challenges of an ever-changing world”.

Mission How we will determine if we have

prepared all students to meet the challenges of an ever-changing world.

Take a yellow number.

Stand in front of the chart paper that has the assessment belief that matches your number.

Example:◦ If my number was #4, I would go to the chart

with the #4 assessment belief statement.

You have 2 minutes to do the following:◦ Read the belief statement out loud.◦ Record feedback on the L-hand of the T-Chart◦ Record questions on the R-hand of the T-Chart

At the end of 2 minutes, I’ll give a signal.

Move to the Right…to the next chart and repeat the process until feedback has been given on all the belief statements (charts).

You will now repeat the process to read the feedback that was given.

You will have 30 seconds per chart paper to read all the statements and questions.

This is for reading only…no additional comments are needed.

Delete any assessment that is a federal or state required or mandated assessment or used diagnostically for placement.

Choose 1-4 assessments that might best assess reading and/or math in your building.

Using a T-Chart for each assessment…◦ Discuss and record the strengths/weaknesses of

using it to benchmark students’ reading/math achievement 3x/year (fall/winter/spring).

Barb Rowenhorst

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Achievement Series 2008

Shares the same platform as DACS.

Has over 1,000 pre-made tests aligned to the SD Standards that are available to South Dakota teachers

Houses South Dakota item banks and (National) ScanTron item banks

Can be used to spot check students to see if they have mastered the individual standard you have taught and/or to monitor progress toward the standard.

◦ You can test more than one standard at a time

◦ You can develop your own test or use a pre-made test

◦ Teachers schedule the tests – they will select what they want to give.

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The Student Site

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The Reports

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Test Scores: How each “student” did on the assessment

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Achievement Series Website

www.achievementseries.com

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Click on “Staff Members”

• Site ID: 34-0061-0246

• Staff ID: Take a green number (staff01, staff02, or staff 31, etc.)

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• Password: scantron2

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Badger Clark Elementary 383-814-9776

Francis Case Elementary 476-083-5295

Vandenberg Elementary 108-155-4077

Douglas Middle School 337-748-7837

Douglas High School 500-731-4299

Write down the

number for your

building

Hyphens are

needed

The above is only for those that do not have an account already.

Try these first unless you know for sure you have an account.

Click: Staff MemberSite ID: (Building Specific)Staff ID: first initial, last name (browenhorst)Password: scantron1

Click on “District Tests” then “Scheduled Sessions”

Scroll bar: SD DOE then choose test FOLDER

Choose Grade Level

Find test you want to give and Test ID

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